Label: Rat King
Released 2017
The beauty of college towns is that they’re an endlessly renewable resource for scrappy new bands. And although Champaign, Illinois has always had a scene that runs deeper than its collegiate transplants, that injection of fresh blood has always kept its punk, indie, and hardcore scenes afloat. Case in point is KOWABUNGA! KID a band that’s been kicking around for a few years but is now finally announcing its debut album, Wasting My Time. Recorded by Luke McNeill of The COPYRIGHTS, Wasting My Time is the most tuneful batch of songs the band’s recorded yet. “When You’re Sleeping” sees the band aptly mixing pop-punk and hardcore, while Kamila Glowacki’s vocals soar above it all in a way the band’s previous recordings never allowed.
Track listing:
- It Ends
- Eye Is Weeping
- Pulp
- Harsh
- Danny's Dream Pt. 1
- Concrete Lungs
- Again & Again
- Saturn
- When You're Sleeping
- Astronaut
- Keep It In
- Untitled