New York, NY (Top40 Charts) VISTA KICKS - the hotly-tipped Los Angeles-based indie rock 'n roll band - have released their second two-sided single, "Victim Of The Times" and "Live, You're Gonna Die" (today, 6/15), from their forthcoming full-length album, TWENTY SOMETHING NIGHTMARE, due out Friday, July 13 via their own
Little Hook Records.
VISTA KICKS recently performed four songs, including the new album's title track, with Jam In The Van and spoke to Los Angeles' KTLA-TV about their music and live show (watch here) as they prepare for their upcoming gigs on the West Coast which include a headlining show at The El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on
September 20 and performance at KAABOO Del Mar in San
Diego (all dates below).
In a bold move that's in line with the band's free spirit, VISTA KICKS released the album's lead double-single - "Million Dollar Seller Pt1/Pt2" and"
Numbers" - on May 31 into the public domain, making the songs available without a copyright so anyone can use them without needing to pay a fee to the band. The band's Derek
Thomas told FORBES.com, "We're trying it out. It's a social experiment for us... we really believe in it. We believe in the power of public domain."
Thomas added: "I think the world misses out on a lot of really awesome art that could've been made if artists weren't in the circumstance of compromising their beliefs for money or for investment."
For the upcoming 18-track album TWENTY SOMETHING NIGHTMARE, co-produced by the quartet--Thomas (vocals), Sam Plecker (guitar/vocals),Trevor Sutton (bass), and Nolan Le Vine (drums)--VISTA KICKS once again amplifies the scope of their signature style as they maintain the edge that made them, "The Originators of Booty Shaking Rock N' Roll," proving to be a seamless follow-up to 2017's well-received Booty Shakers Ball album.
The band successfully surpassed their substantial Kickstarter campaign fundraising goal to help support the marketing efforts of the new album and aide with content creation such as music videos.
Track listing for Twenty Something Nightmare:
1. Million Dollar Seller
2. If I Didn't Have You
3. Victim Of The Times
4. Live, You're Gonna Die
5. I'm Yours
6. Cool It
7. Wrong Side Of Town
8. Numbers
9. Million Dollar Seller Pt. 2
10. Machula
11. Why Do You Say You Love Me
12. Having A Good Time
13.
Kelly Come Back
14. I Can't Think Of Anybody But U
15. Your Love Is All I Need
16. Water Under The Bridge
17. All Over Now
18. Twenty Something Nightmare
VISTA KICKS--four lifelong friends from Northern California who grew up obsessed with the sounds of AC/DC, The Beatles,
Black Sabbath, The
Bee Gees and Michael Jackson--began playing anywhere and everywhere with a stage by the age of 16, taking over supper clubs, parties, and backyard barbecues. After their single "Make It Real" cracked 2 million Spotify streams, they made a collective decision to forego college and trade their small Sacramento suburb for Hollywood, forming VISTA KICKS in late 2015.
Living together in a cramped one-bedroom apartment, the quartet--Derek
Thomas (vocals), Sam Plecker (guitar/vocals), Trevor Sutton (bass), andNolan Le Vine (drums)--quietly ignited a buzz throughout L.A. and beyond with two full U.S. tours under their belts. Within a year, the band's independent2016 Chasing Waves EP and additional singles generated over 5 million cumulative Spotify streams and 3.2 million YouTube views. However, everything set the stage for the release of their 2017 full-length debut, BOOTY SHAKERS BALL--self-produced by the musicians themselves and engineered by their guitar player and vocalist Sam Plecker. Best described as a smoked-out collaboration between
James Brown and Jimmy Page, it bridges eras.
