Cheekface, the LA trio who self-describe as “America’s local band,” have just surprise-released a new album, It’s Sorted. “We’ve been accused of being a singles band, and I wouldn’t necessarily disagree,” says guitarist/singer Greg Katz. “But we made It’s Sorted as an album for album’s sake, united by a theme.”
Katz continues: “Above all, it asks one main question, which is: am I a unique creative person forced to live on a capitalist hamster wheel where I have to pretend I’m a respectable worker bee? Or am I actually an utterly uncool and revolting weirdo who is barely concealing that fact under an ill-fitting veneer of normalcy I wear in a vain attempt to fit into this collapsing empire?” Cheekface ask the question via their quirky, humourous indie rock style and you can listen to the album below.
The band, which includes former Stellastarr* bassist Amanda Tannen, will be on tour this spring with Yungatita, including Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 10. All dates are listed below.
It’s Sorted:
1. The Fringe
2. Popular 2
3. I Am Continuing to Do My Thing
4. Grad School
5. Life in a Bag
6. Trophy Hunting at the Zoo
7. There Were Changes in the Hardcore Scene
8. Largest Muscle
9. Don’t Stop Believing
10. Plastic
CHEEKFACE – 2023 TOUR
March 23 – Bristol @ Ritual Union Festival
March 24 – Brighton @ CHALK
March 26 – London @ Village Underground
March 27 – Birmingham @ Hare & Hounds
March 28 – Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club
March 29 – Manchester @ Manchester Punk Festival
March 31 – Glasgow @ Stereo
April 17 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s Starlet Room *
April 20 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret *
April 21 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s *
April 22 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
April 24 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Basement *
April 26 – Denver, CO @ Marquis *
April 28 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck *
April 29 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway *
April 30 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
May 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry *
May 3 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge *
May 4 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s *
May 5 – Detroit, MI @ El Club *
May 7 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern *
May 9 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
May 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
May 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
May 15 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis *
May 16 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall *
May 17 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall *
May 18 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Purgatory *
May 19 – Orlando, FL @ The Social *
May 21 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall Upstairs *
May 22 – Austin, TX @ Parish *
May 23 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada *
May 25 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge *
May 26 – San Diego, CA @ Voodoo Room at House of Blues *
May 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom *
* with Yungatita