ALT-POP TRIO SMALLPOOLS RELEASES
PART ONE OF THEIR CINEMATIC
EP GHOST TOWN ROAD (EAST)
U.S. CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH GRAYSCALE
STARTS APRIL 6TH
Alt-pop trio Smallpools are entering a bold new era with the cinematic new EP Ghost Town Road (east), part one of their forthcoming full-length album out later this year. Written and recorded at guitarist Michael Kamerman’s house in Los Angeles, with collaborations from Colin Creev of Third Eye Blind and Mitchy Collins of lovelytheband, the results are rife with everything that fans have come to expect from Smallpools – arena-ready hooks, impeccable production, music that crosses genre barriers without ever losing its definition. Purchase the EP HERE.
As a project that splits time between Los Angeles and Nashville, Kamerman, frontman Sean Scanlon, and drummer Beau Kuther reflected on the evolution of each city in the decade since their debut hit single “Dreaming.” “When the band first started, the goal was to play the free Monday nights at the Satellite, that’s all we wanted to do,” Kuther recalls. Once proving ground for ambitious local indie bands, the legendary Silver Lake venue closed permanently during the pandemic. Four years later, the space still lies vacant. Meanwhile, they’ve seen Nashville equally overrun by Brooklyn transplants, reality TV producers and bachelorette parties.
These are the images that inform Ghost Town Road (east) and the forthcoming full-length, named after a street sign that Kamerman saw passing through a stretch of the Nevada desert. “There’s not that many of the bands that we started with that are still doing it, so it feels a little bit like a ghost town out here now, especially post-pandemic,” he reflects. Yet, Ghost Town Road is as much a state of mind as it is a physical place, as Smallpools re-acquainted themselves with the Hollywood dive bars and restaurants that served as their communal, creative spaces in the early days. “Drive down Wilshire at night, it feels kind of like a ghost town as well,” Scanlon jokes.
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Ghost Town Road (east) Track List:
Smallpools are bringing their energetic live show to cities across the U.S. this April and May for their Night Shift co-headline tour with Grayscale. Catch the new music for the first time live and buy tickets HERE. Smallpools Headline Tour Dates w/ Grayscale April 6 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage April 7 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East April 9 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall April 11 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club April 12 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza April 13 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club April 14 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony April 16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall April 17 – Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar April 19 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge April 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line April 21 – Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck April 23 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall April 24 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex April 26 – Bend, OR – Midtown Ballroom/Domino Room April 27 – Portland, OR – Polari Hall April 28 – Seattle, WA – Neumos April 30 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent May 2 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre May 3 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory May 4 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom May 7 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas May 8 – Austin, TX – Antone’s About Smallpools Smallpools called their shot with their 2013 debut single “Dreaming.” Since then, the trio’s experience has been nothing short of surreal. They’ve played festivals from Lollapalooza to Summerfest, earned RIAA gold and platinum plaques, held their own in arenas and late night TV and, along with their peers and collaborators like Grouplove, Walk the Moon, Twenty One Pilots, defined the sound that developed the alt-pop scene. With Smallpools’ recent signing to Nettwerk in 2023, the band is embarking on an exciting new chapter. |
