Nebula Drag Post New Single “Crosses”; Album Out Next Year
Posted in Bootleg Theater on September 15th, 2022 by JJ Koczan
It’s a wonder the members of Nebula Drag have anywhere left to stand with so many amps and cabinets around. At very least, I hope their video for the new single “Crosses” was filmed in their rehearsal space, since one hates to think of them having to actually relocate that much gear just to film a clip for one sub-five-minute song. Though perhaps that’s why they say it’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll. Certainly anyone who’s ever lugged an Ampeg 8×10 up a flight of stairs — or down, to a basement show — is familiar with that interpretation of the idiom.
“Crosses” is the first Nebula Drag track since 2019’s Blud (review here), and though one usually reserves headphone recommendations for spaced-out psych and drone noise, etc., it’s worth plugging your buds in to get a full handle on Garrett Gallagher‘s bass and the vibrant shove of hey-man-cool-shirt guitarist/vocalist Corey Quintana‘s riff here, not to mention the quick-gotta-hit-this-because-I’m-already-on-my-way-elsewhere drumming of Stephen Varns, who also made the video below. Sounds like a band locked in more than locked down, which is a big enough difference, and as a lead up to the release of the next Nebula Drag album in the great impossible future that is 2023, I’ll save you a lot of trouble and say it bodes well.
Hey rock and rollers. You like rock and roll? Here’s some rock and roll:
Nebula Drag, “Crosses” official video
Shot & edited by Stephen Varns
Nebula Drag returns with new music after 3 years. ‘Crosses’ is an absolute monster of a track. A follow up to their 2019 full-length ‘BLUD’, the band’s new single shows the San Diego trio in top form.
New album to be released via Desert Records in 2023. Stay tuned!
Vocalist and guitarist Corey Quintana comments on the song in his own abstract way, ‘They’ve got nines upside down burned into their spines’.
Band Members:
Corey Quintana – Guitar / Vocals
Garrett Gallagher – Bass
Stephen Varns – Drums
