Upchuck releases ‘I’m Nice Now’

Today Upchuck, the Atlanta punk quintet of vocalist KT, guitarists Mikey Durham and Hoff, bassist Ausar Ward, and drummer/vocalist Chris Salado, release their 3rd LP ‘I’m Nice now’. They are touring through the US right now, but they will be in Europe next month.

As KT puts it, there’s never been a moment when she didn’t have rage. As the singer of Upchuck, the Georgia punk band whose music is as sharp as a scythe, KT has felt fierce energy inside her well before she has the band as an outlet through which to channel it. As a black woman in America, rage has been the tint on the window through which she had to view the world. The experience of listening to Upchuck is to feel a distillation of that existence, all of its pain, sorrow, anger, and fear translated through raw punk music.

Don’t mistake Upchuck’s new album ‘I’m Nice Now’ for weakness. Its self-preservation. “In this world of constant distractions and stressors, it’s important to keep your mind, body, and spirit sane and sound enough to continue through this seemingly never-ending fight.”

In a sense, Upchuck was born of fuckery, the nadir of American life known as the first Trump administration. KT gathered with drummer Chris, guitarists Mikey and Hoff, and bassist Ausar to form the band.