The Gotobeds

Raucous Pittsburgh indie rock quartet the Gotobeds began casually in ’09 2009 when guitarist Eli Kasan and drummer Cary Belback began playing together at an area rehearsal space. At that time, Kasan was still mounted on hardcore clothing Kim Phuc, however the two close friends were thinking about starting a fresh band from the bottom up. After checking out several various other players, they ultimately confident Kasan’s friend Gavin Jensen to go from Chicago and sign up for them on bass. Fellow Kim Phuc member Tom Payne ultimately joined to play electric guitar, completing the lineup. They spent a couple of years slowly training their audio and approach, ensuring these were keeping it fun and artistically honest. The effect was a variety of high-energy post-punk and indie in the vein from the Fall, Objective of Burma, early Pavement, and Cable, whose drummer Robert Gotobed motivated the band’s name. Their somewhat ramshackle, raw strategy on-stage resembled early Substitutes, and they got shortly racked up a local following predicated on a small number of singles and a popularity as a thrilling live band. Carrying out a efficiency on New Jersey’s WFMU, these were contacted by Matador honcho Gerard Cosloy, who agreed upon these to his 12XU imprint. Commensurate with their live visual, they documented their debut record, 2014’s THE INDEGENT Are Revolting, within a day. In Apr 2015, the Gotobeds jumped dispatch to Sub Pop Information. Their first record for Sub Pop, Bloodstream//Sugars//Secs//Traffic, premiered in June 2016. The recording included guest looks from Tim Midyett of Silkworm and Bottomless Pit, and Joe Casey of Protomartyr.