{"id":22026,"date":"2023-11-28T21:46:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T21:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=22026"},"modified":"2023-11-28T21:46:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T21:46:42","slug":"indie-rockers-red-hot-shame-defy-convention-with-their-new-album-you-cant-make-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/indie-rockers-red-hot-shame-defy-convention-with-their-new-album-you-cant-make-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Rockers RED HOT SHAME Defy Convention with Their New Album YOU CAN\u2019T MAKE ME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RED HOT SHAME<\/strong>\u00a0is a Northern California-based indie rock group fronted by singer-songwriter\u00a0Xeff Scolari\u00a0<\/strong>and his fluctuating lineup of musical cohorts. For their sensational new album\u00a0YOU CAN\u2019T MAKE ME<\/em><\/strong>, Xeff Scolari recorded with frequent collaborators\u00a0Steven Pitsenbarger<\/strong>\u00a0(vocals, percussion),\u00a0Ryan Wilson<\/strong>\u00a0(guitar),\u00a0Spencer Kennedy<\/strong>\u00a0(bass, drums, keys, vocals), and\u00a0Mark Bennet<\/strong>\u00a0(harmonica), a lineup that brings an energy and excitement to RED HOT SHAME that Xeff could not accomplish alone. Adding to their ever expanding catalog of imaginative visual media, RED HOT SHAME also released music videos for their new tracks\u00a0\u201cStone\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cVampire Empire\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0ahead of the album\u2019s December 1, 2023, release date.

Xeff Scolari recorded, mixed, and mastered\u00a0YOU CAN\u2019T MAKE ME<\/em>\u00a0at his own\u00a0Shameful Studio<\/strong>\u00a0collaboratively with the whole group. They tried some new things on this record to make it more representative of how the band sounds live; on some previous releases the material was developed largely in the studio, but on this new album they were able to begin recording with the songs already fleshed out and developed across months of performances. With less layering and more live in-the-room recording,\u00a0YOU CAN\u2019T MAKE ME<\/em>\u00a0better captures the wild ride feel of a RED HOT SHAME live show.

YOU CAN\u2019T MAKE ME<\/em>\u00a0features striking album art by\u00a0Jeff Jordan<\/strong>, known for his work with The Mars Volta. Reminiscent of Gulliver, the band\u2019s signature giant chick is unsuccessfully tied down by likenesses of the band. Look closely and you\u2019ll see many of the band\u2019s friends and fans represented amongst the captivated onlookers. In fact, the album\u2019s title\u00a0YOU CAN\u2019T MAKE ME<\/em>\u00a0comes from a playful joke between Xeff and his friend Linda (she\u2019s the fairy godmother on the cover), who would taunt each other with the phrase.

Over the years, RED HOT SHAME has included a range of talented multi-instrumentalists who add layers of sonic textures to the group\u2019s releases, at times including horns, vintage mellotron, or even accordion. The group began in 2017 when it was just Xeff Scolari with a few guest tracks by some close friends like Steven Pitsenbarger and\u00a0James Terris<\/strong>\u00a0on the debut release\u00a0Curiosity<\/strong><\/em>. In 2021, RED HOT SHAME released the follow up album\u00a0Sounds Like<\/em><\/strong>, which also featured\u00a0Chad Johnson<\/strong>. Their last album\u00a0My Satellite<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(2022) also included\u00a0Rick Fugate<\/strong>\u00a0(drums) and James Terris (keys), starting with a literal bang on the opening track\u00a0\u201cLiftoff\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and from there soaring into musical outer space.

A resident of Eureka, CA, lead vocalist and songwriter Xeff Scolari has played in several other local bands including\u00a0Colorblind<\/strong>,\u00a0Acoustic Gypsies<\/strong>,\u00a0Sugardaddy<\/strong>, and\u00a0Chowderhead<\/strong>, the last of which was on the\u00a0Magnetic Oblivion Records<\/strong>\u00a0label. Throughout 2020 he created and launched\u00a0Shelter N Play<\/strong>, an online virtual open mic with musicians signing up to perform 15-minute sets from all over the country, a hugely valuable resource to the musical community throughout the pandemic. These also helped Xeff to further hone his own vocal and songwriting chops, and it was actually through the Shelter N Play open mics that Xeff met bassist Spencer Kennedy and guitarist Ryan Wilson, a fortuitous meeting indeed.

Xeff Scolari has been singing together with Steven Pitsenbarger for so long that it feels like instinct, a vocal blending that is rich with decades of collaboration and friendship. Steven Pitsenbarger was a member of the San Francisco bands\u00a0RhythmChaos<\/strong>, and\u00a0Machine Shop<\/strong>, and has been making music together with Xeff since the late 80s. The only core member of the band that doesn\u2019t live near the rest, Steven collaborated on many of the songs via email, sending tracks back and forth to Xeff. Together they also have another band known as\u00a0Vanity Project<\/strong>.

Guitarist Ryan Wilson\u2019s inventive stylings bring the RED HOT SHAME sound to life. They call his pedalboard \u201cthe spaceship\u201d because of all the crazy sounds he wields with it. He also performs with bassist and multi-instrumentalist Spencer Kennedy in another group called\u00a0Stable Vices<\/strong>, who were regulars at Xeff\u2019s Shelter N Play open mics. Mark Bennet and Xeff are old friends who met on the open mic circuit. They\u2019ve performed together for years, and Mark is featured on multiple RED HOT SHAME tracks.

Keep an eye out for a new music video for their song\u00a0\u201cSophie\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0along with a four-song RED HOT SHAME EP in early 2024 tentatively titled \u201cScratched Tracks\u201d and featuring one song from each of their four albums that was left off. The new RED HOT SHAME album\u00a0YOU CAN\u2019T MAKE ME<\/em>\u00a0is available December 1, 2023!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about RED HOT SHAME please visit: www.redhotshame.com<\/a>
To order or stream YOU CAN\u2019T MAKE ME<\/em> please visit: https:\/\/lnk.to\/YouCantMakeMe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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