UTG PREMIERE: Pillage & Plunder – “Nutcracker”

May 27th, 2014

Matthew Leimkuehler

Atlanta’s own cabaret indie-rock trio Pillage & Plunder are diving into the aurally strange (and arguably unknown) on the band’s debut record, The Show Must Go Wrong. The music creates a trip worthy of Haight-Ashbury, while still maintaining a rock n’ roll edge ready to get your head bobbing. Today, we bring you “Nutcracker,” a particularly abstract and well-constructed number from the new record. Drummer Noah Kess had this to say about the record:

“It was important to us that we record a very clean-sounding album. Right now, there’s an overwhelming trend toward trashy lo-fi garage rock. So we wanted to push against that, which is why the album ended up with its ’70s crispness.”

Click the “Read More” button to dive in and experience the ride for yourself. Be on the lookout for more from Pillage & Plunder as the band gets ready for the August 5 release of The Show Must Go Wrong and coinciding tour dates, which are listed after the jump. Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Check out Pillage & Plunder on tour this summer:

Jun 6 – Savannah, GA @ TBD
Jun 7 – Charleston, SC @ Tin Roof
Jun 12 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Honest Pint
Jun 14 – Columbia, SC @ Conundrum Music Hall
Jun 20 – Birmingham, AL @ Matthew’s Bar & Grill
Jun 21 – Tupelo, MS @ House Show
Jun 25 – Atlanta, GA @ Southface Summer Solstice
Jun 27 – Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone Club
Jun 29 – Washington, D.C. @ Electric Maid
Jul 5 – Greenville, SC @ Radio Room