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Orlando’s premier soul-rocking nonet The Sh-Booms return on February 18th with “This Is a Test,” their first new recorded music since 2019 and the title track from their forthcoming EP This Is a Test. The EP will be released digitally and as a limited-run 12” vinyl, available at the band’s upcoming Florida release shows this March and everywhere else on March 10.
“This Is a Test,” says bandleader and bassist Alfred Ruiz, “is a sci-fi vision of two astronauts on a collision course in the cosmic ocean. As they delve into the great unknown they enter euphoric intergalactic love — but a treacherous mission may lay waste to the path forward. This is a test… now hold your breath.”
Clocking in at over six and a half minutes, the title track signals a bold creative shift. Blending New Wave textures, post-punk lock-grooves, funk-driven vocoder passages, and widescreen space-rock builds, the song captures the emotional push and pull of new love with cinematic scale and dancefloor urgency. Produced by Grammy-nominated engineer Alan Armitage (Boyz II Men) at his Orlando studio The Snake Arcade, and mastered by Grammy Award-winner Emily Lazar (Beck, Vampire Weekend, Minus the Bear) at The Lodge Mastering in New York, the single marks a major sonic expansion for the band.
EP Vinyl Release Shows
March 6 — Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub
March 7 — Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
PRE-SAVE: https://thesh-booms.hearnow.com/
The Sh-Booms Online
Website: http://www.theshbooms.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshbooms/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theShBooms
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/theShBooms
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4X3GFK3iSoUhRuut03VwCr
