Scowl (band)

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Scowl
Origin Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Genres Hardcore punk
Years active2019 (2019)–present
LabelsFlatspot
Members
  • Kat Moss
  • Malachi Greene
  • Mikey Bifolco
  • Bailey Lupo
  • Cole Gilbert
Website www.scowl40831.com

Scowl is an American hardcore punk band from Santa Cruz, California. [1] The band consists of singer Kat Moss, guitarists Malachi Greene and Mikey Bifolco, bassist Bailey Lupo, and drummer Cole Gilbert. [2]

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History

The band released their first collection of songs, a self-titled EP, in 2019. [3] Scowl released a second EP in 2019, titled Reality After Reality.... [4] In 2021, the group released their debut full-length album, How Flowers Grow, through Flatspot Records. [2] [5] [6] The group released their third EP in 2023 titled Psychic Dance Routine . [7] [8]

Scowl has toured and shared the stage with bands like Circle Jerks and Negative Approach, [9] System Of A Down, Korn, Turnstile and Deftones, [10] Limp Bizkit, [11] and toured Australia in May and June of 2023 with Sunami and Speed. [12] The band also played the 2023 edition of the famed Coachella festival. [13] In a 2022 interview with hardcore magazine In Effect singer Kat Moss said about touring: "We are focused heavily on touring as much as possible! We are trying to hit all the places in the US that we haven’t played yet as well as across the pond!" [14]

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