Grim Streaker

The train is barreling through the streets of New York City, rhythmic and relentless. At the helm, your conductor twists her head back. She shoots you a devious smile and a maniacal wink. Fog fills the path ahead as the train increases momentum. You laugh as anxious energy clouds the mind. A familiar odor emerges, reminiscent of underground music venues in Brooklyn. Through the distorted loudspeaker, angular guitars clash with sensual, hypnotic grooves. The train screeches to a halt. You don’t get off.

Grim Streaker’s energetic strain of art-punk is the only constant for the restless Brooklyn quartet. In light of the pandemic, singer and lyricist Amelia Bushell moved to Vancouver, Canada, which channeled a new creative process for the now pan-american band—turning fragments of work written at their Bushwick, Brooklyn studio into living, breathing, virtual collaborations. This triggered a quick departure from their previous incarnation. The result is MIND; a surreal, subversive world of four songs that reflects on the current state of mental health, laughable social constructs and the inescapable working grind. MIND is careening disco, seductive R&B, rhythmic onslaughts and pure fun with a punk edge, packed into 14 minutes. The forthcoming EP, MIND is out March 4th, 2022 via Montreal-based label Mothland.