Loudness War

Blending aggressive guitar layers with melodic psychedelia and concise, pop-structured songwriting, Baton Rouge's Loudness War has continuously explored the fuzziest realms of garage rock.

Beginning in 2014 as a secret project of eventual guitarists Stevie Spring and Matthew Urquhart, the pair self recorded their debut <a href="spotify:album:6otZds3Al7N2Xaw7Q7nKjL" data-name="Garbage Rock">Garbage Rock</a> in one week, enlisting drummer Ryan Welsh halfway through the recording process, with bassist Quinn Tull joining shortly afterward. The CD-R caught the ear of local record shop Lagniappe Records, who then put out 2015&#39;s <a href="spotify:album:6sbGiFtbIGc7XL4stfPl1f" data-name="Extraterrestrial Hangover">Extraterrestrial Hangover</a> on a limited run cassette.

Through a happenstance meeting, the band linked up with Transylvania Music Company to record the sludgy The Miser at Louisiana&#39;s iconic Studio in the Country (Kansas, Stevie Wonder, Marilyn Manson). This was followed by self-recorded releases <a href="spotify:album:0zNZoz8gFYKlSL3Evncz1H" data-name="Warm Fizz">Warm Fizz</a> and <a href="spotify:album:0VIP3urzp6fFVVaKzLw8sr" data-name="Mystifier Deluxe">Mystifier Deluxe</a>, which furthered the band&#39;s songwriting into more complex and cerebral territory.