Small Reactions Release Sophomore Album ‘RXN_002’, Available Now

Small Reactions

Release Sophomore Album

RXN_002, Available Now

Atlanta nerve pop quartet Small Reactions are back with RXN_002, their long-awaited sophomore album. Stream it today on Bandcamp, iTunes, Soundcloud, or Spotify — and be sure to grab a copy on vinyl, CD, or digital formats here.

Noise and melody, volatility and composure, pop music and anything but. Following their debut, Similar Phantoms, and a collection of 7”s, EPs, and mixtapes, the album is their most successful, realized version of “nerve pop” to date.

Small Reactions spent the last several years paring down their music to the most essential elements. By focusing on basic instrumentation, simple structures, and few musical cues besides “loud” and “fast,” songs were easily driven to the tipping point, off the tracks and towards destruction. RXN_002 assesses the wreckage, puts the pieces back together, and starts the journey anew where the band left off, to the darker recesses of human experience. Noisy guitars, relentless drums, and hypnotic, melodic bass are all intact, but the tools for exploration have expanded. The sound is something less monolithic, but more nuanced and complex.

RIYL: Cold War Kids, Preoccupations, Cloud Nothings

Upcoming Tour Dates

8/24 – Atlanta, GA (The Earl)

9/07 – Tampa FL (Rock The Park @ Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park)

9/08 – St. Petersburg, FL (Green Bench Brewing Co.)

9/10 – St Augustine, FL (Sing Out Loud Festival)

In case you missed it, the album’s singles, “Sessions Street” and “Sliding Glass Nightmare”, previously received coverage on Huffington Post, Atwood Magazine, Austin Town Hall, and more.

RXN_002 TRACKLIST

01 RXN_002
02 Sessions Street (premiered via GoldFlakePaint)
03 Controllerhead
04 Double Vision
05 Fatal Flaws
06 Flagrant
07 Seven Two
08 Sliding Glass Nightmare (premiered via Culture Collide)
09 Alles
10 El Dorado
11 Cowboy Up

Watch Small Reactions‘ official music video for Terrorangles”, taken from their 2014 debut album Similar Phantoms.

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