Shout out out out out = two drummers + four bass players + two samplers + five synthesizers + two vocoders. This is volatile dance music.
Having grown up playing in a variety of punk/rock bands, over the course of time the six members wound up becoming obsessed with electro, tech-house, and computer disco. It’s because of this background that Shout Out Out Out Out are so comfortable straddling the fence between the energy and live-performance of being in a rock band, and the exciting bump of filling a dancefloor with slamming sequenced beat. To them the energy is the same, and the end result is the same, which is probably why their live shows are creating so much buzz. And it is quite a spectacle: two drummers pounding away in unison with a skillfully sequenced sampler, while the other four members alternate chaotically between hammering on their respective bass guitars and adjusting enough analog synthesizers and gadgets to make any gear nerd sweat. Overtop of it all a robotic vocoder voice is juxtaposed with tragically human lyrics about unsurmountable debt and self loathing. Formed in May of 2004, all six members of Shout Out Out Out Out are established and prominent figures in the exceptionally strong and breaking Edmonton music community, having put in their time as touring machines, producers, artists, DJs, promoters and label bosses. Included in the band are Nik Kozub, Clint Frazier, Jason Troock, Will Zimmerman, Lyle Bell and Gravy. In the relatively short amount of time that the band has existed, their hard work has already led to significant accomplishments. Countless sold out shows, incredibly well received showcases at NXNE, SXSW, and CMW, great national press, and the release of their debut 12" single, all look to be leading up to a very exciting career for these electro rockers. Shout Out Out Out Out’s debut album Not Saying / Just Saying is available in Canada on July 25th courtesy of Normals Welcome Records.
"Anyone who missed this Edmonton collective's set should kick themselves long and hard. The robotic-voiced, dual drum, multi-bass and keyboard-infused disco punk band absolutely killed. Imagine the post-punk electroclash thud of Trans Am and the '80s dance pop of Trans X rolled into one orgiastic ball of energy and you start to get the idea." – Exclaim! Magazine
"Edmonton six-piece crafts the illest, most danceable shit this side of James Murphy..." - Now Magazine
"...you’d have to be a truly spiritless, puppy-kicking, monster to be unmoved by the joyful display that is Shout Out Out Out Out.” - SEE Magazine
