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When Michigan-based band Poindexter formed sometime in 2018, their goal was to play thrash metal and ska. After some early lineup shifting, the band added Gracie Pryor as their lead vocalist and decided to explore a more pop-oriented sound. Poindexter ended up writing a batch of melancholic melodic songs that blended ska, pop, and indie rock. These songs became their debut self-titled EP. Poindexter was released in April 2020 independently. Shortly before the EP’s release, lead vocalist Gracie Pryor relocated to Los Angeles, CA. After a hiatus, the band began writing new material in spring 2022 and added Nate Phung (The Maxies, Odd Robot) on keys & guitar, and Kevin Hawthorne (formerly of The Radiotypes) as the band’s new lead guitarist. The band is now based out of SoCal and Michigan. In July 2023, the band’s debut album: Treats was released on Ska Punk International.
Treats is a collection of songs the band recorded over the course of fall 2022 and winter 2023 at Cold War Studios in Grand Rapids, MI with Rick Johnson and Matt Waterman. Some of the tracks were engineered by our very own Nate Phung in SoCal as well. In some ways, Treats feels like two EPs mashed into one. The first four tracks on the album were written originally for an EP, but we decided to add six more tracks the band had been working on, which was essentially another EP. Most of these songs were pieced together remotely, by us sending files back and forth and meeting over Discord when we were able to. Many of the tracks on Treats deal with craving escape from the harshness of modern life and longing to feel some relief from the daily trauma and unrelenting stress we all seem to endure day-in-day-out.
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📣 Treats is full of melancholic songs about maintaining beloved friendships in the face of the incessant pressures of adulthood and American life (”Serendipity”), the absurdities of hustle culture and bootstraps theory (”Be All You Can Be”), falling into addictions to cope with the stresses of daily life (”Treats”), struggling with gender dysphoria (”Body Like That”), and simply just missing your loved ones while having to work an 8+ hour work day (”11 to 8”).
Blending pop, indie rock, ska, reggae, punk, shoegaze, folk, and more, we hope this album hopefully leaves listeners craving more Treats to shut out the bleak!”
— Kenny Plont, Trombone (They/Them)
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