JUNK VALUES

NEW ALBUM / AVAILABLE NOW!

Whether he’s fracturing fairy tales with ‘Tragedy Dolls’ or taking sardonic stabs at billionaire astronauts in ‘Vacant Games’ or even turning the knife inward on the title track, James Beastly’s new LP Junk Values invites us to chase our own shadows, spinning circles through a blinding maze of guitar driven post-punk tinted gloom that strangely couldn’t feel more satisfying. 

"a remarkable sonic journey through a world that’s playfully perverse, surreal, and artistically profound" (The Pentatonic)

"expertly blurs the lines between indie rock, punk and pop" (Plastic Mag)

"Anthemic rock hooks and contemplative post-punk moodiness coexist with charming, replay-inducing appeal throughout this stellar release" (Obscure Sound)

"The guy is an enigma, and so is his music" (Buffablog)

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BIO:

Straddling the line between edgy post-punk and bittersweet indie-rock James Beastly's songs paint a playfully perverse yet intimately surreal world of widescreen grandeur, beauty and menace. Based in San Francisco, he’s recorded and toured throughout the US and Canada as the guitarist for Return to Mono and was a founding member of the Santa Cruz alt punk band The Cast-Iron Canaries.