Microwave releases two collab tracks with Puddle Splasher

Microwave has shared a new two-song split with Puddle Splasher, out now. Microwave and Puddle Splasher take things a step farther here by co-writing and performing both songs, “Step Inside” and “Heel,” together. Puddle Splasher will also be on the final two nights of the bands co-headlining tour which is set to kick off soon.

Nathan Hardy, vocalist and guitarist for Microwave, explains:

“As long time Puddle Splasher fans, we had a great time sending ideas back and forth and eventually getting together with them at Barbershop Studios in New Jersey to hang out and work with Brett Romnes to record a couple tracks.  Working with Brett was a long time coming as he’s recorded several of our friends’ bands and several of our favorite records over the last decade or two. Surprisingly enough, the songs sound like a cross between Microwave and Puddle Splasher.  Dante and Adam played drums and bass on ‘Step Inside.’  Tito and Tyler played drums and bass on ‘Heel.’  Nathan and Andy sang and played guitars on both songs.”

“Step Inside” is a brooding, groovy track with a trip-hop influenced outro and a soundscape of layers, “one of which is Tito ‘ohm-ing’ like a shaman in the background,” Nathan shares. Its counterpart, “Heel,” is a dynamic, high-energy rock anthem about wanting move to Florida and start a death metal band. Who can’t relate?

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October 10 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre*
October 11 – Birmingham, AL – Furnace Fest
October 13 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom*
October 14 – Kansas City, MO – The Truman*
October 16 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater*
October 17 – Taos, NM – The Mothership*
October 19 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues*
October 22 – Pomona, CA – Glasshouse*
October 23 – Fresno, CA – Tioga-Sequoia Brewing*
October 24 – Reno, NV – Cargo Concert Hall*
October 26 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl
October 28 – Calgary, AB – Palace Theatre
October 29 – Edmonton, AB – Pawn Shop Live
October 31 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
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November 03 – Lansing, MI – Grewal Hall^
November 04 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian^
November 06 – Worcester, MA – Palladium^
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November 08 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore^
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