SoCal rockers, Carpool Tunnel who are currently on a US tour with label mates Microwave, have released brand new single ‘The Risk’.
See Carpool Tunnel support Microwave on their remaining US dates:
31-May The Cannery – Nashville, TN
2-June Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
3-June King of Clubs – Columbus, OH
5-June Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY
7-June Royale – Boston, MA
8-June Frankline Music Hall – Philadelphia, PA
While their sun-soaked sound harkens back to simpler times, CARPOOL TUNNEL literally wouldn’t exist without the power of modern technology. Like all great 21st-century relationships, a serendipitous swipe on an app – in this case Vampr, hailed as Tinder for musicians – brought singer/guitarist Ben Koppenjan and guitarist Bradley Kearsley together in 2017.
The Bay Area guitarists quickly bonded over a shared love of ’60s and ’70s-era classic rock like the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, and the connection was immediate: Just a few weeks after meeting, the pair was in the studio recording their debut single, “Afterlight,” with Grammy-nominated producer Billy Mohler.
After the release of their first album BLOOM the brilliantly named band hit the road, bringing their California cool aesthetic and classically retro sound up and down the coast. In this live setting, free-wheeling and bereft of perfectionist attitudes, the group began laying the foundation for their long-awaited second album Don’t Let Them Pass You By.
The album out now via Pure Noise Records, puts Carpool Tunnel’s sandbar psychedelic sound on full display, swirling psychedelic rock and blues with sunny surf rock to create something that’s both nostalgic and fresh.