CARSEX Hit The Target With New Single "Sitting Ducks"

Punk band CARSEX is back with their latest release “Sitting Ducks”. It’s the follow-up to the Long Beach, CA based band’s successful single & video “Crooked Canvas”, which garnered the band support on Punk, Rock, and Metal playlists at Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Deezer, and Audiomack. Both songs were produced by Steve Evetts (Sepultura, Alesana, Poison the Well, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Butcher Babies). "Sitting Ducks" is a deep dive into current human-interest stories that permeate the news, and the shape of the human condition in 2024.

The song is a frenetic, all-out barrage of sound: It starts with an ominous spoken word narration from lead singer Nigel under a bed of distorted guitars & a menacing rhythm line that explodes into a howl of rage backed by a supersonic metal/punk mashup that hits the listeners ears like a blow torch. It’s a mix of Henry Rollins/Black Flag, with a bit of Danzig mixed in for good measure. "Sitting Ducks" is a 21 gun salute to mayhem, and an unrelenting anthem of angst. The theme is a scathing rebuke of the relentless barrage of noise that is shot-gunned at the masses daily - Thanks to the new normal of non-stop, 24 hour news cycle.

The lyrics are searing:

"Plug me into a substance.

A blurry & numbing kind.

Thought provoking commercials,

can occupy my mind.

Resist?

There will be no shelter.

Did you even exist?

A toxic simulation.

We never asked for this!

CARSEX Singer Burk was quoted as saying “Sitting Ducks’ is a kind of “they live” type song. It covers the helplessness and monotony of a modern world and the meaninglessness that follows what’s viewed “important” by society at large, and the misalignment of priorities in today’s chaotic times”.

CARSEX has had a break-out year in 2024, and is aiming to capitalize on their rising profile with a new EP release in the first quarter of 2025. If "Sitting Ducks" and "Crooked Canvas" are an indication of where this band is headed - we forward to hearing what's next.

About CARSEX:

CARSEX amped-up sound is what the name implies: Sleazy, primitive, uncomfortable - and just as good as your friends told you it’d be.

Forged by the survivors of Long Beach music scene bands Damned Age, Black Velvet Brigade, and Red River Massacre, the five music veterans in CARSEX have slugged it out in the clubs of Orange County, California for more than 10 years. While performing shows in these various groups on the circuit they became friends over time. As the bands they were in either dissolved or changed direction – they decided to form under a new banner with shared musical tastes & goals, and CARSEX formed in 2018. Their sound is a mix of Circle Jerks/Black Flag/The Germs, with Danzig, Fu Manchu & a bit Queens of the Stone Age blended into a potent combination. They play hard and loud with no hint of an apology.

The band has previously released 2 EPs: 2019’s CarSex and 2020’s 2020 EP, which featured the singles “Your Generation” and “Lovesick”.

CARSEX is very much a live band, and is playing shows in support the new music. They’ve opened for Stillwell (Fieldy from Korn’s Band), The Obsessed, Mondo Generator, Suicide Silence, Unsane, Dead Poet’s Society, Narcoleptic Youth, and O’Zorn!, among others. A spring 2025 tour in support of their upcoming EP is in the works, with dates to be announced in late January.

CARSEX is

Nigel Burk - Vocals

Shane Lausch – Lead Guitar

Justin Jolley – Rhythm Guitar

Jeremy Schott – Bass

Adam Jackson - Drums

Official Website: https://carsexlbc.com/