It's been a minute since
Nathan Strejcek first emerged on the DC punk scene as lead singer of The
Teen Idles and Youth Brigade, and a co-founder of
Dischord Records. He is back with a ‘new’ band, The
Delarcos, a new record,
Irradiate, and a new label,
Punkish Records with the help of
Dischord.
The
Delarcos are named after OG New York and DC scenester and producer Brooke Delarco, who has worked with the Feelies, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers, Patti Smith, Emma Peel (featuring
Dischord alumni
John Stabb and Danny Ingram) and many others.
The
Delarcos were founded in 2014 by Sean Epstein (drums, previously with Sisters of Morrissey), Mike Lastort (saxophone, 4th Wall), Kent Campbell (guitar), Jon Hamblin (vocals/guitar, Gleek) and Nathan (bass). The
Delarcos contributed a cover of the unreleased Clash song
Jericho to 2018 Record Store Day,
Crooked Beat Records’
Recutting the Crap, Volume Two.
Irradiate was recorded with Pete Banks on drums. Pete left and was replaced by Double Sharp Audio Studio's co-owner Wilfredo Morales (Swingamajig) in 2022.
The
Delarcos new record
Irradiate evokes the sounds and urgency of no-wave pioneers Pere Ubu, albeit with a more raw, humorous profile.
Irradiate was produced and mixed by Brooke Delarco, engineered by Norman Van der Sluys and mastered by
Tom Lyle (GI) at Inner Ear Studios. It is a split release between
Dischord (No. 191.5) and
Punkish Records (PR01).
Limited to 200, brownish marble, Eco-Mix, heavy-weight, vinyl LPs.
