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New music: Surf punks FIJI-13 share 'Splash Rash / Ragin' Love'

FIJI-13 'Heavy Breathing' cover art
FIJI-13 'Heavy Breathing' cover artFIJI-13
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by Cecilia Johnson

October 12, 2017

FIJI-13 are Heidi James (guitar/vocals), Hilary James (bass/vocals), and Steve Crowley (drums), and they have new music to share. The surf-punk trio are set to release their new EP, Heavy Breathing, on Friday. They've dropped a couple of tracks -- "Mansplain It To Me bb" and now, "Splash Rash / Ragin' Love" -- ahead of the whole EP.

To say it's just been a couple of songs is sort of misleading; the new one, "Splash Rash / Ragin' Love," combines two short pieces, starting with a leisurely instrumental and shifting into a sharp-laden song about love's power over people. Like Lorde's "Hard Feelings / Loveless" from Melodrama, FIJI-13's two-fer contrasts tempos and flavors of angst.

Find Heavy Breathing online and in select local stores on Friday, and catch FIJI-13, Lunch Duchess, 4th Curtis, Gully Boys, and Real Dom at the Triple Rock on Oct. 14.

FIJI-13 promo photo
FIJI-13 promo photo
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