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SNOW COATS Release ‘If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny’ / Dutch Indie-Pop Quartet’s Second Album Out Now via Alcopop! Records

 Dutch indie-pop quartet SNOW COATS today release their second album If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny which is out now via Alcopop! Records on CD and all good DSPs, following a recent run of UK/EU tour dates with Boston’s Future Teens. The album was recorded during the 2021 lockdowns in their own purpose built rehearsal space and studio, with the band worked remotely with producer/mix engineer Joe Reinhart (Beach Bunny, Hop Along and Modern Baseball) to get the right sound and feel for the forthcoming second record.

“We’d spend multiple hours every day in our rehearsal space in Arnhem writing the songs and recording demo versions,” says guitarist Daan Joost. “After finishing a bunch of songs, we couldn’t wait for people to hear them and also see a reaction from the audience, but it just wasn’t possible as we were stuck in lockdowns.” Enter producer Joe Reinhart, who has been involved in the creation of some of the band’s favourite records. The band sent demos across to him remotely, and arranged multiple meetings with Reinhart via Zoom where they intricately dissected songs and discussed ways to push them to the next level. In February 2021 the band began recording the album in their rehearsal space and Anouk’s bedroom, then Reinhart mixed the album later that year in his studio in Philadelphia, PA. “This was kind of a first time for us, to have someone outside of the band have opinions about the songwriting and sonics and stuff,” explains Joost, “but we couldn’t wish for anyone other than Joe to be involved with making a record.”

 After toying with a few options for the album’s title, If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny presented itself as the perfect encapsulation of the band’s self-deprecating and lighthearted approach to their own perceived shortcomings. “Sometimes it’s the embarrassing or awkward moments that make for a good story,” explains van der Kemp of her philosophy and source material. “The idea for the album title came after a night when I left a restaurant, and as I waved and said goodbye to the people who worked there, I did in fact not go through the exit door, but walked into the men’s bathroom. Very awkward for me, very awkward for the people who worked there, but if someone else would’ve told me this story, I would’ve laughed.”

Second album If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny is out now via Alcopop! Records