Ultra Q, the band fronted by Jakob Armstrong, son of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, are heading toward the release of their debut album My Guardian Angel this Summer. And they have shared a fresh taster of it that is so effortlessly beautiful you’re going to be thinking about it all day.
That taster is “Rocket”, a slow-building piece of indie brilliance, that glistens with droplets of pop sensibility and emotional sentiment. It’s another example of Ultra Q being able to deliver alternative music that feels as timeless as it does fresh.
Jakob had this to say about it:
“This was a tricky one. Originally there were two demos for the song. The first titled Rocket, and the second titled Bon Iver is a Greasy Weeb (I was doing some fun vocoder stuff). It’s probably good we ended up going with the first. This track feels like a melting point for the album. It finds its place in between the electronic blaze of ‘I Watched Them Go’ and the emo sheen of ‘VR Sex’. It bridges the gap. Lyrically I found the contrast between city nightlife and insomnia to be familiar. It feels comforting and warm even though those two things separately describe quite the opposite.”
My Guardian Angel will be released on June 9th via Royal Mountain Records.
It will also feature “I Watched Them Go”:
And “VR Sex”:
Ultra Q are set to support Wavves and Cloud Nothings on tour this Summer. Here are the dates:
- June 08 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fine Line
- June 09 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
- June 10 – El Club – Detroit, Mi
- June 11 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
- June 13 – Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
- June 14 – Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix
- June 16 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
- June 17 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
- June 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
- June 20 – Washington D.C, DC @ Union Stage
- June 21 – Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry
- June 23 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Heaven)
- June 24 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl
- June 26 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
- June 27 – Ft. Worth, TX @ Tulips
- June 29 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister
- June 30 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent
- July 01 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
- July 02 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory Orange County
- July 03 – The Regent – Los Angeles, CA
- July 05 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
- July 06 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
