[Cover photo L-R: Nate Mangold, Jackson Roemers, and Fabian Angel]
Northern Californian Punk and Alt-Rock trio StrateJacket have shared the lyric video to “Be My Drug,” their new single via Edgeout Records. This lyric video release comes after the band’s SXSW debut performance in Austin earlier this month and a handful of West Coast tour dates. In addition, the band will be performing a free, all-ages show at San Francisco’s Thrillhouse Records on Saturday, March 30th, 2024.
Made up of Jackson Roemers (lead vocals/guitar), Fabian Angel (vocals/bass) and Nate Mangold (drums), StrateJacket says “Be My Drug” explores a character-driven story.
Dealing with the similarities between being and love and being on drugs, the band explains:
I don’t think a song of ours represents who we are better than ‘Be My Drug’ does. We really wanted a song that captured the [addictive, high and low] feelings of those two things together. It’s a theme we look forward to exploring more in the future.
Formed in 2019, the group quickly found themselves stuck in the middle of a pandemic, but they used the isolation to hone their craft. The band eventually played some of their first shows with a guerilla approach to gigging, driving all over San Francisco to play under bridges, on beaches, and in warehouses.
StrateJacket recorded a bulk of new music at Vancouver’s Armoury Studios in November of 2022 with the Juno/BMI-winning Canadian producer/songwriter Brian Howes (Hinder, Skillet, Boys Like Girls). They also secured the Grammy winning Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Muse, Prince) to mix the songs.
