Plastic Pinks
There’s little we love more than seeing locals do big things, and Miami’s newest charges of garage-rock dominance, Plastic Pinks, is starting to make some serious waves. The band has gone from a local favorite to bringing the Miami gospel abroad and putting out records on two of the top tier garage-rock labels currently pushing the movement forward. They’ve also inadvertently stacked the month of March with more rad gigs than you can shake a half-empty PBR can at! We caught up with guitarist and vocalist, Augie Pink, to get the lowdown on the band’s crazy March and its impending releases.
March sounds like it’s going to be a pretty intense month of the band…
Definitely one of the biggest if not the biggest month for us yet! Last year was really good to us and now things are starting to blossom. It seems as if we have unconsciously made March into our pedal-to-the-metal month. We’re gonna’ be playing with Burger/Lolipop Records band Corners on the 6th at Vintage Tap in Delray and the 7th at Churchill’s in Miami, then we play the 14th with Seattle’s La Luz, the Shivas, and Miami’s own Whorish Boorish. Then, we’re off to SXSW to play Wienermania on the 18th at Spiderhouse, turn around and drive right home to finish off the month with Black Lips at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale. By far some of the craziest nights we’ve experienced are on their way!
Tell me about the 7″ release you’ve got in the works. Where did you guys record it? Who’s putting it out? What other stuff do you have planned as far as recording goes?
Plastic Pinks at PureHoney 3 Year Fest. Credit: Monica McGivern
Oh yeah! The 7”! We couldn’t be prouder of the 7” vinyl being put out by Die Slauterhaus Records from Atlanta. They’ve put out some great bands like Black Lips, Deerhunter, the Coathangers, Dinos Boys… they’ve proven to have a great ear and we are more than flattered to be a involved with such an amazing record label! We met Mark Naumann from the label last year on tour and things got rolling pretty quickly! Immediately after that, we contacted Gabe from the Gun Hoes — who was already recording our EP — and got things in motion to record and he recorded, mixed, and mastered it like a champ! The art for the 7” was done by Mimi Starr, who did a kick ass job as well! We also have an EP titled Livin’ On the Coast that is going to be released on Burger Record’s subsidiary label, Wiener Records, which is something we’re really looking forward to. We’re definitely where we want to be at the moment!
How did the relationship with Burger/Weiner come about?
After our tour with AJ Davila & Terror/Amor; they had worked with them on a release and we reached out to them with the hopes of releasing our album through their label as well. They’re sweethearts, seriously! You can tell they love this type of music and that passion has definitely gotten them where they are, which is why we want to be part of that particular movement.
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