Boyscott // Goose Bumps

We're elated to announce that Topshelf Records has teamed up with Babe City Records to jointly reissue Boyscott's widely loved surf-pop debut, Goose Bumps.

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On Goose Bumps, Connecticut's Boyscott present ten upbeat tracks that forge together elements of surf rock and bedroom pop. Weaving the supple sounds of yore into the techniques of today, Boyscott's distinct bedroom-recorded bops betray the limitations of their modest studio situation with a sonic depth not commonly associated with lo-fi projects.

Originally released in 2015, Goose Bumps is getting its first vinyl pressing with a co-release by Topshelf Records and Babe City Records. Although it took a few years of rotating casts, various makeshift studio experiences, and over a hundred shows, Boyscott have clearly carved out their own place in the world, garnering millions of streams and selling out many DIY physical pressings in the process. Read below for tour dates, and enjoy the record!


layout by Scott Hermo

upcoming Boyscott tour dates:

  • September 13, 2019 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Message the band for address
  • September 14, 2019 - Hartford, CT @ Wherehouse
  • September 16, 2019 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Howlers
  • September 17, 2019 - Ann Arbor, MI @ The Blind Pig ✧
  • September 18, 2019 - Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village ✧
  • September 19, 2019 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s Locker Rm ✧
  • September 20, 2019 - Kenyon College @ The Horn Gallery ✧
  • September 21, 2019 - Penn State @ Message the band for address ✧
  • September 22, 2019 - Bard College @ SMOG
  • September 25, 2019 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ❍
  • September 26, 2019 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ❍
  • September 27, 2019 - New York City @ Webster Hall ❍
  • September 28, 2019 - Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall ❍
  • September 29, 2019 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel ❍
  • October 10, 2019 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3s Artspace ▨
  • October 11, 2019 - Providence, RI @ Columbus Theater ▨
  • October 12, 2019 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street ▨
  • October 17, 2019 - Queens, NY @ Trans Pecos
  • October 26, 2019 - Lyme, CT @ Foliage Folk Festival
✧ = supporting Den-Mate
❍ = supporting Pinegrove
▨ = supporting Vundabar



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