Rising LA indie trio Winnetka Bowling League‘s debut album, Sha La La, is out today (May 31) via Local Weather/MDDN Records. “Sha La La was an album recorded in Studio City, an arm’s throw from Jinky’s, which serves very subpar breakfast offerings,” frontman Matthew Koma says. “It’s very much a snapshot of my 20s… trying to make sense of the trip, indulging in the what ifs and allowing some of that unresolved discomfort to develop into ‘it didn’t matter.’ I wouldn’t say I live in the past or even think about it much, but what came out in this collection really is a revisiting of rehearsed truths. We make our own stories up along the way, and I’m not sure this record is any more accurate than the perceived experience while it was happening, but the feeling I get listening to it is how I’d like to remember growing up…and I hope some of the songs, or the whole thing, or pieces of it or whatever, can make other people feel that same warmth. It’s also a record you could most definitely fuck to. Except ‘Astrology & Context’ ‘cause that one’s about Cancer.” Stream it below.
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The band will be on a headlining tour starting in late June, followed by shows supporting Mother Mother in the fall. See all dates below, and listen to Koma’s recent appearance on Joel Madden’s Artist Friendly series here.
Winnetka Bowling League 2024 tour dates6/25 – Madame Lou’s – Seattle, WA6/26 – Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR6/28 – Cafe Du Nord – San Francisco, CA (LOW TICKETS)6/29 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA (LOW TICKETS)6/30 – Valley Bar – Phoenix, AZ7/02 – Meow Wolf – Denver, CO7/11 – Uptown Theater – Kansas City, MO7/12 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL7/13 – A&R Music Bar – Columbus, OH7/15 – Exit/In – Nashville, TN7/16 – Purgatory at The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA7/17 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC7/19 – Songbyrd Music House – Washington, DC (LOW TICKETS)7/21 – Sonia – Cambridge, MA7/23 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY (LOW TICKETS)9/12 – Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA *9/13 – Revolution Concert House and Event Center – Boise, ID *9/14 – The Wilma – Missoula, MT *9/17 – The Fillmore Minneapolis – Minneapolis, MN *9/18 – Val Air Ballroom – Des Moines, IA *9/20 – Steelhouse Omaha – Omaha, NE *9/21 – The Factory at The District – St. Louis, MO *9/22 – The Sylvee – Madison, WI *9/24 – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN *9/25 – House of Blues Cleveland – Cleveland, OH *9/26 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH *9/28 – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom – Hampton, NH *9/30 – Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT *10/3 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC *10/4 – The Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte, NC *
* = support for MOTHER MOTHER
