Los Angeles stoner/desert rock/garage/punk collective Electric Children presents new album »Fantasy Land«; out now via In Fuzz We Trust Recordings, Inc.
Los Angeles, California based stoner/desert rock/garage/punk collective Electric Children has released their new album »Fantasy Land« on May 20th, 2025 via In Fuzz We Trust Recordings, Inc.
Tracklist:
01. I
02. Fantasy Land
03. Reptilian Royalty
04. Deceivers
05. Judgement Day
06. Scene Of The Crime
07. Death Don’t Have Mercy
08. Children Of The Earth
09. Wake Up
10. Academic Clones
11. Hands Held Down
12. Blood Red River
13. Our Town
14. 216
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Like a sexually-charged, hyper-motivated rock ‘n’ roll convertible, Los Angeles band the Electric Children have returned with a new album »Fantasy Land« and the promise of more to come in the second half of 2025.
Lo-fi and shoegaze slam full-force into punk rock, Nuggets-era garage and contemporary alt-rock, as minds and voices allow themselves to become entangled with all of the wicked fervor of legs in a bed. It’s an intoxicating mix of gloriously droning, male/female, often harmonized vocals over buzzsaw riffery and infectious melodies.
“Looks like the crooked cops, have their guns pointed right at us,” the Children croon in »Scene Of The Crime«, the lead single, a song that features the talents of Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Mondo Generator, Dwarves (etc) man Nick Oliveri and is available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and more.
The song was mixed by Paul Fig (Alice In Chains, Ghost, Slipknot), and mastered by John McBain (who has worked with Soundgarden side bands Hater and Wellwater Conspiracy). That pair, along with the Children themselves, have generated palpable and vivid electricity, served with a side of dark magic. »Scene Of The Crime« is just the entry ramp.
The album also includes appearances by Danny B Harvey (Nancy Sinatra, Johnny Ramone), John Carlucci (The Speedies), Gitane Demone (Christian Death), Zou Zou Mansou (Soraia), Jesika Von Rabbit, Poppy Jean Crawford, Leanne Bowes (Demi Lovato), Bill Bateman (Cramps, Blasters), Ginny Luke (Foo Fighters, Britney Spears), Marcie Bolen (Von Bondies), Melanie Vammen (The Pandoras, The Muffs ), and Greta Valenti & Robin Davey (Well Hung Heart), as well as the aforementioned Nick Oliveri. Who knows who will pop up next?
»Fantasy Land« arrived May 23, 2025. The release was celebrated with a release show at the Redwood Bar in L.A. on May 24, with the Detroit Cobras and Tenement Rats.
~ Brett Callwood, Music Connection, LA Weekly
Electric Children (from first to last in order of appearance):
Jesika Von Rabbit: vocals (1), (2 intro)
Chanell O’Farrill: lead vocals (13) backing vocals (2,3,6,12)
Ramblin Eddie Lopez: vocals/guitars
Zou Zou Monseur (Soraia): lead vocals (2)
Nick Oliveri (Kyuss, QOTSA) : bass/vocals (2,6)
Marcie Bolen (Von Bondies): vocals (4)
Bill Bateman (The Blasters): drums (6)
Poppy Jean Crawford: vocals (2,6)
Phil Cobb: lead guitars (2,3,6,7,12,13)
Matt Lake: lead guitars (2,3,6,12,13)
Charlie Nicinski: drums (2,3)
Michelle Balderrama: vocals (2,6)
Maxine Brumer: lead vocal (3) backing vocals ( 2,6)
Holly West: bass/vocals (3)
Katie Sullivan: lead vocals (8) backing vocals (9,12)
Ernie Carrera: bass (4)
Alberto Avina: drums (4,5, 8-12)
Kris Siordia: lead guitars (4,5, 9-11)
Lionel Perez: bass (9-11)
Laura Ann White: lead vocal 5
Rene Rodriguez: backing vocal 12
Muddy Dutton (Brian Jonestown Massacre): bass, backing vocals (8)
Gitane Demone (Christian Death): vocals (7)
Zara Kand: vocals (7)
Leanne Bowes (Demi Lovato): vocals (13)
Paul Roessler (Screamers): keys (7)
Stephen Reed (Legal Weapon/Carnage Asada): bass (12)
Bixby Sereno: glockenspiel (13)
Recorded at Big Bad Sound LA, Kitten Robot, Silverlake Recording, Toys of the Masses Labs and Haven Recording Studios by Zach Riley, Paul Roessler, Naypokah Divad and Kevin Chubirka.
Additional recording By Tony Crouse.
Mixed by Paul Fig (Alice In Chains, Ghost, Jerry Cantrell).
Mastered by John McBain (Wellwater Conspiracy, Hater).
Art by Saul Aguilera.
A Ramblin Eddie Lopez Production
Paul Fig and John McBain (along with The Children themselves) have generated palpable and vivid electricity, served with a side of dark magic.
FFO: Queens Of The Stone Age, Fu Manchu, Iggy Pop
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well