Broadway Calls

We’ve been fans of Broadway Calls for a while now and after years of pestering they finally gave in and joined the team. Their exact words were, “It would take a catastrophic act of god that destroyed the music industry for us to consider working with Red Scare.” And what do ya know! Thank you, 2020. (Ironically, the record is about the impending civil war and apocalypse… so maybe this is all their doing?!) Then we sent ‘em down to the Bay Area to work with Scott Goodrich (Culture Abuse, Direct Hit!, etc.) and they emerged with the best 11 songs we’ve ever heard from this Oregon trio. Sad In The City is fast, it’s loud, and most of all it is catchy as hell. It’s their finest full length and it’ll likely go down as one of the top releases in our entire catalog.

Sad In The City is about navigating the end of the most violent empire the world has ever seen. Making your way home to the ones you love while trying to avoid the police. Finding love and realizing how it still needs to be celebrated even as we burn the world.  Dealing long overdue fatal blows to the state and the corporations they serve. It is a violent record for a violent time.  This isn’t dystopian fiction. There’s a stain on the road, shaped like a kid. There’s a target on your back where it’s always been. And now everyone is Sad In The City.

Ty Vaughn (vocals + guitar)

Making this record was the most full circle moment in my life. Their first full length was the soundtrack of my teens, and it was recorded in the studio I now operate. Being able to have Ty, Josh, and Adam come to California, live with my wife and I, and make a new full length in the same room they made their first was something I’ll never forget. I cherish the hell out of this experience, and I hope everyone enjoys what we made as much as we do. Love you guys!

Sad In The City producer Scott Goodrich