BENT BLUE • Where Do Ripples Go • 12"

War Records

Bent Blue is a melodic hardcore band from San Diego, California who first emerged in 2020 via their DC hardcore-inspired demo, Between Your And You're. Soon after the band signed to WAR Records, who would go on to release their demo on cassette and later issue a remixed and expanded version of Between Your And You’re as a limited edition 12” vinyl.

Written and recorded throughout the pandemic, Bent Blue's new EP, Where Do Ripples Go?, is a showcase of the band's artistic progression. Drawing from a variety of influences, no two songs on the record sound the same.

Lyrically, the EP introduces deeply personal and introspective themes that discuss topics like self-confidence and grief. Where the demo exhibited the band's understanding of their roots, Where Do Ripples Go? finds Bent Blue broadening their songwriting scope in new directions.

Recorded and mixed by Gabe VanBenschoten (Ancestors, Daisy Chain, Horse The Band), Where do Ripples Go? will see a release this summer through WAR Records. While often drawing comparisons to bands like Lifetime, Fugazi, Dag Nasty, and Rites of Spring, you will most-frequently hear the terms “DC style” and “Revolution Summer” being used to describe Bent Blue’s dissonant, emotive sound.

With one foot in the past and the other firmly planted in the present, Bent Blue fit in with their contemporaries Fiddlehead, Sunstroke, Anxious, and Praise.