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A good question, little simpletons, but you should really be asking HOW is Bad Optics. And the answer is fine, thanks for asking.

Bad Optics is a progressive-post-art-punk band from Seattle, WA. If you want, you can call their music "shamewave." They don't, but you can. Formed in 2018 by singer/guitarist/primary songboy Christian J. Hidell and drummer Joshua Ihler, the band has been releasing music, playing shows, and touring ever since. The current lineup consists of Hidell, Ihler, and guitarist Alex Warton. Their music draws on elements of punk, industrial music, folk, and the compositional eclecticism of the avant-garde.

Their latest record has been in the gestation tank for almost a year, but it's time is almost nigh. THE BOUNDED WORLD will be unleashed like a plague upon the world on April 30th, 2025. Expanding on the sound of their previous releases, this new record takes inspiration from Christian millenarian cults, "rationalist" tech freaks, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and mid-century-modern furniture. In addition to their usual cacophonous twin-guitar sound and paranoid songwriting, THE BOUNDED WORLD now features MORE melodies, MORE vocal harmonies, MORE synthesizers, and a glockenspiel. Get ready for fun!

You can listen to the first single, Falling from High Places, right here.

XOXO
- Bad Optics

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