![]() ![]() “ were very specific about the ‘who,’ the ‘what,’ the ‘where,’” Schnoonover says. “It also felt like the only thing to do,” Schoonover adds. “It was dramatic, but it kind of, at a certain point, felt like the right thing to do,” Maroney says. Letting go of an album was a difficult but necessary decision. “I felt stressed about having personal information that felt really private to me in kind of a really public manner,” they say. The songwriting was far more detailed than Schoonover was comfortable sharing. A few singles made the cut, but the group decided to not release the whole project. “There's only one thing closer than being married, and it's being in the same van for a month,” Maroney says.īefore the tour, throughout 20, bugsy wrote and recorded an album. This past summer, the band opened for Skating Polly, touring in Canada and all over the U.S. They stepped onto the mainroom’s stage to play Radio K’s 30th anniversary show in September, and it was another special evening for everyone. The band would continue to play First Avenue venues like 7th St. I think that was kind of a very important little blip in the bugsy timeline,” Maroney says, considering the performance a catalyst for what was to come. “Seeing the trajectory since that has been really cool. ![]() Their live performance pre- and post-COVID’s pause on shows looks quite different: In 2019, bugsy played almost all shows in DIY venues, but in 2021, their return to the stage happened at Fine Line when opening for the locally beloved and nationally growing Gully Boys. When music venues shut down a month after their debut release, the band felt uncertain if they’d ever get to share new music in front of an audience, but they’ve come back strong. The three recruits didn’t know each other, but their dynamic has grown and evolved over the past four years. After writing many songs by themself, Schoonover began looking for musicians to play with: Desai was a past biology lab partner, Maroney responded to their Facebook post in search of a bassist, and Norman had previously played with Schoonover in a different band. The group began playing together in 2019 and released their debut EP, Teratoma, in February of 2020. Polished melodies shine through the grittiness. Guitars assume the foreground and make room for the band’s initial garage rock sound. The EP sees the band sharpening pop-punk undertones. As for the EP’s musical aesthetic, it’s a scrapbook of stories assembled by Schoonover to create songs with malleable meanings. The graphics on bugsy’s work have always had a crafty, collage-style visual aesthetic. Another rabbit is pictured on the cover of the Minneapolis band’s new EP, Now I Spend All of My Time Alone, in a homemade, mini 3D bedroom set-up. Schoonover, the guitarist and singer/songwriter of bugsy, sits down with Stinky in their room alongside bandmates bassist Shannon Maroney (they/them), guitarist Griffen Desai (he/him), and drummer Alex Norman (he/him). “His name is Stinky, but he smells awesome,” Emily Schoonover (they/them) says, carrying a rabbit into the Zoom frame. ![]()
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