Teen Suicide

Spune presents Teen Suicide w/ awakebutstillinbed & Joe Vann at Tulips FTW on April 2nd, 2024.

Teen Suicide is a band from Orlando Florida; a quartet comprised of Sam Ray, KittyRay, Sean LaBree, and Nathan Munizzi. Together they create music that is as enjoyableas it is unclassifiable, eschewing the algorithmic nature of the modern music industry infavor of something more personal and much more interesting. Broadly speaking, theyare as much a power-pop group as they are a sludge-metal band, with as much elsein-between as that suggests. Though they draw influence from a bevy of different styles,they aim to create something uniquely synergistic out of them, rather than let them rotnext to each other as pastiche.

While the band has existed in many phases -first as a solo project of Sam Ray, then asa two piece with original drummer Eric Livingston, and later as a loose collective oflikeminded musicians & semi-permanent touring partners -the present lineup remainsthe first time there has been a dedicated and full-time group to write, record, andperform together. Innervated by this recent development, the members have remainedhard at work writing and recording new music - their first since 2021, and the first everthat's been created in such a collaborative manner - and are looking forward to debuting  much of it on tour in the spring & summer.In addition to Teen Suicide, the band members are involved in many different notableprojects. Kitty records - and produces - beautiful synth-pop/psychedelic music under herown name, as well as fronting the seminal dance-pop duo The Pom-Poms with Sam.Sean & Nathan comprise the post-punk band The Synthetics. Sam releasesambient/experimental electronic music under the name Ricky Eat Acid & has at varioustimes over the years released music with the bands Julia Brown, Starry Cat, AmericanPleasure Club, among many others.