That’s right! Steve Rawles, formerly of influential skate punk band Belvedere and currently of This Is A Standoff, has posted a couple solo acoustic tracks on his MySpace page for your listening pleasure.
The two tracks, “Moving” and “Semi-Pro,” are a sound departure from Rawles’ other bands but I think if you are a fan of Rawles in general you will dig the marvelous, summery acoustic jams.
So far there’s no word if he is planning on releasing an entire solo album but he is playing some solo shows in Eastern Canada in April and for a number of the shows he will be performing with two other punk legends, Tony Sly (No Use For A Name) and Russ Rankin (Good Riddance/Only Crime). Those dates can also be found on his MySpace page.
If you can’t get into the acoustic songs you can catch Rawles and the boys in This Is A Standoff playing two all ages shows, March 18 in Calgary and March 19th in Edmonton, before they head to Brazil for three shows with Anti-Flag.