COMMITTEEMEN
Escape
Simulated
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Upcoming Release
Cure for a Headache LP
Spring 2027
Current Release:
(S)HITS - EP
(11/4/25)
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Label: Rue Defense/Geodesic Records
Genre: Post-punk, Garage
Influences: IDLES, Osees, Gang of Four, Parquet Courts
Location: Houston, TX
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Previous Releases:
Chew
(7/4/25)
Old Rope
(4/18/25)
Therapy
(3/21/25)
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) [From the Official Booger Mixtape]
(9/20/24)
Simulated
(3/1/24)
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(11/3/23)
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Escape(Single - Released 9/20/24)
Simulated
(Single - Released 3/1/24)
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(EP-Released 11/3/23)
Press Contact: Graham Bell
253.948.7647
whoisruedefense@gmail.com
Press:
- Pop Punkers (Chew)
- Return of Rock (Old Rope)
- Punkeando! (Therapy)
- Get Some Magazine (Therapy)
- Various Small Flames (Therapy)
- Pop Punkers (Therapy)
- Houston Press (Interview)
- Maximum Rocknroll
Shows:
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(Photo Credit: Graham W Bell)
BIOThrough the Texas dusk, an inflatable tube man dances to an unheard tune. The lights of a convenience store glitter on the chrome of the used car lot across the street. As the bell dings, the clerk looks up from his dog-eared magazine to see a shadowy figure enter. The brim of the stranger’s hat obscures a shark-toothed grin, but a gold Texas star hangs at the man’s audacious lapel. Finely polished with age, it reads: Committeeman.
Committeemen are hard to categorize. Weaving together myriad influences, they straddle the line between driving post-punk and the riotous snarl of garage rock, likening them to bands like IDLES, Osees, and Parquet Courts. They write about what they know: the injustices of government, the struggle to cope in our media hellscape, and the occasional need for a deep drag on a smoldering Parliament.
The band leaves it all on stage every time out with a riotous mix of thunderous bass, thumping drums, and a dense whirl of screeching guitars. DJ Gilmore-Innis (vocals/guitar), Matt Kast (bass), Graham Bell (guitar), and Daniel DeTrinis (drums) produce bombastic, sweaty, heart-on-their-sleeves performances that churn the humid Houston night air into a froth.
They continue to build a steady following around their energetic live performances, sharing the stage with local and touring acts like Gurriers, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, The Dwarves, Daikaiju, Tear Dungeon, Big Bill, Grocery Bag, French Film, and the Phlegms.
‘Cure for a Headache,’ the follow-up LP to the ‘(S)HITS’ EP, releases in 2027 on digital and vinyl through Geodesic Records.
Single - Control
The final single from the Committeemen (S)HITS EP, 'Control' takes governmental restrictions to task. Using religious ideology to limit lifesaving healthcare and create dangerous situations for women in Texas and around the country, the powers that be exert backwards methods on the populace to ensure an impoverished workforce dependent on the almighty dollar at the expense of actual rights and freedoms.
Single - Chew
The third single from Committeemen's sophomore EP, 'Chew' is an energetic whirlwind in two parts. Presenting itself as a fast-paced punk track with emphasis on self-realization and exasperation with daily life, it devolves midway into a heavy-hitting, articulate instrumental.
Single - Old Rope
Alternating between dead-pan aphorisms and unbridled chaos, ‘Old Rope’ is the second single from Committeemen’s new EP. Confronting the sometimes nonsensical structure of our day-to-day, frontman DJ Gilmore questions. “If I came in first, then why did I finish last?” A frustration with societal imbalance and personal doubt are met with heavy rhythms and driving force.
Single - Therapy