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In between showcases at SXSW, Charleston, SC-based indie-rockers Easy Honey have released their new single “Basement Kissing” ahead of the release of their forthcoming EP Plaid, out April 30, on the newly formed Third Brother Records (via Atlantic Records’ 10K Projects). The song moves at an easy, late-night pace, conjuring images of faded Polaroids, cheap beer, sweaty walls, and long forgotten basement dust. It’s casual yet magnetic, best heard with the windows down, one arm out the car, holding on to every fleeting moment. CLICK HERE to listen, and HERE to stream lead single “Everything I See,” which was part of ESPN’s Music of the Month in January.
The band’s 25+ date Plaid Headline Tour kicks off April 2 in Gainesville, Florida and will make stops in Chicago, Toronto, New York City, San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Denver and more. Full routing can be found below – CLICK HERE for tickets and more information.
Plaid is a rapid-fire five song EP which was written and recorded over a three-day session at an isolated cabin in snowy Marble, Colorado and mixed by the legendary Tony Hoffer (Beck Phoenix, The Kooks, Air, M83), and the tremendous creative power between Easy Honey’s members Selby Austin (vocals, guitar), Darby McGlone (vocals, guitar), Charlie Holt (drums, vocals) and Webster Austin (bass, vocals) is on full display. While the quartet is celebrated for their heartfelt, nostalgic sound, this versatile EP finds them deepening their musical exploration with a more refined and expansive approach; reflecting a creative-concept they’ve dubbed “tilting the cone.” It’s a sampler platter of styles that leaves the listener wanting more, tethered together by their classic song structures and instantly memorable hooks and relatable raucous yet sentimental lyrics about love, wistfulness and life’s big moments.
“The cone was the symbol of the last record, how far we went,” says Easy Honey. “We had this idea: What if we just go deeper into different genres and it’ll pull us out of ourselves more but also, in this weird way, cyclically make us more ourselves? That’s what Plaid is about—these songs are all very different, but they all intersect in some way.”
Easy Honey’s catalog is already robust: five EPs, one live record, and three studio albums, including 2024’s critically acclaimed Cupidity Unlimited (check out their Garden & Gun Back Porch Session HERE), and as their live shows have taken off with an organic buzz (reaching another level in 2025 when they opened a run of dates for indie-pop artist Carter Vail), the band has stayed prolific in the studio, refining a sound that echoes their name: sweet but thick, sugary but substantial, harkening back to a more carefree era of rock music.
