Seattle four-piece APPALOOSA return September 4 with “Get It Together, Kid,” a bouncy, bittersweet blast of femme-led power pop. Rooted in punk grit and dressed in glam shimmer, the track showcases the band’s knack for tight arrangements, melodic punch, and emotional clarity. Their past releases have drawn praise from underground staples like Maximum Rocknroll and Razorcake, and “Get It Together, Kid” captures the same raw charm with a sharper melodic edge.
APPALOOSA began when singer and guitarist Erica Rose moved back to Seattle after six years in NYC’s punk and indie scenes. Just as she was preparing to start a family, she also began writing the
songs that would become APPALOOSA. “I was pregnant with twins and couldn’t stop writing,” she says. “I knew exactly what I wanted this to be: melodic, loud, emotional, and real.” With Leif Anders
on lead guitar, Kevin Voss on bass, and Ian Sides on drums, the group quickly locked in, combining raw energy with power pop precision and a garage-born sense of urgency.
“Get It Together, Kid” started out as something completely different. “It was five minutes long at first, more of a ballad,” says Rose. “But once we started playing it together, it wanted to be
fast. It wanted to move.” The final version clocks in under three minutes. It is catchy, kinetic, and lyrically rich, exploring the strange contradictions of growing up and trying to hold it all
together. “It’s about the ambiguity of being ‘mature,’” Rose says. “Whatever that means.”
