LOCATE S,1 shares new single “Heart Attack”

Today Locate S,1 (aka Christina Schneider) shares the therapeutic new single “Heart Attack ” from the forthcoming full-length Wicked Jaw, due for release July 28, 2023 on Captured Tracks . The synth-pop track with a prominent bass groove addresses the process of acknowledging traumatic triggers while finding one’s way forward. The song’s release is accompanied by a video that Schneider directed and edited.

Christina shares: “I’ve always wanted to write a sexy power pop song à la Klymaxx’s ‘I Look Good’ or Prince’s ‘The Ballad of Dorothy Parker,’ but when I sat down with my LinnDrum samples and started writing, I found that I had a less sexy story to tell.

 For people with PTSD, a triggering event causes their brain to revert back to the same exact sensory experience they had when they were originally traumatized. When I wrote this song I didn’t understand why small conflicts could send me spiraling into tears of shame, hopelessness, and rage. My heart pounds, I can’t breathe, and I fall to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Worst of all, I lash out at people. It’s not uncommon to hear me say ‘I feel like I’m having a fucking heart attack!!’ during one of these episodes. When I listen to ‘Heart Attack’ now, it sounds like someone finally admitting they have a problem and pleading for help. It’s a song written by a desperate person who doesn’t want to push people away anymore just to protect their own pain. I’m very far from overcoming my own brain, but writing this song was a first step towards deciding to get real help.”

“Heart Attack” follows the deceptively breezy power-poppy album opener “ You Were Right About One Thing ” released in May with the album’s announcement, accompanied by a vibrant video directed by Tristan Scott- Behrends that takes cues from the noir of the album’s namesake, filtered through day-glo camp sensibilities à la John Waters and Pedro Almodóvar .

From teddy grahams to pussy hats, California forest fires to cash cabs, the stuff of American nostalgia and horror adorns a personal reckoning on Christina Schneider’s triumphant third album as Locate S,1. With a name culled from a Dashiell Hammett noir novel, Wicked Jaw pulls from wildly disparate references and textures to survey the history of American pop music. Like Pat Benatar soundtracking an Adam Curtis documentary, the album trades in dramatic juxtapositions across its kaleidoscopic ten tracks.

Locate S,1 is headlining a summer tour (see dates below) but has also confirmed additional tour dates set for September supporting of Montreal

Tour Dates
7-21-2023 – St. Louis – The Sinkhole

7-22-2023 – Lawrence – Replay Lounge

7-23-2023 – Denver – Larimer Lounge

7-24-2023 – Salt Lake City – Quarters Arcade Bar

7-25-2023 – Boise – The Shrine Basement

7-26-2023 – Seattle – Madame Lou’s

7-27-2023 – Portland – Polaris Hall

7-28-2023 – Arcata – The Miniplex

7-29-2023 – Oakland – Stork Club

7-30-2023 – Los Angeles – The Echo

7-31-2023 – Phoenix – Rebel Lounge

8-2-2023 – Dallas – Three Links

8-3-2023 – Austin – Ballroom

8-4-2023 – New Orleans – Howlin Wolf

8-5-2023 – Mobile – Music Box

9-7-2023 – Asheville – Grey Eagle *

9-8-2023 – Nashville – Basement East *

9-9-2023 – Chicago – Lincoln Hall *

9-10-2023 – Grand Rapids – Pyramid Scheme *

9-11-2023 – Pontiac – The Crofoot Ballroom *

9-12-2023 – Pittsburgh – Mr. Smalls Ballroom *&

9-13-2023 – Buffalo – Iron Works *

9-14-2023 – Philadelphia – Theatre Of Living Arts *#

9-15-2023 – Greenfield – Hawks & Reed Ballroom *$

9-16-2023 – Providence – Columbus Theatre *

9-17-2023 – Albany – Lark Hall *

9-18-2023 – Brooklyn – Elsewhere Hall *

9-19-2023 – Baltimore – Union Craft Brewing *

9-20-2023 – Norfolk – (VENUE TBD) *+

9-21-2023 – Charleston – Pour House *

9-22-2023 – Carrboro – Cat’s Cradle *

9-23-2023 – Athens – 40 Watt *