# STANDARDS Continue To Mess With Your Perceptions About Math-Rock

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- Published: 2022-05-20T15:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**Acclaimed Los Angeles, CA Duo standards Continue To Mess With Your Perceptions
About Math-Rock**

**New LP ‘Fruit Town’ To Be Released July 22 on Wax Bodega**

**Tour Announced (July 21-August 23) with Glacier Veins As Direct Support**

[**Stream The New Single “Smile” Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17169.1.e0eed2f33723ab735ae2f1602b7a9b67)

[**Stream The Video Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17170.1.12273e057b17d56bb646ac3cdc620d46)

_“hugely technical yet hook-heavy”- _**_Guitar World_**

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_“Is Marcos Mena the best guitarist in indie rock?”- _**_48 Hills_**

_“Feel-good math rock guitar melodies atop rolling percussion with warped rhythmic
tweaks. In other words, the best type of math rock.”- _**_Fecking Bahamas_**

_“The sonic equivalent of a healthy and refreshing summer salad.”- _**_Frontrunner
Magazine_**

Led by exuberant guitarist Marcos Mena, **standards** is a math rock duo all of 
its own. Rounded out by Cam Mitchell on drums, the pair boast a fruitful combination
of musical chops and catchy guitar-driven melodies.

For almost five years, their instrumental compositions have captivated audiences
all over the world as well as in their hometown of Los Angeles, California.

Standards - "Smile" (Official Video)

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Official Video)⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

standards ebullient songwriting is the true source of their popularity among guitar-
music fans, who laud the duo for their uniquely danceable brand of complex instrumental
rock. Since the group’s inception in late 2017, standards have released a series
of EPs, the 2020 full-length ‘Fruit Island’, and have played shows with the likes
of **Polyphia, Covet,** and **Delta Sleep**.

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Proclaimed as “an interesting, new talent” by _Guitar World Magazine_, standards
is poised to have their biggest year yet after signing with indie label **Wax Bodega,**
as well as embarking on their second European tour.

The duo has just released a new single titled **“Smile,”** with a new full-length
LP **‘Fruit Town’** coming on July 22.

Of the track and companion music video, Marcos says, _“”Smile” is an energetic, 
pop-inspired single full of tasteful guitars and flashy drums. Displaying melodic
guitar chops and flashy drums in the center of a circular track, the video radiates
the energy of a live show with the minimalistic aesthetic that standards has become
known for.”_

**Stream “Smile” here:** [**https://lnk.to/fruit-town**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17171.1.eba423f832fc5690f6597806bf6f77dc).

**Watch the music video here:** [**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXVaMUL7Kyc**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17172.1.847b7f28d201d0881859a1ce76fab07c).

**Pre-order the upcoming album ‘Fruit Town’ here:** **[https://www.waxbodega.com](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17173.1.2b596fd73c94df5e9e0747281204eb94)**

standards has also announced dates for the **‘Fruit Town Tour,’** which kicks off
on July 21 at San Diego, CA’s Soda Bar and runs through August 24, with direct support
from [**Glacier Veins**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17174.1.6499fbabf3f913efc34e1d506a3a27f4)(
Equal Vision Records). See dates below. Tickets available here: [**https://tourlink.to/fruit-town-tour**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17175.1.b10b74db2a351477e402c8bec45e1769).

As standards enters this new chapter, there is little doubt that they will continue
to defy expectations of what an instrumental rock duo is capable of.

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**Tour Dates** **Direct support from Glacier Veins** 
07/21/2022 – San Diego, CA@
Soda Bar 07/22/2022 – San Francisco, CA @ The Knockout 07/24/2022 – Phoenix, AZ @
Rebel Lounge 07/26/2022 – Austin, TX @ The Ballroom 07/27/2022 – Houston, TX @ Eighteen
Ten Ojeman 07/28/2022 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa 07/31/2022 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
08/01/2022 – Nashville, TN @ The End 08/03/2022 – Washington, DC @ DC9 08/04/2022–
Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy 08/05/2022 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland 08/06/2022 – New
Haven, CT @ The State House 08/08/2022 – Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee’s 08/09/2022 –
Columbus, OH @ Big Room Bar 08/10/2022 – Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary 08/11/2022 – Chicago,
IL @ Beat Kitchen 08/12/2022 – Milwaukee, WI @ X-Ray Arcade 08/13/2022 – St. Paul,
MN @ The Treasury 08/15/2022 – Fort Collins, CO @ The Coast 08/16/2022 – Salt Lake
City, UT @ Loading Dock 08/18/2022 – Seattle, WA @ Vera Project 08/19/2022 – Portland,
OR @ Holocene 08/21/2022 – Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield 08/24/2022 – Los Angeles, 
CA @ El Cid  

**[Website](https://www.standards-band.com/) | [Facebook](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17179.1.ddf2805550809b440dbc10c68df650ee)
| [Instagram](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17180.1.8bd0fcf949e6843068d99777b2bc9ee8)
| [Twitter](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=6812871.17181.1.5b23e2c46ad004878c439e54c9e96f24)**

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