CARSEX crashed out of the Long Beach underground in 2018 with a sound that’s equal parts menace and release. Built from the wreckage of past projects, the five-piece [Members: Nigel Burk (vocals), Shane Lausch (lead guitar), Justin Jolley (rhythm guitar), Jeremy Schott (bass), Jason Blaustein (drums)] pulls together desert rock grit, punk fury, and unfiltered weirdness into songs that feel like a late-night brawl between instinct and intention.a
SNQLX: CARSEX – it’s bold, blunt, and hard to forget. What’s the story behind the name, and how has it shaped people’s first impressions of you?
CARSEX: Nigel came up with it. He was listening to the morning show on KROQ in Los Angeles and they were talking about car sex. He thought it would be a cool name for a band, something catchy to remember us by. I haven’t really noticed it shaping people’s opinions of us. I look at it like Pearl Jam – it’s just a name.
SNQLX: You’re all veterans of other bands. What did you want CARSEX to do differently from the jump?
CARSEX: I think CARSEX is a nice mixture of all of our other bands. We have the stoner desert rock of Nigel’s past band, Shane and Justin bring more rock and roll riffage and I think I bring a little bit of the weirdness and anger.
