Bad Copy

Those genre-less punks in Dollar Store are at it again. The Oakland, CA-based band has released the second single off their debut full-length LP, Gentleman Nation, which will be released on May 23rd.

The new song, “Tik Tok,” reflects on guitarist/vocalist Jeff Ott’s two-decade departure from music and the Bay Area and his decision to return to both. Despite helping found the ethos and legend of 924 Gilman and the very sound of Berkeley, CA punk, he folded his legendary band Fifteen in 2000, left his beloved East Bay, and quit music altogether in 2007. This was the first song written with singer Leda Gannon that eventually blossomed into the full-blown band Dollar Store, ending Ott’s musical silence.

Through Gannon’s pen, she spins his story as “time is an island” where everything and everyone moves around us in tides out of motion and reach, sometimes due to bonds and bridges breaking, sometimes because they simply fade away. And in the end, we only hope to return “to that place we belong.” It’s a heartfelt, soulful reclaiming of a legend, and a fitting return for a man defined by an enormous heart and spirit that’s connected with punks all around the world.
The band will be on the EAST BAY OLD AND GAY Pacific Northwest tour with fellow East Bay punks Middle-Aged Queers and legends Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits from May 28th through June 1st. Vinyl for the new album will be sold at those tour dates.

Stream the new single “Tik Tok” below and keep checking back for more from Dollar Store!

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