“Gender Reveal Party” is my introduction to Tite Nauts. I’m drawn to the attitude, sarcasm, and drive of the band and this jam. “Gender Reveal Party” tackles a rather odd ritual for which many partake in today’s modern society. Rituals, which in the worst cases, and as referenced in this song, have resulted in terrible forest fires.
The song starts off with a straightforward bouncy lick while quickly getting serious and down to business. Robin’s vocals come in with utter enthusiasm for learning the gender of your baby. The tempo keeps up and drives forward. I can’t quite make out the lyrics on the chorus, but it seems to be something along the lines of pyrotechnics, explosions and forest fires burning pink and blue. And so I dance around my apartment like a maniac to “Gender Reveal Party” with my neighbors staring in at me thinking, WTF is up with this dude?
Tite Nauts are putting out the best local songs from Chico, California. I wasn’t too surprised to learn that this is where they are from. We don’t tend to get music this explosive and edgy up in the more mild-mannered Pacific Northwest. I remember growing up on the Punk-O-Rama mix cds in the late ’90s and early 2000s. Some of my favorite unheard of bands came from these compilations. Tite Nauts’ “Gender Reveal Party” is just that type of song from an unheard of band that I’d fall in love with.