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= New Primals (band) =

New Primals are a noise rock/dance punk trio from Minneapolis, MN. Their current lineup consists of members Sam Frederick, Lars Oslund, and Ali Terveen.

History
New Primals began in 2017 as a side project between Sam Frederick, Eric Nordling and Andrew Kurtz, all of whom were in different bands at the time, with Frederick stating that the band was “a chance to be weird, hyper, energetic and lose our minds on stage a little.” But by mid 2017, all of them had quit their other bands in order to focus solely on New Primals. Around this time they had recorded their debut EP, Wraith. The following September the band toured around the southern US alongside fellow punk band PINKO.

Andrew Kurtz left the band in August of 2018 and was replaced by Lars Oslund, who originally joined as a fill in for New Primals’ November 2018 tour. Afterwards, Oslund became a permanent member of the band.

Eric Nordling quit in March 2019, and was replaced by bassist Adam Marx, who filled in for the month of April. During this time, New Primals was in the process of recording their debut album, Horse Girl Energy. Marx and Ali Terveen, bassist and friend of Frederick, both contributed to the album; however it wouldn’t be until June of 2019 that Terveen officially joined as the new bassist. In September of 2019 the band embarked on an east coast tour just ahead of Horse Girl Energy’s scheduled debut in early 2020.