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= Queue Queue = Queue Queue are a three-piece post-punk band from Austin, Texas. The band consists of Claire Hamilton (vocals/bass), Carrie Clark (guitar/vocals), and Mary Streepy (drums/vocals). They formed in 2015 and released their first EP, Monster, in 2017, followed by their self-titled debut album later that same year. On June 29, 2019, they released their second album, Fang & Claw. Their sound, as described by the Austin Chronicle, "deftly flits between a grungy crunch, Velvet Underground guitar lines, and spacey shoegaze" and has received favorable comparison to new wave and post-punk acts such as The Cure and Sleater-Kinney.

History
Bassist, vocalist, and songwriter Claire Hamilton released two albums with Americana/rock outfit The Breathers from 2002 to 2007. Following that band's breakup, Hamilton formed the dream-pop outfit Paraguay with guitarist Jon Sanchez, which was active from 2009 to 2014. Guitarist and vocalist Carrie Clark has led the Austin noise-pop group Sixteen Deluxe since 1994, and fronted The Pretty Please in the early 2000's with Cherubs founder Kevin Whitley. Drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist Mary Streepy was the co-founder of the performance art combo The Buglies. Streepy designs the band's covers and artwork and has had her visual designs used by artists such as Robyn Hitchcock. Queue Queue formed in 2015.

Mission EP and Full-Length
Queue Queue recorded songs throughout 2016 with producer/guitarist Jon Sanchez, who along with the band co-produced their debut four-song EP, Mission, released in March 2017. The band continued recording with Sanchez while also working with engineer/producer Louie Lino at his Resonate Studios in Austin. Their debut self-titled full-length (co-produced by Sanchez, Lino, and the band) was released in September 2017, receiving kudos from weekly news outlet Austin Chronicle for its “no-nonsense punk attitude” and earning the band recognition as one of the Best New Local Acts of 2017 in the Chronicle's 2017 Critic's Poll. Queue Queue quickly caught the ear of Austin media and radio, receiving extensive airplay on local radio, aided by the strength of debut single, “Mission," and the accompanying video co-directed by Streepy. To promote the release, the band filmed a VuHaus session live in Studio 1A at Austin radio station KUTX on December 12, 2017.

Fang & Claw
For their second album, Fang & Claw, Queue Queue worked again with Lino and Sanchez as co-producers, with the bulk of the recording duties handled by Lino. The initial single, "Fang & Claw," was released in November 2018, accompanied by an experimental video by Austin director MJ Ha Ha. Fang & Claw was released on June 29, 2019. The single "Oprah" received heavy rotation on Austin radio and independent radio in the U.S. Southwest. The video for "Oprah" was produced by video artist Megan Weaver. Peter Blackstock of the Austin American-Statesman described the album as "firmly establishing their place as one of the coolest indie trios in Austin…Fang and Claw swirls and swings guitar and trio-vocal melodies over bass-and-drums beats that churn and thunder. Punk energy, psychedelic haze and artful pop all play a part in Queue Queue’s appealingly hard-to-pin-down sound.” Art Levy of KUTX wrote, "On Fang and Claw, the band’s second album, there’s a lot going on: primal rhythms, metallic guitars, three-part harmonies, and Claire Hamilton’s sardonic lyrics about misogyny, the mundane, and Oprah. The trio looks to punk’s past for inspiration, but brings bigger ideas to the table...from the Breeders’ pop pleasure to My Bloody Valentine’s wall-of-noise to Courtney Barnett’s dark humor.”

Band Members

 * Claire Hamilton - bass, vocals
 * Carrie Clark - guitar, vocals
 * Mary Streepy - drums, vocals

Discography

 * Mission EP (2017)
 * Queue Queue (2017)
 * Fang & Claw (2019)