Nico Vega Boldly Announces Return With Rousing New Single “$5”
Indie rock band Nico Vega have returned with a bold and rough new release of their latest single “$5,” the band’s first new music since 2018. Nico Vega consists of singer Aja Volkman, guitarist Rich Koehler, and drummer Dan Epand (who also produced the track) are more than happy to announce they have returned with an original member, Michael Peña back into the fold on bass. Peña, whose mother the band is named after, was the original drummer, but left early in the band’s history due to the demands of a burgeoning acting career which would see him get roles in movies such as End Of Watch, Narcos: Mexico, Crash, and Ant-Man. To mark the occasion of the new music, the band shares a music video for “$5,” directed by drummer Epand and now on YouTube.
Thematically, the album represents a return to the soulful rawness and contentious battle to reclaim a sense of self-confidence and individuality following such a seismic life shift. As a whole, the band stands out but the vocals are deeply harsh and rough showing a woman can front a badass band.
“We’ve all somehow come back together by some cosmic force for the rebirth of Nico Vega. There is a chemistry inside the dynamic of the four of us that is deep and explosive and we couldn’t be more excited as we step into this new beginning.”
– Nico Vega
“$5” is the first song to be released from an upcoming Epand-produced album Make It Out Alive, which is planned to be released and be available in the future. Nico Vega plans to tour heavily in support of both single and album. The made appearances recently at the C3 party at SXSW in Austin and just the other night had rocked New York’s Mercury Lounge now they announce a string of summer dates culminating in Lollapalooza. Before the band embarks on that run, Nico Vega will be at the Moroccan Lounge in their hometown of Los Angeles on April 3.
See complete run of dates below:
April 3 Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan Lounge
July 20 St. Paul Park, MN – Minnesota Yacht Club Festival 2024
July 22 Detroit, MI – The Shelter
July 23 Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
July 25 Philadelphia, PA – Foundry
July 26 New York, NY – Racket
July 28 Allston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
July 30 Washington, DC – Atlantis
August 1 Nashville, TN – Basement East
August 1-4 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
