Pacing
San Jose's irreverent anti-folk singer-songwriter turned indie-pop trio
LP2 PL*NET F*TNESS out now on Asian Man Records
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“Be it exploring the therapeutic value of self-deprecation (hatemail), the prospect of extraterrestrial life (‘Aliens‘) or broadening the audience’s herpetological knowledge (Snake Facts), Katie McTigue’s Pacing is a project which always looks to push the themes and purpose of its anti-folk songs…
What emerges follows in the playful, tongue-in-cheek tradition of the likes of Kimya Dawson, yet always nudges the ideas further to be more than mere twee humour or sardonic fun.”
PRESS
PRESS
“Just because Katie McTigue approaches her music with a bone-dry sense of humor doesn’t mean she can’t take it seriously.”
“Pacing’s verbose album title declares that “real life is behind a screen,” a sardonic nod to how Internet addiction can overtake our day-to-day reality.”
“Deceptively sardonic but emotionally gripping music”
“One of our favourite emerging artists of the last few years, boasting an appeal and style that feels entirely her own.”
“cute cute cute”
“Ironic yet also somehow entirely sincere... holds up the everyday in all of its surreal and often torturous truth”
BIO
BIO
Pacing is the songwriting and recording project of Katie McTigue (San Jose, CA). McTigue’s writing style has been described as “tongue firmly planted in cheek” (Surviving the Golden Age), “distinctively sardonic” (Various Small Flames), and “I don’t get it” (multiple sources). The touring band for Pacing features Ben Krock on guitars and Philadelphia-based singer songwriter Vonnie Whatever on drums and vocals.
ON TOUR
ON TOUR
August 2025: 17 dates supporting AJJ
August - Sept 2025: headline album release shows
April - May 2025: 36 dates supporting Cheekface
RELEASES
ALBUM
PL*NET F*TNESS
Released via Asian Man Records July 25, 2025 with 800 12" vinyl.
LISTEN // PRESS ASSETS // VINYL
MINI-ALBUM
songs
Released digitally on Asian Man Records January 7, 2025 with DIY hand-drawn CDs exclusively available on tour.
DEBUT ALBUM
Real poetry is always about plants and birds and trees and the animals and milk and honey breathing in the pink but real life is behind a screen
Self-released October 13, 2023 with tapes on Totally Real Records.
Re-released on Asian Man Records October 13, 2024 with 12" vinyl record + hand-made test presses. Repressed May 2025.
MUSIC VIDEOS
"Pl*net F*tness"
Single
Released 03.26.25
“Pl*net F*tness” is the lead single (and title track) from Pacing’s second full length album. The two minute pop-rock track sees McTigue exploring punk-er sonic territory with a new backing band, and raw-er emotional territory when she redirects her complex feelings about her dad’s death at a corporate gym.
"Live / Laugh / Love"
Single
Released 07.19.23
"Bathed in the soul-sucking strangeness and banality of the world we call home, sincerity is so often denatured into silliness. So why not fight back with the polar opposite? Invert irony on itself to say something earnest, even profound? New single ‘Live / Laugh / Love’ captures the mission perfectly."
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