{"id":348967,"date":"2026-07-22T20:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348967\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:03:15","slug":"st-pete-punk-band-permanent-makeup-releases-new-lp-gormless-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348967\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete punk band Permanent Makeup releases new LP, &#8216;Gormless,&#8217; on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"364960\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/permanent-makeup-facebook\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Permanent-Makeup-Facebook.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Permanent Makeup Facebook\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Permanent-Makeup-Facebook.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Permanent-Makeup-Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"A low-angle, looking-up promotional photograph of the Florida post-punk band Permanent Makeup outdoors under a canopy of bamboo trees and blue sky. Three band members lean over, looking down at the camera lens in a triangular composition. From left to right: Chris Nadeau with short brown hair and smiling down; Susan Dickson positioned lower in the center foreground with red hair and straight bangs framing her face; and James Bess on the right with a full grey-and-white beard and mustache, looking down intently. Green bamboo stalks and leafy branches stretch upward into the clear sky, filling the background around them.\" class=\"wp-image-364960\"  \/>Credit: PermanentMakeupFL<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last five years, Permanent Makeup has played many of the songs from its new album in the live setting, but they finally come together in one place on <a href=\"https:\/\/permanentmakeup.bandcamp.com\/album\/gormless\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/permanentmakeup.bandcamp.com\/album\/gormless\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gormless<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-released on frontman Chris Nadeau\u2019s No Clear Records (with a cassette coming from Ft. Myers\u2019 XTRO Records imprint), the 11 tracks find the trio\u2014which includes featuring James Bess on the bass and mixing board, plus Susan Dickson on drums and album art\u2014climbing back to the top of the heap when it comes to Florida punk bands unafraid to blow the lid off a room with unorthodox, often looped, rhythm and arrangements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s also the band\u2019s first recording made with aluminum-neck guitar and bass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat honed our string sounds exactly where we want them to be. More bite and more sustain simultaneously, pretty fun,\u201d Nadeau told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/permanent-makeup-album-release-w-ironing-dagger-21625129\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/permanent-makeup-album-release-w-ironing-dagger-21625129\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Permanent Makeup, Ironing, and Dagger at The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Company in St. Petersburg on Friday, July 24 are still available and start at $5.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784750595_918_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/july-23-29-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 23 \u2013 29, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: PermanentMakeupFL Over the last five years, Permanent Makeup has played many of the songs from its new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[7565,142807,202,204,203,199,201,200,1865,80304],"class_list":["post-348967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-live-music-in-st-petersburg","tag-permanent-makeup","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-concerts","tag-the-nest-at-st-pete-brewing-co"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}