San Diego-based band miniaturized will release their self-titled debut album (pre-save). miniaturized is made up of guitarist/vocalist Timothy Joseph (Buckfast Superbee, The Palace Ballroom, Phasers on Stun), drummers Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless, Rocket from the Crypt, Hot Snakes), Chris Prescott (Pinback, No Knife), bassists Brian Desjean (No Knife, Mistress 77) and Chris Torres (Ron Blair band, Chris Torres Band).  

The band shares “Cave In,” the latest single to be lifted from the forthcoming release. Of the song, the band’s Timothy Joseph says: 

“’Cave In’ was written in the regretful fog that settles in after you say something you wished you hadn’t to someone you care about. I think everyone has been in that place where everything feels like it’s crumbling apart. It’s never easy to put it back together but sometimes, it’s worth trying.”

Initially formed as a Tom Petty tribute band after his passing in 2017, San Diego-based Timothy Joseph found inspiration from dissecting Petty’s songwriting, coming to revelations about his own work as a musician in the process. With a sudden fresh perspective, he began composing all original material that would shape the future of the band into something all its own. 

miniaturized is, at its core, a rock band. Still, the sound is so sweeping and vibrant that it overflows, spilling into the more nuanced realms of pop, tinges of Latin influence, and nods to iconic alternative rock of decades past such as Pixies, Built to Spill, The Feelies, Jesus and Mary Chain, and early R.E.M.