Jim Walker
Push/Button/Press band photo, three members standing together

Band · Tampa

Push/Button/Press

2009–2023Post-Punk / Gothic / Darkwave

Post-punk for the masses

Push/Button/Press has over a decade of history. So doing it justice in this limited space is really not possible. The band moved from the post-Culture of Greed sound, into a more dark disco-punk in the late 2000s early 2010s. Then turned more pure post-punk in the late 2010s all the way into the early 2020s.

If not for the pandemic and other bad luck, we would have had a great chance to nail down a decent record deal as we were being courted by several labels. The line up changed around me and my circumstances changed. But in terms of catalog size, Push/Button/Press was my greatest triumph. We played with almost every important post-punk band of the 2010s such as Cold Cave, Actors, Twin Tribes, BootBlacks, Christian Death, Faith and the Muse, and many more.

Recordings

  1. Inside My Head

    2010 · EP

    Bass
    Gregg Neville

  2. Push/Button/Press

    2013 · LP

  3. Tragic Resolutions

    2014 · Remix EP

  4. Spectacle One

    2017 · EP · Cold Transmission

  5. Hypatia

    compilation

    2019 · Track on the Dark Nouveau compilation · Virgin

    1. Hypatia

  6. Black Swan

    2021 · LP · Cold Transmission

  7. The Future Doesn't Need Us

    shelved

    2023 · EP, finished

    Finished in 2023 and never released.

Listen

soundcloud.com/push-button-press

Shows

  • c. late 2009 or 2010 With Faith and the Muse on the :ankoku butoh: tour, the old Orpheum, Ybor City
  • Date unknown Opening for Valor's Christian Death

Flyers & photos

  • Black and white Absolution Fest flyer for Push/Button/Press at Crowbar
    Absolution Fest flyer
  • Blue and cream flyer for Gas Station Carnivals with Push/Button/Press at The Abbey
    Gas Station Carnivals flyer
  • Open magazine showing a Push/Button/Press interview and band portrait
    Push/Button/Press magazine feature
  • Jim playing guitar under purple and blue stage lights
    Jim at Absolution Fest
  • The band performing in front of a projection with the crowd in silhouette
    Push/Button/Press at Crowbar
  • Jim at the microphone with a blue guitar under stage lights
    Jim at the Orpheum
  • Jim at the microphone under green stage lighting
    Jim onstage in Mexico City
  • Black and white group photo in Mexico City
    Push/Button/Press in Mexico City
  • Four band members standing together outside under pink light
    Push/Button/Press in West Palm Beach
  • Jarrett at the mixing console with Jim and Shawn behind him
    Jarrett, Jim and Shawn mixing Black Swan
  • Jim holding a green guitar beside Jarrett at the mixing console
    Jim and Jarrett in the studio
  • Jim and Micheal seated beside keyboards and studio racks
    Jim and Micheal in the studio
  • Shawn in the foreground with Jim playing guitar behind him
    Jim and Shawn in the studio
  • Black and white photo of Max playing bass while Mark sits at the console
    Max and Mark at Atomic Studio
  • The band seated together in the studio
    Push/Button/Press at Atomic Studio
  • Black and white portrait of three people outside a brick building
    Jim and Jet with Twin Tribes
  • Jim and Jason posing together indoors
    Jim and Jason from ACTORS
  • Jim and Astari Nite posing for a group photo
    Jim with Astari Nite in Portland
  • Jim seated next to a member of Bootblacks
    Jim with Bootblacks
  • Jim posing with two members of SYZYGYX under blue light
    Jim with SYZYGYX
  • Jim beside a SYZYGYX performer holding a pink microphone
    Jim with SYZYGYX at a show
  • Shawn smiling with friends in a crowded bar
    Shawn with friends