PREMIERE: Stream the new Pirates of the Promised Land EP in full

Thursday, July 9, 2026 - 16:10

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Salt Lake City, Utah’s three-piece punk rock band of hyperactive scurvy mates Pirates of the Promised Land (PotPL) is back with its sophomore EP, Aging Disgracefully, out this Friday. But guess what? We are already streaming the EP in full today.

The follow-up to the band's first EP, Porthole Privateers, the band's new EP will speak to you in a way that scratches the pop-punk nostalgia itch while evoking the juxtaposition of being an eternally young punk trapped in the body of an aging modern adult.

Starting with the high energy of “The Captain," bassist/co-vocalist Steve Hartwick says, “This song is really about the mourning process of losing relationships and friendships as we all grow older, and our ability to see things more clearly in hindsight while we navigate through the sea of turbulent emotions that ensue. This is an older song that was originally written for another band before it found new life with PotPL.”

Many of PotPL’s songs on the new EP explore various aspects of relationships and existential angst. The deceptively upbeat “Daisy," the first single off the new EP, explores what some professionals might call an unhealthily codependent relationship of two people who love each other very much, but like each other very little. Then to bring the energy back down is “Highlight," to remind everyone that sometimes it’s ok to cry, and that everyone over the age of 35 went through an emo phase.

Of “March of the Pirates," guitarist/co-vocalist Chris Dammert says, “This song is about those inner demons we all have, and our way of linking our arms around yours and trudging through the battlefield inside your mind when those inner voices begin to drown out the sound of hope. The alternating vocals illustrate the struggle between tearing yourself down and picking yourself up. We just want to remind everyone that they’re not alone, and bad times are always temporary.”

And finally, no pop-punk EP is complete without an upbeat, border-line manic melodic song to bring everything back up while singing about coping mechanisms and existential ambivalence. “Collapse," the second single off the new EP, is that song, featuring CJ Coop of the band Racist Kramer.

The EP was produced, mixed, and engineered by Wes Johnson at Archive Recordings.

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