Where 2018’s “Among The Ghosts” brought with it a more stripped back sound – along with haunting spoken word interludes courtesy of actor Michael Shannon – “When You Found Me” finds the band tapping into a more atmospheric widescreen vision, while expanding on their sound with heavier rock sonics. The use of keyboard player Rick Steff’s extensive collection of vintage synthesizers conjures an aural world of classic tracks with a firm foot in the present.
Toledo-based rock powerhouse Citizen have returned to announce their upcoming fourth full-length Life In Your Glass World, due out March 26th via Run For Cover Records. For over a decade Citizen have been challenging expectations and on Life In Your Glass World the band once again refuses to be easily defined. Every aspect of the album was made completely on their own terms, with vocalist Mat Kerekes building a studio in his garage where Citizen tracked the entire album. The result is a set of lean, raw songs that represent the most unfiltered version of the band's daring vision to date.
Crammed with high-octane, yet deeply personal, punk cuts, Drones' forthcoming full-length ‘Our Hell Is Right Here’ documents a traumatic period for McDougall. “It’s been a pretty rough ride for the past couple of years,” she says when looking back on the journey the band have been on to get to this point. “But I struggle with claiming my problems and sadness as valid because they are disproportionate to the danger and loss that many face every day. It got to the point where I was almost ashamed to write songs about my own life.
Nearly 40 years in, what else is there to say about NOFX?
And aside from the occasional negative headline, how can one of the pioneers of SoCal punk—a style hardly known for experimentation—surprise anyone these days?
The answers lie on Single Album (Fat Wreck Chords, Feb. 26), NOFX’s 14th full-length studio album. There’s the nearly six-minute post-hardcore opener (“The Big Drag”). The meta sendoff for the band’s best-known song (“Linewleum”). The reggae-inflected song about a mass shooting (“Fish in a Gun Barrel”). Even a piano ballad (“Your Last Resort”).
‘Midwest Duress’ sees Dayton, OH and Joliet, IL’s finest join forces.
To kick off the new year, The Dirty Nil set their new album free on January 1. Cheekily titled ‘Fuck Art,’ the Canadian trio do what they do best on album number three.
The Hold Steady have announced a new album called 'Open Door Policy'. It’s set for release on February 19, 2021 via the band’s Positive Jams label and Thirty Tigers. The band recorded the 11-track LP at the Clubhouse in Rhinebeck, New York with producer Josh Kaufman and engineer D. James Goodwin.
Some of the more astute No Use For a Name fans among you have probably been wondering exactly when the second installment of the Rarities series would be released. Well, wonder no more. After three years of scouring every NUFAN recording Fat Wreck could get their hands on, Rarities Vol. 2 – The Originals, is finally ready to roll. The album drops on February 12th, and features 15 tracks, comprised of rarities and previously unreleased demos.
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Austrian punk rockers DeeCRACKS have announced they will be releasing their new album, 'Serious Issues', on March 12th. This is the follow-up to their 2018 full-length 'Sonic Delusions'.
DeeCRACKS formed in 2003 and have played nearly 1000 shows around the globe and have more releases under their belt that most bands twice their age. 'Serious Issues' is another step forward for these hard working punks as this new album is what fans of DeeCRACKS have come to expect - 16 tracks of fast punk with catchy melodies and singalongs.
Rather than roaring to life, the idea of Slow Draw gradually formed over the last couple of years when guitarist/vocalist Todd Allen realized he had a couple of songs on his hands that didn’t quite
