Adelaide punk rockers Grenadiers have announced the upcoming release of their third full-length album Find Something You Love and Let It Kill You, following 2015’s full-length Summer and single ‘Suburban Life’. Wrought with various struggles and adversity, and two years in the making, frontman Jesse Coulter explains the laborious process behind the album, “At one point I wanted to call the album Dentistry because the whole thing was like pulling teeth – like passing a kidney stone the size of a fucking basketball. But we got there. It’s done. And now we’re going to put the thing out, and that feels good.” The new record is out Friday November 10, with pre-orders now available from the band’s website.
Melbourne hardcore pounders Removalist have announced the upcoming release of their debut full-length album. Due out later this year, the record will be released on Melbourne-based Reason and Rage records. The band have already released a video for lead single ‘Voluntary Extinction’.
North Carolina garage/indie punks Superchunk have announced the release of a new 7” single. Released to benefit the Southern Poverty Law Centre, the record will feature a new track titled ‘Break the Glass’,plus a Corrosion of Conformity cover, ‘Mad World’. The single is available in stores now and digitally on the band’s Bandcamp.
Poison City Records has announced they’ll be releasing the debut full-length album from Melbourne’s Loobs, due out early next year. The band has announced the release of preview single ‘Dandelions’ –out Friday November 10. Recorded and mixed by Matt Chow and mastered by Nao Anzai, the lead single and album capture the Flying Nun/early ‘90s Merge Records garage revival sound that’s hot right now. Get on it.
Portland power-pop punks Mean Jeans have released a new single titled ‘Mountain Dew (I Need It)’. Possibly inspired by the soft drink appreciation of Daniel Johnston, the track’s exclusively about the fact that they like drinking Mountain Dew. It’s unconfirmed as yet, but this writer has heard that the band’s new album will feature exclusively brand-worshipping jingles, following their 2016 full-length, Tight New Dimension. Stay tuned.
Long-running California pop-punks Face to Face have announced the release of a career spanning coffee table book. Titled Face to Face: 25 Years of SoCal Punk, The Visual History, the book will feature photos and articles surrounding the band and the scene, with annotations and curation by Aaron Tanner. The book will also feature a CD of new track ‘Self-Determined’, recorded in the sessions of their last album Protection. The book is out Friday December 1 through Melodic Virtue Publishing.
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, the side project of the namesake Rancid guitarist/co-vocalist, have announced the upcoming release of a live album titled Live and Loud. The record will be their first release since 2004’s Viking and is due out Saturday November 25 via Hellcat Records and Pirates Press.
