Alberta, Canada's Trashed Ambulance, featuring members of Chimp Change and Loser Points, are on a roll this year. The band has announced their second release of the 2017. The Instant EP will drop August 31st on Thousand Island Records, and they have released the first single, "Kooby," from the album.
TA, who have been around since 2014, albeit with several line-up changes, last released the A Dime for Every Time on Thousand Islands this past May.
Ipswich, UK punk act Paper Champ are now streaming their debut EP Easily L.E.D. in its entirety before its official release date this coming Friday, August 4th. This is a follow-up to the band's 2016 demo, and will also be released on CD via Back From The Dead Records and Dirty Sushi Records.
Ben Wiles, guitarist and vocalist, has this to say about the band's origins:
(Paper Champ was) brought together through a love of 90's sounding punk rock and epi/fat bands, (we) draw main influence from that sub-genre (but) dont stay within it.
Check out the release below.
Long-running Costa Rican melodic punks Solocarne have released an EP of "lost" material written from 1997-2003. The five-song album, En Vilo, is available as a name-your-price download via their Bandcamp page. The EP serves as a pre-release to their upcoming LP, which is due in 2018. Solocarne's most recent album is 2015's Hoy EP.
You can check out the track "Monólogo" from the new EP below.
Punknews is excited today to introduce the second new single from Vancouver's Woolworm. "Seer" will appear on the band's sophomore LP Deserve To Die, due out on August 25th on Mint Records. We asked singer Giles Roy about the track and he said it's "about the feeling of being incapable of feeling… It was written in the context of going out too much and accidentally wrecking friendships and becoming weird."
Punknews is extremely excited to premiere the entire new LP Rust from German melodic punks Shirley D. Pressed. This fairly new band, with just a rough demo from 2014 under their belt, have put together a ferocious and energetic full-length that is sure to please fans of the late-90s Epitaph Records/Fat Wreck Chords sound. Replete with high-tempo beats, breakneck guitars, and more backing vocals than you could ever wish for, Shirley D. Pressed comes roaring out of the gate.
The street date for the album is this Friday, July 21st, via Thousand Island Records, but you can take a listen to it all right now. If you like what you hear, be sure to head over to their Bandcamp page to pre-order the album.
NYC's But, Pyrite have released their new LP, Piss, as a name-your-price download via their Bandcamp page. The album, which I'd best describe as 80s hardcore meets snot punk, packs twelve songs into a sub-20 minute album. This is the band's second LP, and a follow-up to 2015's Don't Wanna Eat it Dry.
The band will also be playing a quick tour of the eastern and Midwest USA, including an album release show on the first night in Ridgewood, NY. Some of those dates are still TBA, so be sure to check But, Pyrite's social media channels for more info closer to the dates.
In the meantime, you can check out the track "Loop Swoop Pull" from the new album, and those tour dates, below.
German punk act Shirley D. Pressed has signed to Canadian label Thousand Island Records, and will soon be announcing a release date for their debut LP, Rust. The band previously released a demo EP in 2014, and then began writing and composing enough songs to fill a full-length, which they began recording in late-2016.
Until that release date is announced, they have released two tracks from the album, "Astray" and "Count Me Out," both of which you can check out below.
Sydney, Australia's The Phosphorus Bombs are streaming a single track from their upcoming album. The track, "We Remain," comes from the band's debut LP, Cancers, which is due out July 27th.
Punknews is excited to premiere a new track from The Bigger Empty. The song, "No Second Hand," comes off the band's forthcoming EP, Lakes & Oceans Vol. 2: Pacific. The EP comes out this Friday, July 7th, via La Escalera Records, and is currently up for preorder at their website.
The Bigger Empty, fronted by Smoking Popes drummer Mike Felumlee, brought their indie rock stylings to La Escalera earlier this year with the first volume in this EP series, Michigan, with more to come as 2017 rolls on.
The band is also playing a couple of gigs in Indiana this coming weekend. You can check out those dates, and the stream, below.
Kentish punk trio Shark Party (ex-DROPTHIS, Dead Bears, Nude Vyper) have released their first homegrown demo as a name-your-price download via their Bandcamp page.
The appropriately named Bait Demos admittedly low-budget recording style lends a garage rock feel to the EP. You can check out the track "What Ever Happened to the Karate Kid?" below.
Punknews is proud to premiere a brand-new track from Illinois-based emo/rock act Euriah. "Have I Slowed Down?" is the title track to the band's forthcoming debut full-length, due out early next year. Pre-orders are currently up on Euriah's Bandcamp page, and $1 gets you the whole album upon release.
Have I Slowed Down?, tracked at Nashville's The Brown Owl studio, was mixed by Andy Wildrick (Junior Varsity) and mastered at Azimuth. Euriah's most recent album, the Passenger EP, was released in 2016.
The band will also be playing a few dates on their home turf at the end of the month. You can check out those details, and the new single, below.