Influential Southern California punk rock pioneers T.S.O.L. returned this year with their long-awaited, 11th studio album, The Trigger Complex, which is out now via Rise Records. The band premiered a brand new video, for I Wanted To See You at LATimes.com.
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Speaking of the new video, founding vocalist Jack Grisham says: ‘What could possibly go wrong; you take a few hundred punks, jam them in a building with only one small exit door, crank up the heat and the amps, and then you roll film? It’s a recipe for success–oh yeah, and the faux fur, everyone looks good in fake fur.’
T.S.O.L., short for True Sounds of Liberty, struck a nerve in the early 80’s with their defiant, politically charged self-titled debut EP. At the intersection of punk and gothic new wave, the band’s evolution of sound continued resulting in their critically heralded, full-length record Dance With Me (1981) as well as many other fan coveted albums, with various lineup changes and reunions along the way, that cemented their legacy in the punk scene as one of the most influential bands to come out of California.
Now, nearly four decades later, original members Ron Emory, Mike Roche and Jack Grisham have returned to creative heights with one of their most inspired albums in decades with The Trigger Complex. Comprised of thirteen songs, the band’s new record runs the gamut of charging punk anthems to brooding rock songs that will no doubt please listeners. Given the country’s turbulent, divisive political climate it could not be better timing for the return of one of punk’s most important and vocal bands.
‘It’s a great time to be making music; to have a voice that can be heard,’ says Grisham. ‘I’m glad that things look bleak. Political turmoil breeds strength as well as strife. This record allows us to remind people that they aren’t alone. We’re here.’