Knuckle Puck, one of the aggressive pop-punk genre’s preeminent forces have today announced a brand new EP “Disposable Life” (produced by Seth Henderson to be released 4th February 2022 on Wax Bodega.
The record opens with “Gasoline,” which premieres today. A mid-tempo pop punk thunder clap that hammers home the record’s thesis on its chorus and plans for a radical new reality: “With every day spent in the shade, think I’ll watch it burn/Throw gasoline on an open flame,” calls Taylor.
The five song EP, which comprises four originals and a scorching, faithful cover of blink-182’s “Here’s Your Letter” from the trio’s 2003 untitled LP, is a recommitment to the band’s founding sound—the tight, manicured, major-key chaos of ripping guitars, sprinting bass, airtight drums, and harmonised vocals—but it’s also a recommitment to an idea: that every day and moment has meaning, and every life has value.
Vocalist Joe Taylor describes the EP, which follows last year’s LP 2020, as a throwback to when the band first started. “It feels like we’re kind of rebooting Knuckle Puck,” says Taylor. “Making this music has been the most fun we’ve had in a really long time.” That feeling is in part due to the break in working forced by the pandemic, but it’s also a product of a freer approach to writing and recording outside of label pressure. “It was fresh and exciting again,” says Taylor. “It was like ‘Oh man, this feels like it did in 2013.’ We captured some of that magic.”
The result is a record that Taylor says bridges the gap between KP sounds of past and present. The title, Disposable Life, nods to this stretch of time in its own way: what does it mean to lead a meaningful life?
Disposable Life is a reintroduction to Knuckle Puck: it’s a celebration of the past decade of the band and a supercharged mission statement for the future. It’s a sharp inhale, a spring-loaded blast off the starting blocks after the tumult of the past two years. It’s a sign of good things yet to come.
Disposable Life Tracklisting
Gasoline
Levitate
Lonely Island
In The Bag
Here’s Your Letter (cover)
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The band will be on the road from February 2022 with some of the most exciting bands around right now Full dates are below.
Knuckle Puck Spring Tours 2022
With Hot Mulligan, Meet Me @ the Altar, and Anxious
Thur. Feb 10, 2022 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
Fri. Feb 11, 2022 – Bloomington, IL – Castle Theatre
Sat. Feb 12, 2022 – Minny, MN – Varsity
Sun. Feb 13, 2022 – Kansas City, KS – Granada
Tue. Feb 15, 2022 – Denver, CO – Gothic
Wed. Feb 16, 2022 – Salt Lake City, UT – Complex
Fri. Feb 18, 2022 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial
Sat. Feb 19, 2022 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile
Sun. Feb 20, 2022 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne
Tue. Feb 22, 2022 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
Wed. Feb 23, 2022 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Thur. Feb 24, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco Theater
Fri. Feb 25, 2022 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
Sat. Feb 26, 2022 – Phoenix, AZ – The Pressroom
Mon. Feb 28, 2022 – Austin, TX – Empire Garage
Tue. March 1, 2022 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
Thur. March 3rd, 2022 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
Fri. March, 4 2022 – Tampa, Florida – Orpheum
Sat. March 5, 2022 – Orlando, FL – The Abbey
Sun. March 6, 2022 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Tue. March 8, 2022 – Boston, MA – Big Night Live
Wed. March 9, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts
Thur. March 10, 2022 – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
Fri. March 11, 2022 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Sun. March 13, 2022 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues Cleveland
Mon. March 14, 2022 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
Wed. March 16, 2022 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
Thur. March 17, 2022 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
Fri. March 18, 2022 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
Ticket onsale 3rd December 12pm local time
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UK/EU dates with Hot Mulligan
Sun. May 22, 2022 – Cologne, Germany – Club Volta
Tue. May 24, 2022 – Hamburg, Germany – Headcrash
Wed. May 25, 2022 – Berlin, Germany – Cassiopeia
Fri. May 27, 2022 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Dynamo
Sun. May 29, 2022 – Birmingham, UK – o2 Academy
Mon. May 30, 2022 – Glasgow, UK – The Garage
Tue. May 21, 2022 – Cardiff, UK – The Globe
Wed. Jun 1, 2022 – London, UK – o2 Academy Islington
Sun, Jun 5, 2022 – Southampton, UK – The 1865
Ticket on sale 3rd December 10am GMT
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The band will also play Slam Dunk 2022
3rd June- Leeds Temple Newsam
4th June – Hatfield Park