photograph by Ryan RussellAgainst Me! will release the new single, “Thrash Unreal” taken from “New Wave, their fourth album and debut for Sire Records / Warner Bros. Records, on October 22nd. The Florida-based quartet recently played two sold-out London shows at the 100 Club and the Underworld to showcase the new record.
Produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins) and recorded in Los Angeles, the album is less of a folk/punk hybrid than their previous releases with a streamlined rock sound. “I wanted to write about topics that other people can identify with,” commented vocalist/guitarist Tom Gabel. “This is a straight-across-the-board rock record.”
The band return to the UK for a full headline tour in October. Against Me! also performed at this years Reading/Leeds festivals.
The tour dates are as follows:
October:
25th Belfast Limelight
26th Glasgow Garage
27th Leeds Cockpit
28th Oxford Zodiac
29th Brighton Concorde 2
20th Manchester Academy 3
31st Birmingham Academy 2
November:
1st London Electric Ballroom
Against Me! released their first full-length album, Reinventing Axl Rose, in 2002 on No Idea Records. They then signed to Fat Wreck Chords for the albums As The Eternal Cowboy (2003), Searching For A Former Clarity (2005) and Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!! (2006).
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