Detroit ska-punk vets The Suicide Machines have been reunited since 2009 but there’s been no sign of new music… until now. Their first new album in 15 years, “Revolution Spring”, will come out March 27th via Fat Wreck Chords lead single “Awkward Always” is out now. The album was recorded at Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers bassist Marc Jacob Hudson’s Rancho Recordo studio, produced by Less Than Jake bassist/co-frontman Roger Lima, and also aided by The Code frontman Marc Code (who’s also the band’s longtime friend and now manager). As for what made the band finally make new music: “Everyone just kind of got inspired,” said vocalist Jason Navarro. “That’s all. I think we were watching all these other bands ride a wave of nostalgia and we didn’t want to be lumped into that, so we started writing a couple of songs and it went from there.”.
We named “Awkward Always” off The Suicide Machines’ first album in 15 years one of the best punk songs of the month in January,
The Suicide Machines shared a new song called ‘Anarchist Wedding’. It is the latest track to be taken off the band’s upcoming album ‘Revolution Spring,’ which will be out March 27th via Fat Wreck.
Revolution Spring is a powerful and cohesive combination of hardcore, ska and anthemic punk rock. That, says Navarro, was all fueled by “Awkward Always”, “Black Tar Halo” and “Impossible Possibilities”, the first three songs that the band wrote, all of which made the cut for the record.
“We did those three right off the bat,” says Navarro, “and we were like ‘Wow, these are better than most of the songs Suicide Machines have ever written in any form. That was the start of the spark. It was a long process after that because we were very picky about it, because we wanted to put out the record we wanted to put out and nothing else.” and now here’s the second single. “Awkward Always” was on the band’s ska-punk side, but this one’s just straight-up punk, and it rips.
Off Revolution Spring. The Suicide Machines, Fat Wreck Chords debut. Out March 27th!
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