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Album review: State Champs – State Champs
State Champs’ fifth album finds the Albany band relishing in pop-punk’s glory years.
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State Champs announce fifth album, drop two new singles
Watch the video for State Champs’ lead single Silver Cloud, hear another new track Too Late To Say, and get the lowdown on the pop-punk titans’ fifth LP!
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- Emily Carter
State Champs have just announced their brand-new, fifth album.
The Albany pop-punk faves are going the self-titled route for the follow-up to 2022’s Kings Of The New Age, and will be releasing the record on November 8 via Pure Noise.
Produced by Anton DeLost, frontman Derek DiScanio says of what they’ve created – and why: “We found our way, through the ups and downs within us, personally and as a band, and wanted to express that. This is the right time to showcase it.”
“When we stepped back and looked at the songs, sonically and thematically, it’s a great vision of who we are,” adds bassist Ryan Scott Graham. “Every era of State Champs exists within this record.”
As a preview, the band have shared two new tracks, Silver Cloud and Too Late To Say, with the former having a great accompanying music video to boot. So much State Champs today, basically!
Check out the video for Silver Cloud:
And stream Silver Cloud and Too Late To Say:
See the State Champs tracklist:
1. The Constant
2. Silver Cloud
3. Clueless
4. Light Blue
5. Too Late To Say
6. Hell Of It
7. Sobering
8. Tight Grip
9. I Still Want To
10. Just A Dream
11. Save Face Story
12. Golden Years
And, finally, catch State Champs with Knuckle Puck, Meet Me @ The Altar and Daisy Grenade at the following recently-announced dates:
November
8 Austin, TX – Emo’s
9 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
11 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
13 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
14 Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
15 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
16 Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo
18 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
19 Denver, CO – Summit Music Call
22 Detroit, MI – The Majestic
23 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
24 Cleveland, OH – The Agora
26 Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
27 Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts*
29 Nashville, TN – Cannery Mainstage
30 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
December
1 Orlando, FL – House of Blues
3 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
4 Boston, MA – House of Blues
6 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
7 New York, NY – Webster Hall
* = no Knuckle Puck
Read this: State Champs’ Derek DiScanio: The 10 songs that changed my life
