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"Punks in a Disco Bar"
Philadelphia's Beach Slang will always be special to me. They'll be special not only because they played the final set at Asbury Lanes when I stood right up front with CoolMom and our friends and screamed and cried a little bit, but also because frontman James Alex is constantly acknowledging something I've always known. Deep down inside, everyone is always that same teenager they've always been. We grow up and learn all the socially acceptable ways to mask that part of ourselves, but James wears it right out there for everyone to see. When I listen to Beach Slang, especially when they're playing live, I feel like I can let that part of me run wild for a little while. The thirty years since I've been 16 years old just peel away, and I can stand up front screaming and crying a little bit.
Yesterday Beach Slang announced that they'd be releasing their second LP with Polyvinyl Records on September 23rd. It's appropriately titled A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings, a phrase that James Alex has said he's used to describe his band.
Along with the album announcement, Beach Slang released the record's first single "Punks in a Disco Bar." It's everything we've come to expect from the band to this point. It's jagged and loud, and Alex sells it with every fiber of his being. It owes a great deal to the sounds of my youth like The Replacements and Richard Butler. It makes me think that Beach Slang will be more than able to follow up on the unexpected success of The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us.
Beach Slang return to Asbury Park on July 28th for Night 1 of The Bouncing Souls' "Stoked for the Summer" at the Stone Pony. They'll be on tour for the rest of this summer and just a couple of hours away from me when I'm vacationing in the UK with the coolfamily in August. Hmmmm...
Check out "Punks in a Disco Bar" and the rest of Beach Slang's dates below.
Beach Slang on Tour:
7/20 -- Sydney, Australia -- Oxford Art Factory
7/23 -- Byron Bay, Australia -- Splendour in the Grass
7/24 -- Melbourne, Australia -- The Corner Hotel
7/28 -- Asbury Park, NJ -- Stone Pony^
8/07 -- Katowice, Poland -- OFF Festival
8/08 -- Bremen, Germany -- Tower Musikclub
8/10 -- Oslo, Norway -- Øya Festival
8/11 -- Gothenburg, Sweden -- Way Out West Festival
8/13 -- Eschwege, Germany -- Open Flair Festival
8/14 -- Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany -- Taubertal Festival
8/15 -- Trier, Germany -- Mergener Hof
8/16 -- Dortmund, Germany -- Freizeitzentrum West (FZW)
8/17 -- Osnabrück, Germany -- Kleine Freiheit
8/18 -- Hasselt, Belgium -- Pukkelpop
8/19 -- Marinen, Trondheim, Norway -- Pstereo Festival
8/20 -- Bodø, Norway -- Parken Festival
8/23 -- Birmingham, UK -- The Sunflower Lounge
8/26 -- Bramham Park, Wetherby, UK -- Leeds Festival
8/28 -- Richfield Avenue, Reading, UK -- Reading Festival
9/2 -- Montauk, NY -- The Surf Lodge's Summer Music Series
9/8 -- Baltimore, MD -- The Ottobar
9/8-10 -- Raleigh, NC -- Hopscotch Music Festival @ The Lincoln Theater
9/10 -- Raleigh, NC -- The Camel
9/17 -- Wilmington, DE -- Dogfish Head Analog-a-GoGo @ Bellevue State Park
10/6 -- Boston, MA -- Royale%
11/4-6 -- Austin, TX -- Sounds on Sound Festival
^ w/ Bouncing Souls
% w/ Descendents
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