Rise Records have released The Bouncing Souls' new album "Simplicity". Check out a video for the track "Up To Us".
It will be the the band's first album with new drummer George Rebelo (Hot Water Music) serving as a follow-up to Comet, released in 2012 on Rise Records and Chunksaah Records.
Legendary New Jersey punks, The Bouncing Souls, are gearing up for the release of their tenth full length, Simplicity, due out July 29th via Rise Records. In anticipation, the band have shared the album's first single, the triumphantly infectious "Up To Us."
To make Simplicity, The Bouncing Souls reunited with producer John Seymour (How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Anchors Aweigh) to capture the raw spirit of their earlier work. "Up To Us" maintains all the elements that longtime fans could desire from The Bouncing Souls, and injects them with the songwriting prowess earned through over 20 years of creating anthemic punk rock. The hook-filled track features powerfully lean instrumentation driving a massive chorus that begs to be shouted along to at a show.
From the band...
"Who would have believed in 1989 we would end up making nine studio albums! and who knew George Rebelo would end up in the Bouncing Souls! Not us, but after he learned over 100 songs a did and couple of years worth of gigs we began to feel like some new version of the Bouncing Souls and time for a tenth.
We set out to recapture the spirit of our earlier songs, not over-thought or over-produced. In the studio our goal was to keep it raw and real, the feeling of a band playing live. When we asked our good friend and producer John Seymour to join the mix (literally) it began to feel like a mash up between the two records we recorded with him in the past: “How I Spent My Summer Vacation" and "Anchors Aweigh". Recorded this February in our beloved Asbury Park, we are really stoked with how it came out."
Listen to "Simplicity"below...
The Bouncing Souls are something of a punk rock institution. The band have been consistently churning out their beloved brand of anthemic punk since 1989, and have earned an intensely loyal fanbase with tireless touring and an unrelenting love of making music. As the band approached the creation of their tenth full length, they sought to make a record that captured the spirit of their earlier work, while incorporating who they are today. That record is Simplicity and it's 13 tracks of undeniably infectious punk rock prove that The Bouncing Souls have a lot more to say.
In making Simplicity, The Bouncing Souls set out to write songs that, first and foremost, would translate into the live environment. With over 20 years worth of anthems under their collective belt, it's a challenge to write a setlist that incorporates newer material, but Simplicity's many standouts are more than up to the task. Next, the band enlisted the help of producer John Seymour, who manned the mixing boards for their fan favorite LPs How I Spent My Summer Vacation and Anchors Aweigh, to record the album with all of the raw energy of the live performance. The production of Simplicity perfectly embodies the band's bite and power, the driving guitars, prominent bass, rock-solid drums, and soaring vocals all cutting through with no unneeded studio shine. From speedy hardcore-influenced ragers, to comparatively tender punk ballads, Simplicity's dynamics show every side of The Bouncing Souls.
On Simplicity, The Bouncing Souls do what so few long-running bands are able to accomplish: they utilize all of the skills and lessons that come from over 20 years of making music, while still capturing the reckless spontaneity of their past work. That delicate balance can only be found if there's a sincerity in the songs that comes from genuine love of playing music together, and The Bouncing Souls have that in spades.
Simplicity is due out July 29th via Rise Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.
Simplicity tracklist:
1. Driving All Night
2. Euphoria
3. Satellite
4. Digital Twilight Zone
5. I Wanna Be Bored
6. Hey Aliens
7. Hero Zero
8. Writing On The Wall
9. Rebel Song
10. Tightrope
11. Gravity
12. Bees
13. Up To Us