Katie Schmitz
07/22/06, 08:03 AM
The Casualties (http://www.thecasualties.net) have released details on their new album, Under Attack, which hits stores August 22nd.
Veteran New York City street punks The Casualties have been outspoken believers in right and wrong, and their latest full-length, UNDER ATTACK, due Aug. 22 on SideOneDummy Records, tackles topical subject matter with a fury and frenzy that only a true punk band can. This mix of social commentary and hardcore punk rock has and continues to be demonstrated on the main stage at the Vans Warped Tour all summer long. They will be doing a 9-day run up-and-down the West Coast, kicking off in Fresno on Aug. 18. A national "Punx Unite" tour is set for September.
UNDER ATTACK, produced by Bill Stevenson [former member of the seminal punk bands Black Flag, Descendents and All] is a slab of old-school revivalist punk rock owing nods to anthemic punkers The Exploited and GBH. However, this is also the band's hardest record to date. "We're taking it to the next level," offers guitarist Jake. "As musicians we've improved, but it's not showing-off improved. It's still the same punk rock. There are still sing-a-longs. But it's just a much harder record."
The title track "Under Attack" kicks off with a blazing guitar and pounding drums before erupting into a full on musical circle pit as lead vocalist Jorge screams violently and the band chants "We're under attack." Jake says about the album's title track "We feel the country is under attack, but from our own country. The extremists are wrong, but we shouldn't be over there, because the whole thing fucking stinks." While the current administration is certainly a target, other topics such as global warming ("Without Warning"), Hurricane Katrina ("System Failed Us… Again"), celebrity culture ("VIP") and the music business ("Fallen Heroes") are also key focuses.
Under Attack marks the band's seventh album since frontman Jorge formed the band 16 years ago. 2004's ON THE FRONT LINE, also produced by Stevenson, was released in both English and Spanish and revered by the punk community here and abroad. "Every song is spiked with so much venomous energy," declared ALTERNATIVE PRESS, adding, "Jorge is a classic punk screamer."
The band's latest sonic statement, UNDER ATTACK, is anthemic, abrasive and inspiring. The 12 tracks are a dose of pure punk power injected with social commentary that is nostalgic yet forward thinking at the same time. Racing by in just under 40 minutes, it is bound to leave you sweaty, breathless and pissed of... just like the band's live show.
The tracklisting for Under Attack is as follows:
1. Under Attack
2. Without Warning
3. System Failed Us... Again
4. Social Outcast
5. VIP
6. No Solution - No Control
7. Down & Out
8. In It For Life
9. On City Streets
10. Fallen Heroes
11. The Great American Progress
12. Stand and Fight
Below are Tour Dates that The Casualties are performing in support of their upcoming record:
July 22 Salt Lake City, Utah @ Utah State Fairpark
July 23 Denver, Colo. @ Invesco Field at Mile High
July 25 Maryland Heights, Mo. @ UMB Bank Pavillion
July 26 Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center
July 27 Burgettstown, Pa. @ Post-Gazette Pavillion @ Star Lake
July 28 Noblesville, Ind. @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 29 Detroit, Mich. @ Comerica Park
July 30 Tinley Park, Ill. @ Tweeter Center
Aug. 1 Darien Center, N.Y. @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Aug. 2 Fitchburg, Mass. @ Fitchburg Airport
Aug. 3 Camden, N.J. @ Tweeter Center
Aug. 4 Scranton, Pa. @ Montage Mountain Amphitheatre
Aug. 5 Uniondale, N.Y. @ Nassau Coliseum
Aug. 6 Englishtown, N.J. @ Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
Aug. 8 Charlotte, N.C. @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 9 Virginia Beach, Va. @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 10 Bristow, Va. @ Nissan PavilionAug. 11 Cleveland, Ohio @ Tower City Amphitheatre
Aug. 12 Toronto, ON @ Molson Park
Aug. 13 Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
Aug. 18 Fresno, Calif. - The Belmont
Aug. 19 San Francisco, Calif. @ The Pound
Aug. 20 Salinas, Calif. @ Jump'n Around
Aug. 21 Reno, Nev. @ The New Oasis
Aug. 23 Las Vegas, Nev. @ The Celebrity
Aug. 23 Lancaster, Calif. @ El Dorado
Aug. 24 Ventura, Calif. @ The Alpine
Aug. 25 Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Henry Fonda
Aug. 26 Tempe, Ariz. @ The Clubhouse
Veteran New York City street punks The Casualties have been outspoken believers in right and wrong, and their latest full-length, UNDER ATTACK, due Aug. 22 on SideOneDummy Records, tackles topical subject matter with a fury and frenzy that only a true punk band can. This mix of social commentary and hardcore punk rock has and continues to be demonstrated on the main stage at the Vans Warped Tour all summer long. They will be doing a 9-day run up-and-down the West Coast, kicking off in Fresno on Aug. 18. A national "Punx Unite" tour is set for September.
UNDER ATTACK, produced by Bill Stevenson [former member of the seminal punk bands Black Flag, Descendents and All] is a slab of old-school revivalist punk rock owing nods to anthemic punkers The Exploited and GBH. However, this is also the band's hardest record to date. "We're taking it to the next level," offers guitarist Jake. "As musicians we've improved, but it's not showing-off improved. It's still the same punk rock. There are still sing-a-longs. But it's just a much harder record."
The title track "Under Attack" kicks off with a blazing guitar and pounding drums before erupting into a full on musical circle pit as lead vocalist Jorge screams violently and the band chants "We're under attack." Jake says about the album's title track "We feel the country is under attack, but from our own country. The extremists are wrong, but we shouldn't be over there, because the whole thing fucking stinks." While the current administration is certainly a target, other topics such as global warming ("Without Warning"), Hurricane Katrina ("System Failed Us… Again"), celebrity culture ("VIP") and the music business ("Fallen Heroes") are also key focuses.
Under Attack marks the band's seventh album since frontman Jorge formed the band 16 years ago. 2004's ON THE FRONT LINE, also produced by Stevenson, was released in both English and Spanish and revered by the punk community here and abroad. "Every song is spiked with so much venomous energy," declared ALTERNATIVE PRESS, adding, "Jorge is a classic punk screamer."
The band's latest sonic statement, UNDER ATTACK, is anthemic, abrasive and inspiring. The 12 tracks are a dose of pure punk power injected with social commentary that is nostalgic yet forward thinking at the same time. Racing by in just under 40 minutes, it is bound to leave you sweaty, breathless and pissed of... just like the band's live show.
The tracklisting for Under Attack is as follows:
1. Under Attack
2. Without Warning
3. System Failed Us... Again
4. Social Outcast
5. VIP
6. No Solution - No Control
7. Down & Out
8. In It For Life
9. On City Streets
10. Fallen Heroes
11. The Great American Progress
12. Stand and Fight
Below are Tour Dates that The Casualties are performing in support of their upcoming record:
July 22 Salt Lake City, Utah @ Utah State Fairpark
July 23 Denver, Colo. @ Invesco Field at Mile High
July 25 Maryland Heights, Mo. @ UMB Bank Pavillion
July 26 Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center
July 27 Burgettstown, Pa. @ Post-Gazette Pavillion @ Star Lake
July 28 Noblesville, Ind. @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 29 Detroit, Mich. @ Comerica Park
July 30 Tinley Park, Ill. @ Tweeter Center
Aug. 1 Darien Center, N.Y. @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Aug. 2 Fitchburg, Mass. @ Fitchburg Airport
Aug. 3 Camden, N.J. @ Tweeter Center
Aug. 4 Scranton, Pa. @ Montage Mountain Amphitheatre
Aug. 5 Uniondale, N.Y. @ Nassau Coliseum
Aug. 6 Englishtown, N.J. @ Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
Aug. 8 Charlotte, N.C. @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 9 Virginia Beach, Va. @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 10 Bristow, Va. @ Nissan PavilionAug. 11 Cleveland, Ohio @ Tower City Amphitheatre
Aug. 12 Toronto, ON @ Molson Park
Aug. 13 Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
Aug. 18 Fresno, Calif. - The Belmont
Aug. 19 San Francisco, Calif. @ The Pound
Aug. 20 Salinas, Calif. @ Jump'n Around
Aug. 21 Reno, Nev. @ The New Oasis
Aug. 23 Las Vegas, Nev. @ The Celebrity
Aug. 23 Lancaster, Calif. @ El Dorado
Aug. 24 Ventura, Calif. @ The Alpine
Aug. 25 Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Henry Fonda
Aug. 26 Tempe, Ariz. @ The Clubhouse