Photo credit: Charlie Lowe
Beach Slang have announced their return with new single ‘Bam Rang Rang’ and details of new album ‘The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City’ (out 10 January via Bridge Nine Records). The band will also be supporting Goo Goo Dolls across the US throughout November.
With scuzz-filled riffs from the off, ‘Bam Rang Rang’ finds Beach Slang embracing a punk sound in line with their early ’90s heroes including early Manics and Mega City Four as James Alex sings deliciously dirty, self-depreciating lyrics: ‘I’m a cigarette with nothing to lose, I’m a filthy rat, a heart attack, a real good nothing with an itch to scratch’. He also counts down with a ‘tick tick tick’ before repeating the album title. Despite only being three and a half minutes long, there’s time for a glorious ’70s rock & roll-inspired breakdown – something that anyone who’s seen Beach Slang live will know is kind of James’ speciality.
Catch Beach Slang on the following tour dates
# = w/ Goo Goo Dolls
10/22: Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus
11/5: Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
11/7: Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
11/8: Kalamazoo, MI @ Kalamazoo State Theatre #
11/9: Appleton, WI @ Fox Cities Performing Arts Center #
11/10: Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater #
11/12: Louisville, KY @ Palace Theatre #
11/13: Huntsville, AL @ Mark C. Smith Concert Hall at the Von Braun Center #
11/15: Chattanooga, TN @ Tivoli Theater #
11/16: Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre #
11/17: Charleston, SC @ Charleston Gaillard Center #
11/19: Richmond, VA @ Carpenter Theatre #
11/20: Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre #
11/22: Hershey, PA @ Hershey Theatre #
11/23: Atlantic City, NJ @ Tropicana Showroom at Tropicana Atlantic City #
11/25: Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre #
11/26: Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
