The wait is over! After nine years, punk rock legends Lagwagon are releasing their long-awaited new album "Hang".
It’s not like the band broke up or took a break after the album "Resolve" in 2005. They continued with their grueling tour schedule, and frontman Joey Cape consistently released material as a solo artist with his other projects Bad Astronaut, Scorpios, and Bad Loud. Not to mention the production of cover albums in rapid succession with his other project Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. And his umpteenth side project as a label maker and producer of songwriter albums for One Week Records.
"I’m writing all the time," says Cape, "but most of the time it doesn’t fit with Lagwagon. The shape of the band is constantly changing. Sometimes it takes a decade for all the stars to align!"
Ultimately, the harmonious cohesion only reestablished itself a few years ago when the band was back on tour after a break. "A light went on for me, and I knew how the record would sound and what we had to say. It’s less in the 90s punk rock style we’re known for. But this is the record my band wanted and needed to make." Fact! The overall sound of "Hang" is darker and more charged than the band’s previous works. Themes such as loss, betrayal, aging, the environment, and the plight of the common man are addressed.
A release tour is planned for spring 2015.
It’s not like the band broke up or took a break after the album "Resolve" in 2005. They continued with their grueling tour schedule, and frontman Joey Cape consistently released material as a solo artist with his other projects Bad Astronaut, Scorpios, and Bad Loud. Not to mention the production of cover albums in rapid succession with his other project Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. And his umpteenth side project as a label maker and producer of songwriter albums for One Week Records.
"I’m writing all the time," says Cape, "but most of the time it doesn’t fit with Lagwagon. The shape of the band is constantly changing. Sometimes it takes a decade for all the stars to align!"
Ultimately, the harmonious cohesion only reestablished itself a few years ago when the band was back on tour after a break. "A light went on for me, and I knew how the record would sound and what we had to say. It’s less in the 90s punk rock style we’re known for. But this is the record my band wanted and needed to make." Fact! The overall sound of "Hang" is darker and more charged than the band’s previous works. Themes such as loss, betrayal, aging, the environment, and the plight of the common man are addressed.
A release tour is planned for spring 2015.
