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Trash Boat premiere new song and video for “The Guise of a Mother”

There’s only three more days until the debut album from UK Pop Punk act Trash Boat is released.

Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through already has a lot of promise to it. Starting off, the record was produced by Dan Campbell of The Wonder Years who also featured on the lead single ‘Strangers’. The far more aggressive second single ‘How Selfish I Seem’ also left an impact.

Today the third single, ‘The Guise of a Mother’, was released alongside a video. The video features some live footage from their recent tour with  Less Than Jake as well as their appearances at Slam Dunk Festival.

Check out the video below:

Trash Boat’s debut album Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through is out Friday through Hopeless Records.

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PUP announce UK tour

Those disappointed by the fact that PUP will only be joining Moose Blood for the mainland Europe dates of their Autumn tour are in luck, as the Canadian punks have announced a UK tour of their own.

The shows kick off on August 29th in Norwich and carry on through September, ending in an appearance for the band at Bestival on September 11th.

Check out the full list of dates below:

August 2016

29 Norwich, The Owl Sanctuary 30 Birmingham, The Rainbow

September 2016

1 Bristol, The Exchange 2 Southamtpon, Joiners 4 Manchester, Sound Control 5 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club 6 Glasgow, King Tuts 7 Nottingham, Bodega 9 London, The Dome 11 Bestival

Tickets for the tour are on sale now.

PUP’s new album The Dream Is Over is out now through SideOneDummy Records.

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Moose Blood premiere new song, “Knuckles”

We’ve still got a little over two months before Moose Blood are set to release their highly anticipated sophomore record, Blush, but luckily the boys have released another new song today.

The track, titled ‘Knuckles’, is the second to be released from Blush so far, behind lead single ‘Honey’ which premiered back in April along with the album’s announcement.

Check out the new song below:

Moose Blood’s new album Blush is out August 5th through Hopeless Records.

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The Wonder Years announce intimate UK tour

It’s been over two years since The Wonder Years headlined a show in the UK, and today they announced four very intimate dates to put an end to that.

The shows will take place at the end of July, with two being held in England, one in Wales and one in Scotland.

Check out the dates an official tour poster below:

July 2016:

28 The Dome - London, England

29 Sin City - Swansea, Wales

30 Key Club - Leeds, England

31 Stereo - Glasgow, Scotland

The Wonder Years’ latest album No Closer To Heaven is out now through Hopeless Records.

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Rain premiere video for “Solis”

Swindon based band Rain, premiered a new song and video today.

The band have bought forward their own blend of genres like shoegaze, lo-fi and punk in their discography so far. ‘Solis’ is the first material of theirs to be released since their debut EP Symphony Pains earlier this year through Essex based label Close To Home Records.

Check out the video for the track below:

‘Solis’ will be released as a digital single this Friday, Symphony Pains is out now through Close To Home Records.

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Up and Coming: Pet Library

Welcome to Up and Coming, a new feature here on Mixtape Press that focuses on smaller bands who deserve to have the word spread about them.

Our first Up and Coming band is British emo three-piece Pet Library. The band bring forward their take on the twinkly/math rock genre in a country where very few are taking a crack at it.

The band, consisting of George Milner, Conor Mulhern and Tim Anderson, come across very blunt in their lyrics. There’s not so many metaphors as there are lines explicitly detailing the emotion felt when writing.

A demo was recorded and released by the band earlier this year, which you can check out below:

Demo by Pet Library

However, we recommend the best place to start would be the band’s new single, ‘Accidents’. The track is taken from their debut EP The Corners Of My Eyes Hold The Most Vivid Visions, which is due out next month. Watch the video for the track below:

Pet Library’s debut EP The Corners Of My Eyes Hold The Most Vivid Visions is due out in June 2016.

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Somos premiere video for “Problem Child”

Today Somos premiered a new video for ‘Problem Child’.

The track is taken from the four-piece’s brilliant sophomore record First Day Back, which was released in February through Hopeless Records.

Check out the video below:

Somos’ new album First Day Back is out now through Hopeless Records.

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Stream PUP’s new album, “The Dream Is Over”

Canadian punk band PUP are streaming their new record ahead of this Friday’s release date.

The Dream Is Over is the much anticipated follow up to the four-piece’s debut self title album, which was released back in 2014.

Thanks to NPR.org, the album is available in advance, to the delight of many fans. Check out the stream below:

PUP’s new album The Dream Is Over is out May 27th through SideOneDummy Records.

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Stream Tiny Moving Parts’ new album, “Celebrate”

Ahead of Friday’s release date, Tiny Moving Parts’ are currently streaming their new album, Celebrate, in full.

The album is the bad’s third full length effort behind, This Couch Is Long & Full Of Friendship and Pleasant Living.

Before now, the three-piece had released three songs from the ten-track effort, ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Headache’ and ‘Common Cold’.

Check out the album stream below:

Tiny Moving Parts’ new album Celebrate is out May 20th through Triple Crown Records in the US and Big Scary Monsters in the UK/EU.

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Trash Boat premiere video for “How Selfish I Seem”

Ahead of their appearances at Slam Dunk Festival later this month, Trash Boat have premiered a new song, with a video to accompany it.

‘How Selfish I Seem’ is the second track to be taken from the band’s debut album, Nothing I Write You Can change What You’ve Been Through, behind lead single ‘Strangers’ which features Dan Campbell, who also produced the album.

Check out the video below:

Trash Boat’s debut album, Nothing I Write You Can change What You’ve Been Through, is out June 17th through Hopeless Records.

The band are also heading out on a UK tour in support of the album with WSTR and Weatherstate, check out the dates below:

June 2016:

22 Southampton - Joiners

23 Bristol - Louisiana

24 Nottingham - Bodega

25 Glasgow - The Attic @ Garage

27 Newcastle - Think Tank

28 Leeds - Key Club

29 Birmingham - Asylum 2

30 London - Barfly

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With Confidence premiere new song, “Higher”

Australia’s With Confidence have shared another new track from their debut album.

This one’s called ‘Higher’, and appears ninth on Better Weather’s tracklisting.

Check out the song below:

With Confidence’s debut album Better Weather is out June 17th through Hopeless Records.

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Bayside premiere new song, “Enemy Lines”

Bayside released a new song today, ahead of the release of their seventh studio album.

‘Enemy Lines’ is third on the tracklist of Vacancy, which is due out in August.

Check out the song below:

Bayside’s new album Vacancy is out August 19th through Hopeless Records.

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Moose Blood announce US tour supports

The UK’s own Moose Blood are heading overseas to play their first headlining tour in America in July, and now they’ve confirmed who’ll they’ll be bringing along with them.

First joining them is Can’t Swim, who put out their first EP Death Deserves A Name in February through Pure Noise Records. Second is label mates Young and Heartless, whose new album Stay Away came out in March through Hopeless Records. We would seriously recommend heading out to a show early to check these new talents out.

In case you need a refresher, check out the list of dates below:

July 2016:

16 Chicago, IL - The Beat Kitchen

17 Detroit, MI - The Shelter

19 Cleveland, OH - Mahalls

20 Pittsburgh, PA - Smiling Moose

21 Boston, MA - Out Of The Blue Gallery

22 New York, NY - Studio at Webster

23 Howell, NJ - Game Changer World

24 Philadelphia, PA - Foundry

Check out the updated tour poster below as well:

Moose Blood’s new album Blush is out August 5th through Hopeless Records.

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Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties premiere new song, “Goodbye, Carolina Blues”

Side project of The Wonder Years’ frontman, Dan Campbell, Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties have premiered the final song from their new EP.

Bittersweet is due out next Friday, and having premiered ‘67′ Cherry Red’ and ‘Green Like The G Train, Green Like Seafoam’ already, ‘Goodbye, Carolina Blues’ is the last song to be released.

Check it out below:

Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties’ new EP, Bittersweet, is out May 20th through Hopeless Records.

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Listen to elvis depressedly’s new song, “angel cum clean”

Ahead of the reissue/release of their Double EP Holo Pleasures / California Dreamin’, elvis depressedly have premiered a new song.

The song, titled ‘angel cum clean’, is the second to be released from California Dreamin’, the new EP being bundled with the band’s highly sought after Holo Pleasures EP in this new release.

Check out the song below:

elvis depressedly’s Holo Pleasures / California Dreamin’  is released June 3rd through Run For Cover Records.

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Watch Trash Boat cover Foo Fighters as part of their new series

In the run up to the release of their debut album, Trash Boat have started a series where they cover their favourite artists.

The Things You Wrote Me Sessions is a new series started by the band that will see them slow down and cover some of their favourite songs that influenced the writing of their debut album, Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through.

The first episode sees the band cover Foo Fighters’ song ‘Everlong’. Check it out below:

Trash Boat’s debut album Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through is out June 17th through Hopeless Records.

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Basement announce UK tour

Today, Basement announced a UK headline tour around their short festival run in July.

The tour sees support from Dinosaur Pile-Up an The Sun Days, and all the shows are being played around the band’s appearances at 2000 Trees Festival, Truck Festival and Tramlines Festival.

Check out the dates below:

July 2016:

8 2000 Trees Festival - Cheltenham*

10 Festival - Liverpool*

12 Riverside - Newcastle

13 The Brickyard - Carlisle

14 Globe - Cardiff

15 Slade Rooms - Wolverhampton

16 Truck Festival - Oxfordshire*

18 Chinnery’s - Southend

19 The Haunt - Brighton

20 The Forum - Tunbridge Wells

21 The 1865 - Southampton

22 The Hub - Plymouth

23 Tramlines Festival - Sheffield*

* = Basement Only

Check out the official tour poster below:

Basement’s latest album Promise Everything is out now through Run For Cover Records.