It’s been some time since Pennsylvanian pop-punkers Carousel Kings have released new material. But that’s changing as of today.
The Lancaster, Pa., quartet announced that they’ll be dropping their fourth studio album Plus Ultra (is that a fucking My Hero Academia reference?) on May 31 via Victory Records (Awaken I Am, Don’t Sleep, Like Torches). Vocalist David Alexander promises fans that they’ve “truly taken our song writing further beyond.” He elaborates by saying, “I say ‘further beyond’ because of the layers on this record. Our guitarist Will (Barovick) pushed his playing and imagination to another level.”
Carousel Kings also released the first single off the album called “Code Breaker (Smile)“. The music video for the single is out now on Victory Records’s YouTube channel. Alexander spoke about the video, saying, “We proposed a lot of 80’s/90’s youth culture for the video – game show slime-ery, cheesy infomercials, B-level horror movies and ‘dramatic’ film noir. Outside of the visuals, the song references positivity and soul searching throughout, so we balanced light-hearted comedy but keeping fans on their toes with intricate songwriting.”
Plus Ultra will contain a whopping ten guests on the record, featuring members from Hang Tight, Ice Nine Kills, Dayseeker, Lexxe, and GutterLIFE. Check out the track list below.
- Plus Ultra (Featuring Pete Zengerle and Bill Cardella of Hang Tight)
- Move Slow (Featuring Lexxe)
- Shellshocked (Featuring Spencer Charnis from Ice Nine Kills)
- Code Breaker (Smile)
- Ghost
- Lock Meowt (Featuring Charles Caswell)
- Great White Buffalo (Featuring Rory Rodriguez from Dayseeker)
- Truth Seekers (Featuring Matt from GutterLIFE)
- Shelter (Featuring Tyler Arkatin)
- Monarch
- Jamais Vu (Featuring Ricky Armellino and Jack Esbenshade of Hawk)
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