The Most Anticipated Albums Of 2021 (Part One)

While 2020 was shit, the albums we got that year were pretty tight. But some records were delayed for the sole purpose of releasing them when touring was given the “OK” to. As of now, touring is still off limits, but that won’t stop some bands from dropping new music this year.

In 2021, we’re getting several great albums some several great bands and artists, but out of all the albums that are coming out this year, these are the ones you need to keep your eyes on. Here are the most anticipated albums of 2021, in no particular order.

A Day To Remember

Album: You’re Welcome (Fueled By Ramen)

Release Date: March 5

It’s finally here! Today marks the arrival of the highly-anticipated seventh studio album from Floridian pop-punk/metalcore outfit A Day To Remember, You’re Welcome. Originally scheduled to be released in November 2019, and then early 2020, and then God knows when, ADTR have finally made up their minds and will be unleashing their Fueled By Ramen (All Time Low, grandson, Meet Me @ The Altar) debut this Friday. Disrespect your surroundings.

The Spill Canvas

Album: Conduit (Pure Noise)

Release Date: March 5

Another record dropping today is Conduit, the long-awaited eighth studio album by South Dakotan emo quartet The Spill Canvas. Fans have waited nine years for a new album from TSP (that is if you’re excluding 2018’s Hivemind EP). And since I got to hear this record in full not too long ago, TSP fans are gonna be loving this record to death. Seriously, get this one once the clock strikes midnight.

Every Time I Die 

Album: TBA

Release Date: TBA (Epitaph)

Five years. That’s how long it’s been since Every Time I Die have dropped a new album. Low Teens brought in a ton of fans, and those fans are dying to hear some new material. While we did get teasers of new songs during their live shows in 2019, and a snippet on Instagram, no full tracks were ever released yet. That was until late last year when ETID gifted those who bought tickets to their Christmas telethon event on December 19 a download of “AWOL”. And then they released A Colossal Wreck” and “Desperate Pleasures” on all streaming services. So when does album #9 drop? Who knows.

’68

Album: Give One, Take One (Cooking Vinyl)

Release Date: March 26

Originally intended to drop last spring, noise-rock duo ’68 pushed this record back a full year and gave their fans a killer EP titled Love Is Ain’t Dead., produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, The Hold Steady, Rush). Now we’re only weeks away from vocalist/guitarist Josh Scogin and drummer Nikko Yamada’s third album (their first with Yamada on the kit). “I’m so proud of this album and humbled by the journey that it took to get here. And if I’m honest, the vast majority of my thoughts are circled around the hope that we will be able to perform these songs live one day soon,” Scogin said in a press statement.

3OH!3

Album: TBA (Photo Finish)

Release Date: TBD

No one was expecting a new album from Warped Tour crunk faves 3OH!3, but damn we need it. The Boulder duo announced last year that they were signing with the label that made them them, Photo Finish Records (guardin, Handsome Ghost, SHAED) and gave fans a taste of their new record by releasing their first music in four years, “LONELY MACHINES” featuring 100 gecs. It’ll be their first album since 2016’s Night Sports.

Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!

Album: TBA (Fearless)

Release Date: TBD

Hey dudes are you ready to? French easycore troupe Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! are ready to get back in the saddle with their first album since 2015. The band announced that their fourth record will drop sometime in 2021 during Fearless Records’ Fearless At Home livestream event, officially declaring that they were back on the label. So far, the band has been sharing photos of them in the studio hard at work. Cannot wait for this one.

Spite

Album: TBA (Self-Released)

Release Date: TBD

While no word yet has come out on when Bay Area metal legion Spite will drop their third album, we do know that they are working on it. Back in November, the band posted an interesting message on social media, showing a building with cars parked outside. Some fans are assuming from the photo that they’re currently working on new material. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Citizen

Album: Life In Your Glass World (Run For Cover)

Release Date: March 26

Bet you weren’t expecting this sound. On Citizen’s fourth outing, the emo band have thrown away their old sound for something more akin to indie-rock. “I don’t have a lot of regret but there have definitely been times when we felt powerless during the band’s existence,” guitarist Nick Hamm said to Kerrang!. “This time we really owned every part of the process. It’s easy to feel like you’re on autopilot when you’re in a band, but that’s not a good place to be this far into our existence. We consciously knew we wanted to break free.”And after hearing Life In Your Glass World‘s debut single “I Want To Kill You”, this new style is very welcoming.

Rob Zombie

Album: The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (Nuclear Blast)

Release Date: March 12

On his first album with Nuclear Blast (The Damned Things, Ghost Bath, Meshuggah), singer-songwriter/filmmaker/voice actor Rob Zombie shows us that if it isn’t broken, don’t try fixing it. To quote Blabbermouth.net, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy “is a classic Zombie album to its core, with high-energy rages like “The Eternal Struggles Of The Howling Man” and “Get Loose” to heavy-groove thumpers like “Shadow Of The Cemetery Man” and “Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass”.” So yeah, it’s a damn good time.

Kali Masi

Album: [laughs] (Take This To Heart)

Release Date: March 26

Underrated indie punk outfit Kali Masi are weeks away from dropping their second album [laughs] to the masses. In a press release, the album is described as “a collection of ambitious songs, musically and lyrically, centering around the universal truth that the power and courage to be who we are is and always has been inside of ourselves — rather than in the arms and minds of those around us.” If you’re a fan of Thursday or Spanish Love Songs, get [laughts] when it drops March 26.

Look out for part two which will come out soon!

3OH!3 Return With New Track Featuring 100 gecs

Glad to have you back, 3OH!3.

Warped Tour crunk legends 3OH!3 have returned with their first new song in over four years, “LONELY MACHINES”. The song also features hyperpop duo 100 gecs, with Laura Les co-writing the track. Watch the official music video below.

As mentioned earlier, “LONELY MACHINES” is the duo’s first commercially released track following the release of 2016’s Night Sports, which came out on Fueled By Ramen (A Day To Remember, Meet Me @ The Altar, twenty one pilots). 3OH!3 have also resigned with their original label Photo Finish Records (guardin, Handsome Ghost, SHAED).

3OH!3 teased a comeback a few days ago with a video on YouTube which you can watch below.

Nat Motte and Sean Foreman of 3OH!3 got in contact with Alternative Press to shine a spotlight on the new song. “After having worked on a lot of other peoples’ music in the recent years, we wanted to come back to our own music as 3OH!3 and rekindle that energy,” Motte told the magazine. “We channeled that in the best way we could, and we wanted to find things in life to celebrate, to make music to dance to, to cry to, and to laugh to. I can tell you one thing for certain – we had a whole lot of fun making these new songs, and if it brings anyone else an ounce of that joy, we can rest easy.”

Foreman also talked about the next chapter for the crunk duo. “About a year ago, Nat and I found ourselves unsigned, unmanaged and frankly, under no pressure to just create and have fun – so we did just that. Magically, as we started to write, we got in touch with Matt Galle and partnered with Photo Finish. The creative energy and motivation that we had for our first album felt recaptured. It just feels good again; unforced. And I believe the new music is a representation of that freedom.”

The group released the track on Friday, November 13, at 3:03 pm m.t., respectively.

Paul McCartney, The Front Bottoms, Metallica, More To Play Lollapalooza 2020

Not even COVID-19 can kill Lolla.

On Tuesday, the Chicago based music festival stunned everyone when they revealed that Lollapalooza was still going down, but things are different this time around. Due to the coronavirus running rampant across the country, Lolla 2020 is going to be virtual, taking place Thursday, July 30, to Sunday, August 2, on YouTube. And yes, it’s gonna be free.

The lineup features a wide range of acts, such as The Cure, Porno For Pyros, Jane’s Addiction, Paul McCartney, LL Cool J, IDLES, The Front Bottoms, A$AP Rocky, Tenacious D, and Metallica. “Original live performances” will take place over the four-day event and will include artists like H.E.R., The Neighbourhood, Vic Mensa, Alison Wonderland, and Louis The Child. Check out the full lineup below.

Lolla 2020 will have special appearances from guests like former First Lady Michelle Obama, b-boy dancer Crazy Legs, Chuck D of Public Enemy, rapper PineappleCITI, and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

Created back in 1991, Lollapalloza originally was Jane’s Addiction’s farewell tour. The festival ran until 1997 and came back in 2003. 2004’s festival was cancelled but it came back annually in 2005. Artists who’ve played the festival in the past include Siouxsie And The Banshees, Pearl Jam, Archers Of Loaf, Beastie Boys, Hum, Devo, The Prodigy, Queens Of The Stone Age, Dashboard Confessional, The Reverend Horton Heat, Jack’s Mannequin, Kanye West, The Gaslight Anthem, Lady Gaga, The Pretty Reckless, At The Drive-In, Kendrick Lamar, Skrillex, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Third Eye Blind, Highly Suspect, CKY, and Ariana Grande.

Prenatt’s Picks: 100 Artists To Check Out In 2020 (Part 3)

Only seven weeks left to go.

Here at Punk Goes Prenatt, for the next 10 weeks, I’ll give you 100 artists that you need to tune your attention to throughout 2020. This list will feature numerous acts from numerous genres.

This is part three of ten. If you didn’t read the previous list, click here.

Lizzy Farrall

Hometown: Chester, UK

Out Now: Barbados – EP (Pure Noise)

For Fans Of: The 1975, Hayley Williams, Taylor Swift

Who knew that switching from being a singer-songwriter to a pop artist would work out so well? Lizzy Farrall is currently riding off the success of her 2019 EP Barbados, a major change in her style. Dropping her Jetty Bones-esque vibes for something that could be heard on alternative stations sandwiched between the likes of The Neighbourhood and Bastille was the best thing that could ever happen to Farrall. And while her music is now rooted in alt-pop, it’s not stopping her from leaving the music scene, doing shows with Trash Boat, Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties, Tiny Moving Parts, Four Year Strong, and The Story So Far. Hell, she was one of the few woman performers at last year’s Slam Dunk Festival, hoping to inspire more interest in female performers (it’s 2020 folks, c’mon.) But it doesn’t hurt her if she plays with Lights and He Is We. She’s not pigeonholing herself to staying in the minor leagues. Look out world, here comes Lizzy.

Song to Listen to: “Addict”

Kill The Lights

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN/Hamilton, Ontario, Canada/Grand Rapids, MI/Bridgend, Wales, UK

Out Now: Shed My Skin – Single (Fearless)

For Fans Of: As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, Trivium

Do you miss the old metalcore sound of the early 2000s? Reminisce no more, because Kill The Lights are here. Made up of four veteran metalheads — vocalist James Clark (ex-Throw The Fight,) guitarists Jordan Whelan (Still Remains) and Travis Montgomery (Threat Signal,) and legendary drummer Michael “Moose” Thomas (ex-Bullet For My Valentine) — Kill The Lights are here to give you the finest metalcore the world has ever seen. They signed with Fearless Records (As It Is, Locket, Parting Gift) in late January 2020, dropping a new song called “Shed My Skin.” They played Download Festival in 2019 alongside Periphery, Northlane, and Polyphia.

Song to Listen to: “Shed My Skin”

Lil Xtra

Hometown: Atlanta, GA

Out Now: Under The Weather – Single (Hopeless)

For Fans Of: 93FEETOFSMOKE, Fats’e, nothing,nowhere.

Atlanta has given us several successful rappers like Gucci Mane, Future, and the hip-hop duo OutKast. And now the city has gifted us another one: Lil Xtra. This emo rapper who’s real name is Clayton Roney started making music after receiving a shoulder injury from playing hockey and baseball as a teen. Clayton then began using his frustration and pain to create Lil Xtra. Since 2016, he has released numerous singles and two full-length albums. Clayton signed with pop-punk label Hopeless Records (Between You & Me, Have Mercy, Sylar) in late 2019, making him the second emo rapper on the label. He just wrapped up a tour with dying in designer earlier this month.

Song to Listen to: “Under The Weather”

Farewell Jupiter

Hometown: Buffalo, NY

Out Now: Spineless – EP (Self-Released)

For Fans Of: Dayshell, Make Them Suffer, Tear Out The Heart

Starting off as a solo project in 2017, local metalcore act Farewell Jupiter, created by Greg Buczkowski, are ready for anything. Now with bassist Thomas Fritton and drummer Adam Bretherton from Out Last (you know, the meme band,) he’s ready to make Farewell Jupiter shine not just in the local metal scene, but for the world to see. ” I had an engineer write the record while teaching me and helping me build an in home studio so I could take over the writing and production,” frontman Buczkowski reminisced. They’ve done shows with Out Last, In Vein, Soma Slumber, Dragged Under, and Lakeshore. 2020 will bring us a new EP from the trio as well as some more shows. 

Song to Listen to: “Spineless”

DAY6

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

Out Now: The Book of Us: Entropy (JYP Entertainment)

For Fans Of: 5 Seconds Of Summer, All Time Low, N.Flying

Never did I ever think I’d live to see the day that Alternative Press would put a K-Pop band on the cover of their magazine. Shocked, I decided to look up DAY6, and they’re pretty good. Why? Because it’s K-Pop-Punk. Mixing in elements of early 5 Seconds Of Summer and Dirty Work-era All Time Low, the five boys that make up DAY6 create music that would work for a Warped Tour crowd. Oh, and unlike most boy bands, they play instruments. So that’s a plus one. DAY6 have released four albums so far, their latest being The Book of Us: Entropy in 2019, embarked on three headlining tours across the globe, and won two awards at the 2018 Genie Music Awards. Who knows, maybe 2020 will be the year America tunes its ears to DAY6.

Song to Listen to: “Sweet Chaos”

Hero The Band

Hometown: Decatur, GA

Out Now: Back To Myself – EP (Lava/Republic)

For Fans Of: AWOLNATION, New Politics, Thirty Seconds To Mars

If you had to give Hero The Band a specific genre to label their music, you would be thinking until the end of time. The four biological brothers behind the Decantur, GA, quartet have been influenced by everyone from Pearl Jam and Soundgarden to The Fray and Rush. Hero The Band quickly bounce around from classic R&B to radio friendly alt-rock. Starting in 2010, the band of brothers have been working hard dropping three albums independently before signing with major labels Lava Records (Andy Black, Greta Van Fleet, Lorde) and Republic Records (88GLAM, Glass Animals, Of Monsters And Men) to drop their EP Back To Myself. Through the power of music, the Barnett brothers are trying to make the world a better place, one song at a time. They’ll be appearing at numerous festivals this year including Epicenter (Agnostic Front, Killstation, Nascar Aloe,) Shaky Knees (Beach Bunny, Jawbox, Portugal. The Man,) and Bonnaroo (Flume, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Tenacious D.)

Song to Listen to: “Back To Myself”

guccihighwaters

Hometown: New York, NY

Out Now: Candy (feat. Lund) – Single (Epitaph)

For Fans Of: Lil Lotus, Shinigami, Wicca Phase Springs Eternal

In the three years since Morgan Murphy, the man behind the name guccihighwaters, created his rap project, he has released numerous singles and the popular full-length Post Death. Not only that, but he got to tour with nothing,nowhere. and Against The Current. Oh, and he caught the attention of Epitaph Records (Architects, The Garden, Off With Their Heads,) signing with the punk label in late December 2019. So yeah, in the three years since he created guccihighwaters, Murphy’s pretty much living the dream. And it’s only up from here.

Song to Listen to: “highschool”

Moon Tooth

Hometown: Long Island, NY

Out Now: Crux (Pure Noise)

For Fans Of: Between The Buried And Me, Mastodon, Protest The Hero

One of the strangest bands Pure Noise Records (Belmont, Less Than Jake, Violent Soho) has ever signed. The Long Island metal quartet have been riding high after the success of their sophomore record Crux. The album sold incredibly well, selling over 100,000+ streams in its first week. It also hit the Billboard charts, reaching #13 on Heatseekers, #23 on Hard Music, #43 on Indie Label, and #62 on Digital Albums. Hell, YouTube channel Rocked ranked Crux the second best album of 2019. They’ve toured with Animals As Leaders, Toothgrinder, and The Contortionist. If you’re a huge fan of Mastodon, then you’ll go crazy for Moon Tooth.

Song to Listen to: “Awe At All Angels”

Daze Ago

Hometown: Buffalo, NY

Out Now: Break The Bottle – Single (Self-Released)

For Fans Of: Ballyhoo!, Pepper, Slightly Stoopid

Reggae punks Daze Ago almost went as quickly as they came, going on a hiatus over the summer. That barely lasted when they surprised us with the track “Break The Bottle.” Mixing in the best elements of Sublime with Pepper, these Buffalonians are here to brighten up your day and get you dancing the blues away. They’ve played with Reggie Childs, Toy Box Brigade, and Sons Of Texas. Check them out, you won’t regret it.

Song to Listen to: “Break The Bottle”

Tones And I

Hometown: Frankston, Victoria, Australia

Out Now: The Kids Are Alright – EP (Elektra)

For Fans Of: Billie Eilish, Mallrat, SHAED

If you listen to the radio, chances are you heard a song called “Dance Monkey.” The lyrics are overall catchy and it just sounds so damn good. And that song was made by Toni Watson aka Tones And I. But believe it or not, her manager didn’t want that song as a single. But here we are now talking about her and her catchy tune. The song was so successful that she ended up winning four awards at the ARIA Music Awards in 2019. And if you listen to the rest of her debut EP The Kids Are Alright, you’ll know that Watson isn’t going nowhere fast.

Song to Listen to: “Dance Monkey”

Come back next week for more artists!