Californian garage punk band GRUMPSTER have released video for new single ‘Better Than Dead‘. Better Than Dead is taken from the bands recently announced new album Fever Dream, their first album on new label Pure Noise Records. The record is out the 17th June 2022 and features previously released singles ‘Crash,’ ‘Looking Good’ and ‘Fever Dream.’ Speaking about the new song the band said ‘Better Than Dead is about what it feels like to suppress emotion to the point of misery. It explores realising someone spent their years not feeling things and the front they’ve created to seem cold and untouchable. ‘ Watch the video for ‘Better Than Dead’ HERE or by clicking the image below. 
Pre-order Fever Dream – HERE Grumpster will be supporting label mates Like Pacific on their US headline tour starting in June. The bands will also be joined by Action/Adventure and Spaced. You can see Grumpster supporting Like Pacific at the following dates:
June 24 – Ottawa, ON @ Club SAW
June 25 – Waterloo, ON @ Maxwells
June 26 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
June 28 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Crafthouse
June 29 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk
July 1 – Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
July 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
July 3 – Asbury Park, NJ @ House Of Independents
July 5 – Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s
July 7 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge
July 8 – Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary
July 9 – Columbus, OH @ Big Room Bar Tickets on sale now HERE About Fever Dream Grumpster’s Pure Noise Records debut, FEVER DREAM, was put into motion quickly after the release of debut album Underwhelmed, which they never were able to tour properly due to the pandemic. “We waited and waited to tour Underwhelmed, but things never stopped looking pretty bleak,” says Falyn Walsh. “We ended up doing a live stream with Anti-Flag during the pandemic where Chris #2 told us, ‘Write some new songs and let me produce them!’ We thought, ‘Oh, god, I guess we have to make a new record now.’” Produced by Chris #2 of Anti-Flag, at District Recording in San Jose, FEVER DREAM filters the ghosts of the East Bay’s melodic punk history through Grumpster’s signature garage rock sound – which Alternative Press hailed as “a ’96 mixtape that has the Breeders, Huggy Bear and Imperial Teen on it.” Ferocious power chords, buoyant choruses, and DIY energy filtered through modern sonics fill the album’s 10 songs, as the band explore the push and pull between dead-end relationships and more introspective moments and how the two intersect to create a cycle of anxiety and self-loathing, yes, but also ultimately resilience. FEVER DREAM is an album that, just like its bursts of double-time tempos and shout-along choruses, elevates waves of emotions – the ones that seemingly come out of nowhere and have the ability to salvage or shipwreck your entire day. About GRUMPSTER Growing up in Salem, Massachusetts, with Green Day’s Dookie in heavy rotation, Walsh learned guitar on his own and fell hard for East Bay punk in all forms. In 2015, as a teenager, he plotted a trip out to San Francisco with a friend, scoping out the stages where bands like Operation Ivy and Crimpshine got their starts. Soon after returning home, Walsh bought a one-way ticket and decamped west permanently, picking up odd-end jobs, including at Guitar Center, to pay the bills. Within a few months, Walsh crossed paths with Deetz, a guitarist from nearby Albany in whom they found a kindred spirit. Impossibly, when the pair got together to jam, they discovered they’d written near-identical songs, down to the chord progressions. Scouring the scene for a drummer who could match their preternaturally shared tempo, Walsh and Deetz eventually got in touch with Noel Agtane, a Bay Area native who’d drummed around town, across church bands, indie-alt group Oh My Heart, and pop-punk band Triples Alley. After getting a sample of his intimidating blast beats, the pair asked him to slow it down and were rewarded with the steady, studied, powerhouse percussion they’d been hearing in their heads all along. From there, Grumpster’s been on one long upswing, three fast friends crafting rambunctious, mosh-ready, deliciously deadpan punk that they say stays friendly despite its edge – smiling big means showing some teeth, after all. Grumpster are:
Falyn Walsh (bass and vocals)
Lalo Gonzalez Deetz (guitar)
Noel Agtane (drums) Pre-order Fever Dream – HERE | 
