Chicago, US- Knuckle Puck, have announced four special headline shows for March 2024. Support comes from the bands label mates, Shoreline. Knuckle Puck will also be supporting Neck Deep on their headline show at Alexandra Palace in London on the 28th March. You can see Knuckle Puck at the following dates:
23rd March – Project House, Leeds
24th March – Classic Grand, Glasgow
26th March – Rebellion, Manchester
27th March – The Fleece, Bristol
28th March – Alexandra Palace London*
* Knuckle Puck only Supporting Neck Deep Tickets on sale 26th January at 10am – HERE Watch the video for “You & I”, taken from their new album Losing What We Love by clicking the image below.
Over the last thirteen years, the band have nurtured their craft across three albums and have artfully balanced their emotional spectrum, trading in high-tempered and deeply introspective lyricism, but also cutting the tension with an underlying layer of optimism. But now, with the release of their fourth LP, Losing What We Love, Knuckle Puck are done sugarcoating life’s hard truths. It is a record about coming to terms with exactly that. It is an attempt to lean into the transition from a high point in life to a low point. These songs are a tribute to the familiar while acknowledging that nothing can stay the same forever. Recorded with longtime producer Seth Henderson (State Champs, Real Friends), Losing What We Love follows 2022’s Disposable Life EP and marks the band’s first LP for Pure Noise Records. In many ways, it’s a throwback to their earliest days – not necessarily in sound, but in songwriting essence, tapping into the same collaborative magic they found in bedrooms and garages across Chicago’s south suburbs as teenagers. This focus on impulse over indecision, with all five members bringing their original ideas to the table, then working to shape them together, in the same room, is what helps propel Losing What We Love as a fresh take on trademark Knuckle Puck, from the the biting “2face” and furiously tempoed “Act Accordingly” to the vibe-heavy “Out of Touch” and band favourite “Better Late,” the genesis of which actually dates all the way back to the Copacetic days. It’s clear there’s a newfound energy inside their ranks, a steadfast belief in one another that steered the ship during Losing What We Love and will carry the band long into the future. In many ways, it’s the same spirit of unity that bonds their fervent crowds – the ones that pack sweaty clubs around the world to sing and scream along with Taylor and Casasanto’s impassioned vocals. And even if they’re not cut with as much lyrical optimism this time around, the sheer power and honesty of Knuckle Puck’s songs on LP4 will still give audiences a rallying cry around which to gather in transformative moments of community. Losing What We Love – tracklisting
A New Beginning
The Tower
October
You & I
Losing What We Love
Groundhog’s Day
Act Accordingly
Out Of Touch
Worlds Apart
Better Late
Fool Knuckle Puck are vocalist Joe Taylor, guitarist/vocalist Nick Casasanto, guitarist Kevin Maida, drummer John Siorek and bassist Ryan Rumchaks Losing What We Love album is out now on Pure Noise Records order here |