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Chicago, US – Action/Adventure have released brand new single ‘Real Juicer Hours’. The single is out now via Pure Noise Records and is the band first new music since the release of the bands second album ‘Imposter Syndrome’ in 2022.
On the new single the band said, “It had been a minute since we’d all sat down together and written collaboratively. That’s how we’ve always done our writing up until COVID forced us to figure out a more remote approach for Imposter Syndrome. Getting back to writing with all of us in the same room again really created a way for this song to come out naturally. We were able to express a lot of things we’d all been dealing with over the past couple of years and have it come out organically in a concise and cohesive way. Not to mention working with Alan was an amazing experience. He helped bring out the best in all of us.”
Watch the video for ‘Real Juicer Hours’ HERE or by clicking the image below.
The band will be heading out on tour with label mates Youth Fountain starting next month. You can see the band the following dates:
2nd May – Rickshaw Theatre Vancouver, Canada
3rd May – Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
4th May – El Corazon Seattle, WA
5th May – Mission Theatre Portland, OR
8th May – Goldfield Trading Post Sacramento Sacramento, CA
9th May – Bottom Of the Hill San Francisco, CA
10th May – Chain Reaction Anaheim, CA
11th May – Downtown Underground Mesa Mesa, AZ
3rd May – Three Links Deep Ellum Dallas, TX
14th May – Empire Control Room & Garage Austin, TX
16th May – The End Nashville, TN
17th May – The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
18th May – New World Brewery Tampa, FL
19th May – The Abbey Orlando, FL
21st May – DC9 Washington, DC
23rd May – Crystal Ballroom (Crystal Restaurant) Boston, MA
24th May – Foto Club Philadelphia, PA
25th May – The Sultan Room Brooklyn, NY
26th May – The Crafthouse Stage & GrillPittsburgh, PA
28th May – MOHAWK PLACE Buffalo, NY
20th May – Velvet Underground Toronto, Canada
31st May – The Sanctuary Detroit Hamtramck, MI
1st June – Mahall’s Lakewood, OH
2nd June – Cobra Lounge Chicago, IL
22nd June – Four Chord Music Festival East Pittsburgh, PA
24th August – Iowa Is For Lovers Councils Bluffs, IA
Tickets on-sale here
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ABOUT ACTION/ADVENTURE
Action/Adventure shouldn’t be here. At least, that’s what the Chicago-based five-piece seems to think.
That’s the overriding theme of their 2022 debut album and partly why they named their second record “Imposter Syndrome”–because when the band signed to Pure Noise Records, they couldn’t quite believe it.
“For us,” says lead vocalist Blake Evaristo, “having a debut on Pure Noise is insane. Especially because, when “Barricades” blew up for us and we got all that TikTok clout, it happened during the pandemic, so we didn’t even play a show till nearly a year later. And I feel like, in that time, we were having Imposter Syndrome, hence the title.
Action/Adventure previously shared four offerings from their debut, “Levity” ,“3818″, “Carolina Reaper” and “Autopilot”.
Action/Adventure are acutely aware their existence is nevertheless important in terms of visibility. They’re just also keen to stress that their initial intentions were all music-focused, and that it’s chance, not design, that they’re all BIPOC. “Those two parts have to co-exist on completely even playing fields,” explains Jackson. “One can’t really outshine the other. Growing up in the scene, I almost felt like a pariah–I could count the amount of other black people going to shows on one hand. One of them is Adrian! You’d always see the same four or five other black people at shows, so you get to know each other. So it’s important to not lose sight of that, but also don’t want us to be a token band. We’re just a band. We’re a group of people playing music that we like to listen to and that we like to write–and we just all happen to be people of colour. It was an accident, it wasn’t planned.”
One listen to this record, and that’s clear. It’s emotive and erudite, sophisticated and serious, fun but also full of the trials and tribulations, insecurities and uncertainties that make us all human. All that is channelled into these 10 impassioned and precise, vigorous and spirited songs. The fact that it hits so incisively and profoundly demonstrates why – even if they use the term with tongues firmly in cheek – pop-punk for adults is the perfect description.
ACTION/ADVENTURE:
Adrian Brown (drums) / Blake Evaristo (lead vocals) / Manny Avila (bass) / Oren Trace (guitar) / Brompton Jackson (vocals/guitar)
Watch the video for ‘Real Juicer Hours’ – HERE
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