Californian garage punk band GRUMPSTER have released a new video for single ‘Vicious’. The video is filmed at legendary punk-rock club 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley and includes interviews with members of the local LGBTQ+ community and touches on how important the punk rock community is to them. The band have also announced an exclusive t-shirt that will be on sale for two weeks only with all proceeds going to Oakland LGBTQ Center. Pure Noise Records will be matching the final donation number. You can purchase the t-shirt – HERE. Speaking about the important meaning of the song Donnie Walsh said ‘Vicious is a song about gender dysphoria, and the harder side of coming to terms with being transgender. You’re hurting yourself to hide your body, and it feels like everything is falling apart. You’re afraid of what life has in store for you after realising you’re trans, and it feels like you’re in a spiral. Over and over you’ve tried to convince yourself that you aren’t, but the feelings of dysphoria always come creeping back. It’s a coming to terms song. I wrote this song while I was struggling with my gender identity and I didn’t know what was going on or why I was feeling the way I did. It all makes sense now though, and it does get better.”’ Watch the video for ‘Vicious’ HERE or by clicking the image below. 
Grumpster are currently supporting label mates Like Pacific on their US headline. The bands will also be joined by Action/Adventure and Spaced. You can see Grumpster supporting Like Pacific at the remaining dates:
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 Vicious is taken from Grumpster’s Pure Noise Records debut album, FEVER DREAM, that is out now. 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 Donnie 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:
Donnie Walsh (bass and vocals)
Lalo Gonzalez Deetz (guitar)
Noel Agtane (drums) Order Fever Dream – HERE | 
