Chicago’s infamous sons Knuckle Puck are back with heat another blistering recording in the form of a 5 track EP Disposable Life.
There is no time to catch your breath here as the guys lace into these tracks they only know-how, in your face and unapologetic. These guys may pack a punch but each track holds a melodic edge that keeps you hanging on for more. Brutal and frenetic at times you can’t help but be pulled in by its musical charm.
Each track is short and sweet but leaves you feeling like you have just had the beating of your life and weirdly thanking the person for doing it!
Vocalist Joe Taylor describes the EP, which follows last year’s LP 2020, as a throwback to when the band first started. “It feels like we’re kind of rebooting Knuckle Puck,” says Taylor. “Making this music has been the most fun we’ve had in a really long time.” That feeling is in part due to the break in working forced by the pandemic, but it’s also a product of a freer approach to writing and recording outside of label pressure. “It was fresh and exciting again,” says Taylor. “It was like ‘Oh man, this feels like it did in 2013.’ We captured some of that magic.”
Track after track you just dig what these guys do, a band that has earned their stripes on the road and in the studio over the past two decades you can understand why they are one of the best at it out there.
Disposable Life drops this coming Friday and has to be on your radar.
Disposable Life Tracklisting
Gasoline
Levitate
Lonely Island
In The Bag
Here’s Your Letter (cover)
The band will be on the road from February 2022 with some of the most exciting bands around right now Full dates are below.
Knuckle Puck Spring Tours 2022
With Hot Mulligan, Meet Me @ the Altar, and Anxious
Thur. Feb 10, 2022 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
Fri. Feb 11, 2022 – Bloomington, IL – Castle Theatre
Sat. Feb 12, 2022 – Minny, MN – Varsity
Sun. Feb 13, 2022 – Kansas City, KS – Granada
Tue. Feb 15, 2022 – Denver, CO – Gothic
Wed. Feb 16, 2022 – Salt Lake City, UT – Complex
Fri. Feb 18, 2022 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial
Sat. Feb 19, 2022 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile
Sun. Feb 20, 2022 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne
Tue. Feb 22, 2022 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
Wed. Feb 23, 2022 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Thur. Feb 24, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco Theater
Fri. Feb 25, 2022 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
Sat. Feb 26, 2022 – Phoenix, AZ – The Pressroom
Mon. Feb 28, 2022 – Austin, TX – Empire Garage
Tue. March 1, 2022 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
Thur. March 3rd, 2022 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
Fri. March, 4 2022 – Tampa, Florida – Orpheum
Sat. March 5, 2022 – Orlando, FL – The Abbey
Sun. March 6, 2022 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Tue. March 8, 2022 – Boston, MA – Big Night Live
Wed. March 9, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts
Thur. March 10, 2022 – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
Fri. March 11, 2022 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Sun. March 13, 2022 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues Cleveland
Mon. March 14, 2022 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
Wed. March 16, 2022 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
Thur. March 17, 2022 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
Fri. March 18, 2022 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
UK/EU dates with Hot Mulligan
Sun. May 22, 2022 – Cologne, Germany – Club Volta
Tue. May 24, 2022 – Hamburg, Germany – Headcrash
Wed. May 25, 2022 – Berlin, Germany – Cassiopeia
Fri. May 27, 2022 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Dynamo
Sun. May 29, 2022 – Birmingham, UK – o2 Academy
Mon. May 30, 2022 – Glasgow, UK – The Garage
Tue. May 21, 2022 – Cardiff, UK – The Globe
Wed. Jun 1, 2022 – London, UK – o2 Academy Islington
Sun, Jun 5, 2022 – Southampton, UK – The 1865
The band will also play Slam Dunk 2022
3rd June- Leeds Temple Newsam
4th June – Hatfield Park
Knuckle Puck are vocalist Joe Taylor, guitarist/vocalist Nick Casasanto, guitarist Kevin Maida, drummer John Siorek, and bassist Ryan Rumchaks