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Fear Before The March of Flames Tracklisting

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Fear Before The March of Flames’ new album, The Always Open Mouth, hits stores on September 19th through Equal Vision Records. You can listen their new song “Lycanthropy” here.

The tracklist for the album is:

1 – Absolute Future
2 – Drowning The Old Hag
3 – Mouth
4 – Taking Cassandra to the End of the World Party
5 – Ten Seconds in Los Angeles
6 – The Waiting Makes Me Curious
7 – High as a Horse
8 – Dog Sized Bird
9 – Complete and Utter Confusion…
10 – … As a Result of Signals Being Crossed
11 – My (Fucking) Deer Hunter
12 – Lycanthropy
13 – A Brief Tutorial In Bachanalia
14 – A Gift For Fiction
15 – Absolute Past

The Matches Set Release Date

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The Matches have set September 12th as the release date for their new album Decomposer. The album was produced by Tim Armstrong, Mark Hoppus, Brett Gurewitz & John Feldmann.

Decomposer full track listing:

1. Salty Eyes 2:39 (producer: Matt Radosevich)
2. Drive 3:27 (producer: Mike Green)
3. Papercut Skin 3:27 (producer: John Feldmann)
4. Clumsy Heart 3:31(producer: Miles Hurwitz)
5. Little Maggots 2:49 (producer: John Feldmann)
6. What Katie Said 3:00 (producer: Mark Hoppus)
7. Sunburn versus the Rhinovirus 3:54 (producer: Mark Hoppus)
8. Lazier than Furniture 2:34 (Divine Genius Productions: Johnny Genius, Ryan Divine)
9. Didi (My Doe, Part 2) 3:11 (producer: Nick Hexum)
10. You (Don’t) Know Me 3:58 (producer: Tim Armstrong)
11. My Soft and Deep 3:40 (producer: Brett Gurewitz)
12. Shoot Me in the Smile 3:33 (producer: Matt Radosevich)
13. The Barber’s Unhappiness 5:17 (producer: Mark Hoppus)

In advance of Decomposer, The Matches hit the road with Action Action on a summer tour through the East Coast and Midwest.
Here are The Matches tour dates:

7/7 Metairie, LA @ The High Ground
7/8 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
7/9 Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
7/11 Orlando, FL @ Back Booth
7/12 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
7/13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
7/14 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
7/15 Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G
7/16 Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah
7/18 Durham, NC @ 305 South
7/19 Virginia Beach, VA @ The Peppermint Beach Club
7/20 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
7/21 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
7/22 South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock
7/23 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
7/24 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
7/26 Albany, NY @ Red Square
7/28 Darien, CT @ The Trackside
7/29 Buffalo, NY @ The Icon

Roses Are Red On Tour, New Video Stream

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Roses Are Red have announced some new tourdates for July/August. You can also stream their new video for “Failing” over at Alternative Press.

w/ Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Far-Less, The Panic Division

July 21 – Hackensack, NJ @ School Of Rock
July 22 – Danbury, CT @ Empress Ballroom
July 23 – Lancaster, PA @ American Legion
July 24 – Danville, VA @ TBA
July 25 – Virginia Beach, VA @ TBA
July 26 – Greensboro, NC @ The Flying Anvil
July 27 – Wytheville, VA @ The Clinic
July 28 – Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery
July 30 – Akron, OH @ The Orange Street
August 1 – Crown Point, IN @ On The Square Sports Academy
August 2 – Detroit, MI @ TBA
August 3 – Pittsburgh, PA @ TBA
August 4 – Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
August 5 – Honesdale, PA @ Joey C’s

w/ A Change Of Pace, Showbread

August 19 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Ray’s Downtown Blues
August 21 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbit’s
August 22 – Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
August 29 – Bound Brook, NJ @ Hamilton Street Cafe
August 30 – Amityville, NY @ Village Pub South
August 31 – New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
September 2 – Allston, MA @ ICC Church
September 5 – Nashua, NH @ Nashua VFW
September 8 – Buffalo, NY @ The Buffalo Icon
September 9 – Oswego, NY @ Ozone
September 12 – Detroit, MI @ Shelter at St. Andrews
September 13 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Skelletones
September 15 – Madison, WI @ The Journey

More dates will be announced shortly.

News From Cornerstone

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I just arrived back home from being at Cornerstone in IL all week. It was a great experience and I hope to go again in the future. I’ll have a review of the week up shortly but for now I have a bunch of news from the festival, some may be new some may be old but they are all great things!

Lovedrug will be releasing an EP this fall to go along with their fall tour. Their new full length is scheduled for a February 07 release.

Copeland will release their new album this Halloween.

Showbread will release their new album “Age of Reptiles” on August 1st. You can check out their new video for their first single “Oh! Emetophobia!” here.

Jonezetta can put on an amazing show. To get ready for their new album download 4 songs here.

mewithoutYou will release their new album on September 26th.

Relient K played a new song that sounded amazing. The band will be heading back to Los Angeles to continue recording their new album next week.

Underoath played possibly their longest set ever on this years main stage. Their set included a mix of old and new songs including a first live performance of several tracks off their new album.

Lakes (prev: Watashi Wa, Eager Seas) will release their new album this fall through The Militia Group.

Here are some great bands to check out:

Sleeping At Last
Deas Vail

You can catch some live videos, pictures and more from the festival here.