{"id":22464,"date":"2018-06-03T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T11:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=22464"},"modified":"2018-06-03T12:36:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T11:36:02","slug":"knuckle-puck-announce-rescheduled-autumn-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/knuckle-puck-announce-rescheduled-autumn-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"KNUCKLE PUCK Announce Rescheduled Autumn Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chicago, IL\u2019s own Knuckle Puck have announced a rescheduled tour across the UK this autumn with support from Tiny Moving Parts and Movements. Dates can be found below and go on sale Tuesday at 10am following their performances at Slam Dunk this coming weekend. A video for \u201cTwist\u201d can also be seen now.<\/p>\n

KNUCKLE PUCK UK TOUR 2018<\/p>\n

<\/strong>3rd October Bristol Fleece\u00a0TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

4th October Southampton 1865\u00a0TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

5th October London Electric Ballroom\u00a0TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

6th October Leeds Key Club\u00a0TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

7th October Nottingham Rescue Rooms\u00a0TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

9th October Glasgow SWG3\u00a0TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

10th October Newcastle Riverside\u00a0TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

11th October Manchester Club Academy\u00a0TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

TICKETS ONSALE NOW<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

You can watch new video for Twist\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0or by clicking the image below.<\/p>\n

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In early 2017,\u00a0Knuckle Puck\u00a0<\/strong>entered the studio to record the follow-up to\u00a0Copacetic<\/em><\/strong>\u2014their 2015 breakthrough that debuted in the Top 10 of five different\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0charts,\u00a0<\/em>earned a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2016\u00a0Alternative Press<\/em>\u00a0Music Awards and launched them from the Chicago suburbs to a place among the most beloved acts of the modern pop-punk genre.<\/p>\n

But midway through the process, the band (vocalist Joe Taylor, guitarists Nick Casasanto and Kevin Maida, bassist Ryan Rumchaks and drummer John Siorek) realized they were on the wrong path. They weren\u2019t only making the wrong album for Knuckle Puck\u2014they were making the wrong album for\u00a0themselves<\/em>. They knew they had no choice but to start from scratch.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving such a struggle and being so disconnected in the recording process felt\u00a0wrong<\/em>,\u201d Casasanto explains. \u201cIt felt so wrong, and we were all afraid to talk about it. There was some denial when we realized what was unfolding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Discouraged but undefeated, the band changed producers, eventually landing back with\u00a0Copacetic\u00a0<\/em>producer Seth Henderson, and began rebuilding the songs they\u2019d written from the ground up. Knuckle Puck\u2019s first attempt would have produced a fine album, but their second created the\u00a0right<\/em>\u00a0one.<\/p>\n

The result is\u00a0Shapeshifter<\/em><\/strong>, out now on Rise Records. Despite its title, the album isn\u2019t a reinvention for the band; rather, it\u2019s the sound of Knuckle Puck taking their best qualities and honing them to make them even sharper. The songwriting became tighter and more deliberate, the lyrics more introspective and urgent\u2014without losing an ounce of the sweat-soaked authenticity and passion that made\u00a0Copacetic<\/em>\u00a0so captivating. Above all, it\u2019s an album that proves the band are unflinchingly unwilling to compromise when it comes to their art. That\u2019s a sentiment reinforced throughout\u00a0Shapeshifter<\/em>\u2019s main lyrical theme\u2014the importance of identity\u2014which was only magnified during their first studio session.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you reach early adulthood and start to see your life take shape, it\u2019s also important to shape your identity and break yourself free from anything that might be holding you down,\u201d Casasanto says. \u201cThat was a\u00a0glaring<\/em>\u00a0parallel between what was going on with the record and what we were writing about at the time. Although it was tumultuous, I truly think we wouldn\u2019t have written the same record without going through what we did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout their struggle, Knuckle Puck grew stronger and more confident in themselves, something the band ultimately want listeners to take from\u00a0Shapeshifter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope the album instills a little bit of hope in people,\u201d Casasanto says. \u201cYou look at politics and how fast the world is now, everything the internet is bringing to the world. It\u2019s difficult to form an identity when there\u2019s so much in your face. I hope people realize they should consume the things that really speak to them. Through that, I feel like it\u2019s the most satisfying way to be who you want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shapeshifter<\/em>\u00a0is out now\u00a0through Rise Records.
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