H2O have been tapped to open for Pennywise in Mexico for a couple gigs. Check out those details below.
PENNYWISE Mexico shows:
April 08 Monterrey, Mexico @ Cafe Iguana
April 09 Mexico City, Mexico @ Pepsi Center WTC w/ H2O
April 10 Guadalajara, Mexico @ C3 Stage w/ H2O
H2O unveil "True Romance" video
With Valentine's Day just one day behind us, H2O have unveiled a new music video for their relevantly titled third single off of Use Your Voice, "True Love". This video is a compilation of wedding and other romantic photos with the track as the background, all submitted by the band's fans and friends worldwide making this a unique and incredibly meaningful video. Check out photos from H2O members Toby Morse, Adam Blake, Todd Friend, Rusty Pistachio, Colin McGinnis, along with skateboarding legends Steve Caballero and Tony Hawk, musician friends Joe Principe (Rise Against), Arthur Smilios (Gorilla Biscuits), Doyle (The Misfits), Freddy Madball, Mike Judge, Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory), Hayley Williams (Paramore), Porcell (Youth of Today etc.), John Joseph (Cro-Mags), Tony Kanal (No Doubt), tattooers Dan Smith, DJ Rose, Lindsey Carmichael, Luke Wessman, and actors/friends Michael Rappaport, Steve-O and Kat Von D, in the "True Romance" below.
"True Love" appears on H2O's first new studio album in seven years, Use Your Voice, which was released last fall on Bridge Nine. The album is11 songs of high-energy, high octane melodic hardcore punk that is sure to please any fan of the H2O's impressive back catalog (which includes their 1996 self-titled debut, 1997's Thicker Than Water [Epitaph], 1999's F.T.T.W. [Epitaph], 2001's Go [MCA], and landmark 2008 release Nothing To Prove [Bridge Nine]) and modern punk in all shapes and forms. On this new album, frontman and lyricist Toby Morse continues to deliver his direct and personal manifestos, with subjects spanning fatherhood ("Father Figure"), romantic relationships ("True Romance"), music fandom ("Popage"), social media philosophy ("#NotRealLife") and more.
Order Use Your Voice on LP, CD, and digital formats now at B9Store.com, with iTunes, Amazon (LP //CD // MP3), and Bandcamp.
H2O - ON TOUR:
February 25 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
February 26 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
February 27 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
March 11 Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium w/ Pennywise
June 11 Asbury Park, NJ @ Punk Rock Bowling
Amazon digital specials for February
$6.99 ALBUMS [until 2/26]:
Candy Hearts - All The Ways You Let Me Down
Give Up the Ghost - Year One
Goodtime Boys - Rain
$5 ALBUMS [until 2/12]:
Ruiner - Hell Is Empty
Alcoa - Bone & Marrow
$3.99 ALBUMS [until 2/26]:
Ceremony - Covers EP
Antidote - Thou Shalt Not Kill EP
Paint It Black - Amnesia EP
$0.69 SONGS [until 2/26]:
H2O - "True Romance"
Polar Bear Club - "Living Saints"
Bridge Nine 2015: A Year in Review
Bridge Nine's 20th anniversary came this year, but aside from some retrospective goodies for long-time followers of the label, we stayed busy putting out fresh releases (with a few reissues sprinkled in). Here's a look at our slate of releases from B9's platinum year in chronological order along with some personal thoughts.
At the bottom, check out a free sampler via Bandcamp and Spotify with tracks from all our artists with 2015 releases.
BRIDGE NINE 2015: A YEAR IN REVEW BY BRIAN SHULTZ
January
13th: BoySetsFire - The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years [vinyl reissue]
BoySetsFire's bold and ambitious fourth album is one of my favorites of theirs, with anthems like "Requiem" and the bravely horn-addled yet intense "So Long and Thanks for the Crutches", so it was cool to have a hand in its release history with this new reissue. I remember seeing them live for the first time touring on it almost a decade ago and despite the small crowd at the time, they played their hearts out. This unintentionally almost-10th anniversary reissue is basically mandatory for fans--it looks good on complementary teal and white variants and includes a big poster insert.
27th: Caravels / Octaves - Split EP
This split EP is a rare co-release from B9, as we teamed up with Topshelf Records and their band Caravels to release new material from them and our own Octaves. Neither band had come out with new stuff since 2013, so it was nice to have two acts that play unique strains of modern post-hardcore in harmonious ways deliver fresh songs.
February
10th: War On Women - War On Women
Our first proper full-length release of the year was a total powderkeg: a fierce and volatile album that garnered quite the reaction--some ignorant Facebook users, sure, but mostly spiritual liberation as summed up by this one fan's feedback: "HELL FUCKING YEAH! EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH HARDCORE MUSIC!". The co-ed Baltimore punk quintet made their first huge musical statement, releasing a record that, per their name, tackled a wide array of contemporary feminist issues in both confrontational and humorous ways without skimping on Propagandhi-style aggression or riffs. There's an occasional theater to this record that revives Dead Kennedys' necessarily over-the-top social critique, too, while also melding punk, metal, and hardcore influences in newfangled ways.
24th: Alcoa - Parlour Tricks
Alcoa's sophomore full-length is actually a strong contender for my personal favorite album we released this year, so it's natural to say it deserves more recognition. Derek from Defeater has been quietly progressing this project since its genesis in the mid-2000s or so, and it's really seemed to peak on his fleshed-out full-length releases, a consistently enjoyable blend of alt-country and more generally alternative pop-rock leanings. His second album here tones down the bright recording of 2013's Bone & Marrow a bit, but the songs are somehow more powerful in subtler ways. I love the earnest, sadder stuff on here, like the stripped-down, darker "always chasing me" and the chamber feel of "come & go". Then there's my favorite track, "for holden", with the best chorus Gin Blossoms forgot to write during their heyday.
March
24th: Agnostic Front - Police Violence EP
Our relationship with Agnostic Front has yielded a prolific amount of cool stuff, including reissues of their classic foundational releases, the United Blood EP and Victim in Pain LP, as well as their seminal Live at CBGB album. This teaser EP we did for their new album, just as we did for their last one in 2011, steals some of the more old-school-leaning, thrashy material from their 11th (!) full-length, The American Dream Died, and includes an anthemic, burly B-side, "Same Old Story", exclusive to the release. The colors are sick, honestly, complementing the EP title and theme in a pretty brutal way (black and blue, pool of blood, and blood spatter).
April
14th: Gallows - Desolation Sounds
We had to sit on this album for a while before finally letting this side of the world hear it, as we helped Gallows get their new record out to U.S. fans for the second time in a row. This is another neat chapter in their evolution, bringing in more of the occult feel they've developed in this stage of the career with an accessibility that make certain moments sound like radio rock from an alternative universe. It's still dark and has plenty of punk bite, though: standout "Leather Crown" is a Fucked Up-style ripper, and the heavy, brooding "Chains" pounds the pavement hard.
May
12th: After the Fall - Dedication
After the Fall are actually old friends of mine--namely singer/guitarist Mike, whose band I've been following and watching play live since at least 2004, before we met. A genuine guy that just values friendship, loves punk and the power manifested in a short, well-written and aggressive but melodic song, it shows in spades on their fifth and newest album, Dedication. The whole thing is a heartfelt memorial to one of their original members, Brian J. Peters, who lost his battle with cancer in 2013. Every song tackles a different angle of Peters' personality or untimely passing, and it all ties together to paint a portrait of a seemingly great guy who touched everyone around him in profound ways, and it does so with a bright, melodic and catchy veneer the band have developed impressively over their decade-plus tenure.
19th: Modern Pain - "Peace Delusions" b/w "Kill Yr. Idols" single
This early version of "Peace Delusions" was the first sneak peak we got from Modern Pain's forthcoming full-length, which was initially self-titled before the band decided to go with the first single's name anyway. There's a slightly different aural aesthetic to this earlier version of the track, giving the short two-track single its own vibe--the exclusive B-side, a cover of Sonic Youth's "Kill Yr. Idols" offers insight into the band's unique approach to hardcore (more on this later), and is pretty spot-on as well.
June
H2O - Four Song 1995 Demo [reissue]
Before we started rolling out promo for H2O's new album, we did this fun little thing that looked back at their very beginnings. This was a reissue for the fans that weren't around the first time in 1995 for the release of their original demo tape, putting all four songs from the Don Fury demo session (recorded just after Christmas 1994) on a yellow tape limited to 200 and hand-numbered by Toby Morse himself.
August
14th: Crown of Thornz - Nothing But Tragedy EP
Holy Christ did this 7" take forever to press. I guess if you were waiting for new Crown of Thornz material, a few more months was nothing at that rate--the NYHC act hadn't delivered new music since 1998. It was very cool to work with a classic and forward-thinking act of the mid-1990s NYHC scene, but it was cooler to have them come back and not just rehash what they were originally doing or pander to fans. These are two longer and still aggressive songs that really are in their own category of hardcore.
September
4th: Modern Pain - Peace Delusions
Modern Pain are another band that have certainly fashioned their own category of hardcore, and it's quite a good one--noisy, fuzzy and blown out, sounding like a lost relic of the '80s underground. This album is sick from start to finish, maintaining a blistering intensity through all its noisy divergences. It's unpredictable and rather hostile, leaving the listener with a weird, unsettling feeling by its end--in a good way. though. At this moment in hardcore, there's no other band out there quite like them.
11th: H2O - Skate! single
This was another teaser single we did, featuring two tracks from H2O's then-forthcoming and looong-awaited album, Use Your Voice, so we could finally get some new H2O out there sooner rather than later. There was a "Skate!" music video that came out around the same time as well, which the band roped in friend and pro skateboarder Steve Caballero for (he plays guitar on the track too!) and which features some pretty interesting footage of a teenage Toby Morse. These are definitely two of the faster songs from the record, making for a quick appetizer, and the limited-to-1000 7" seems to be a pretty sought-after item now.
25th: BoySetsFire - BoySetsFire
BoySetsFire proved their reunion album wasn't a fluke with this new self-titled effort, which also probably came out of nowhere for fans as it was announced just a month-and-a-half in advance. It's packed to the gills with sterling examples of their signature sound, running the gamut from huge anthems ("Savage Blood") and desperate-sounding numbers ("Cutting Room Floor") to upbeat, Rise Against-style cuts ("Heaven Knows") and juddering, Snapcase-esque hardcore ("Coward"), all with their incensed, politicized rage retained.
October
9th: H2O - Use Your Voice
H2O hadn't released a studio album of new material since 2008, so Use Your Voice was a long time coming--luckily it was worth the wait. The band came back hard with this jubilant and honest album that touches upon every enjoyable stripe of the melodic hardcore and punk spectrum while elaborating on all sorts of topics clearly important to frontman Toby Morse's heart. He expounds on the pure joy of skating as a young misfit, his love of pop music, social unrest, and even an ode to his wife (which mixes things up a bit, offering a different chorus tone from the band than we normally hear). They definitely cut 11 tracks any fan of H2O should love without pandering or phoning it in.
November
20th: Malfunction - Fear of Failure
The phrase "demo submission" has become sort of a misnomer, as most bands who get in touch with the label about working with us tend to offer fully-formed, finished releases without a home (and they're often terrible, or make no sense for us to release). Malfunction was the rare case of a demo submission being an actual demo submission, from a band that had been on our radar for some time, and also, actually good. They gave us three pre-production demos that showcased an exciting new chapter in their musical evolution, and the resulting album, Fear of Failure, fully delivered. Their first full-length is harsh, heavy and uncompromising, a fantastic entry of '90s metallic hardcore revival that pulls a little bit from an often overlooked scene.
BRIDGE NINE 2015: A YEAR IN REVEW BY BRIAN SHULTZ
January
13th: BoySetsFire - The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years [vinyl reissue]
BoySetsFire's bold and ambitious fourth album is one of my favorites of theirs, with anthems like "Requiem" and the bravely horn-addled yet intense "So Long and Thanks for the Crutches", so it was cool to have a hand in its release history with this new reissue. I remember seeing them live for the first time touring on it almost a decade ago and despite the small crowd at the time, they played their hearts out. This unintentionally almost-10th anniversary reissue is basically mandatory for fans--it looks good on complementary teal and white variants and includes a big poster insert.
27th: Caravels / Octaves - Split EP
This split EP is a rare co-release from B9, as we teamed up with Topshelf Records and their band Caravels to release new material from them and our own Octaves. Neither band had come out with new stuff since 2013, so it was nice to have two acts that play unique strains of modern post-hardcore in harmonious ways deliver fresh songs.
February
10th: War On Women - War On Women
Our first proper full-length release of the year was a total powderkeg: a fierce and volatile album that garnered quite the reaction--some ignorant Facebook users, sure, but mostly spiritual liberation as summed up by this one fan's feedback: "HELL FUCKING YEAH! EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH HARDCORE MUSIC!". The co-ed Baltimore punk quintet made their first huge musical statement, releasing a record that, per their name, tackled a wide array of contemporary feminist issues in both confrontational and humorous ways without skimping on Propagandhi-style aggression or riffs. There's an occasional theater to this record that revives Dead Kennedys' necessarily over-the-top social critique, too, while also melding punk, metal, and hardcore influences in newfangled ways.
24th: Alcoa - Parlour Tricks
Alcoa's sophomore full-length is actually a strong contender for my personal favorite album we released this year, so it's natural to say it deserves more recognition. Derek from Defeater has been quietly progressing this project since its genesis in the mid-2000s or so, and it's really seemed to peak on his fleshed-out full-length releases, a consistently enjoyable blend of alt-country and more generally alternative pop-rock leanings. His second album here tones down the bright recording of 2013's Bone & Marrow a bit, but the songs are somehow more powerful in subtler ways. I love the earnest, sadder stuff on here, like the stripped-down, darker "always chasing me" and the chamber feel of "come & go". Then there's my favorite track, "for holden", with the best chorus Gin Blossoms forgot to write during their heyday.
March
24th: Agnostic Front - Police Violence EP
Our relationship with Agnostic Front has yielded a prolific amount of cool stuff, including reissues of their classic foundational releases, the United Blood EP and Victim in Pain LP, as well as their seminal Live at CBGB album. This teaser EP we did for their new album, just as we did for their last one in 2011, steals some of the more old-school-leaning, thrashy material from their 11th (!) full-length, The American Dream Died, and includes an anthemic, burly B-side, "Same Old Story", exclusive to the release. The colors are sick, honestly, complementing the EP title and theme in a pretty brutal way (black and blue, pool of blood, and blood spatter).
April
14th: Gallows - Desolation Sounds
We had to sit on this album for a while before finally letting this side of the world hear it, as we helped Gallows get their new record out to U.S. fans for the second time in a row. This is another neat chapter in their evolution, bringing in more of the occult feel they've developed in this stage of the career with an accessibility that make certain moments sound like radio rock from an alternative universe. It's still dark and has plenty of punk bite, though: standout "Leather Crown" is a Fucked Up-style ripper, and the heavy, brooding "Chains" pounds the pavement hard.
May
12th: After the Fall - Dedication
After the Fall are actually old friends of mine--namely singer/guitarist Mike, whose band I've been following and watching play live since at least 2004, before we met. A genuine guy that just values friendship, loves punk and the power manifested in a short, well-written and aggressive but melodic song, it shows in spades on their fifth and newest album, Dedication. The whole thing is a heartfelt memorial to one of their original members, Brian J. Peters, who lost his battle with cancer in 2013. Every song tackles a different angle of Peters' personality or untimely passing, and it all ties together to paint a portrait of a seemingly great guy who touched everyone around him in profound ways, and it does so with a bright, melodic and catchy veneer the band have developed impressively over their decade-plus tenure.
19th: Modern Pain - "Peace Delusions" b/w "Kill Yr. Idols" single
This early version of "Peace Delusions" was the first sneak peak we got from Modern Pain's forthcoming full-length, which was initially self-titled before the band decided to go with the first single's name anyway. There's a slightly different aural aesthetic to this earlier version of the track, giving the short two-track single its own vibe--the exclusive B-side, a cover of Sonic Youth's "Kill Yr. Idols" offers insight into the band's unique approach to hardcore (more on this later), and is pretty spot-on as well.
June
H2O - Four Song 1995 Demo [reissue]
Before we started rolling out promo for H2O's new album, we did this fun little thing that looked back at their very beginnings. This was a reissue for the fans that weren't around the first time in 1995 for the release of their original demo tape, putting all four songs from the Don Fury demo session (recorded just after Christmas 1994) on a yellow tape limited to 200 and hand-numbered by Toby Morse himself.
August
14th: Crown of Thornz - Nothing But Tragedy EP
Holy Christ did this 7" take forever to press. I guess if you were waiting for new Crown of Thornz material, a few more months was nothing at that rate--the NYHC act hadn't delivered new music since 1998. It was very cool to work with a classic and forward-thinking act of the mid-1990s NYHC scene, but it was cooler to have them come back and not just rehash what they were originally doing or pander to fans. These are two longer and still aggressive songs that really are in their own category of hardcore.
September
4th: Modern Pain - Peace Delusions
Modern Pain are another band that have certainly fashioned their own category of hardcore, and it's quite a good one--noisy, fuzzy and blown out, sounding like a lost relic of the '80s underground. This album is sick from start to finish, maintaining a blistering intensity through all its noisy divergences. It's unpredictable and rather hostile, leaving the listener with a weird, unsettling feeling by its end--in a good way. though. At this moment in hardcore, there's no other band out there quite like them.
11th: H2O - Skate! single
This was another teaser single we did, featuring two tracks from H2O's then-forthcoming and looong-awaited album, Use Your Voice, so we could finally get some new H2O out there sooner rather than later. There was a "Skate!" music video that came out around the same time as well, which the band roped in friend and pro skateboarder Steve Caballero for (he plays guitar on the track too!) and which features some pretty interesting footage of a teenage Toby Morse. These are definitely two of the faster songs from the record, making for a quick appetizer, and the limited-to-1000 7" seems to be a pretty sought-after item now.
25th: BoySetsFire - BoySetsFire
BoySetsFire proved their reunion album wasn't a fluke with this new self-titled effort, which also probably came out of nowhere for fans as it was announced just a month-and-a-half in advance. It's packed to the gills with sterling examples of their signature sound, running the gamut from huge anthems ("Savage Blood") and desperate-sounding numbers ("Cutting Room Floor") to upbeat, Rise Against-style cuts ("Heaven Knows") and juddering, Snapcase-esque hardcore ("Coward"), all with their incensed, politicized rage retained.
October
9th: H2O - Use Your Voice
H2O hadn't released a studio album of new material since 2008, so Use Your Voice was a long time coming--luckily it was worth the wait. The band came back hard with this jubilant and honest album that touches upon every enjoyable stripe of the melodic hardcore and punk spectrum while elaborating on all sorts of topics clearly important to frontman Toby Morse's heart. He expounds on the pure joy of skating as a young misfit, his love of pop music, social unrest, and even an ode to his wife (which mixes things up a bit, offering a different chorus tone from the band than we normally hear). They definitely cut 11 tracks any fan of H2O should love without pandering or phoning it in.
November
20th: Malfunction - Fear of Failure
The phrase "demo submission" has become sort of a misnomer, as most bands who get in touch with the label about working with us tend to offer fully-formed, finished releases without a home (and they're often terrible, or make no sense for us to release). Malfunction was the rare case of a demo submission being an actual demo submission, from a band that had been on our radar for some time, and also, actually good. They gave us three pre-production demos that showcased an exciting new chapter in their musical evolution, and the resulting album, Fear of Failure, fully delivered. Their first full-length is harsh, heavy and uncompromising, a fantastic entry of '90s metallic hardcore revival that pulls a little bit from an often overlooked scene.
H2O's Persistence Tour 2016 teases with trailer
H2O will be embarking on the EMP Persistence Tour in early 2016 in Europe with Ignite, Terror, Iron Reagan and others, and the tour has now released a teaser trailer to get fans excited for it. Check it out below.
H2O kick off their U.S. tour tomorrow - check out all dates below.
H2O - ON TOUR
November 12 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's *
November 13 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe *
November 14 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
November 15 Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room *
November 17 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft *
November 18 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground *
November 19 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs *
November 20 Howell, NJ @ GamechangerWorld *
November 22 New York City, NY @ Santos Party House *
December 3 Jacksonville, FL @ 1904
December 4 Ybor City, FL @ Crowbar
December 5 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
December 6 Margate, FL @ O'Malley's
January 14 Berlin, Germany @ Astra ^
January 15 Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit 36 ^
January 16 Oberhausen, Germany @ Turbinenhalle ^
January 17 Torhout, Belgium @ De Mast ^
January 19 Pratteln, Switzerland @ Z7 ^
January 20 Saarbrucken, Germany @ Garage ^
January 21 Munchen, Germany @ Backstage ^
January 22 Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof ^
January 23 Dresden, Germany @ Event Werk ^
January 24 Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli ^
*w/ Angel Du$t and GIVE
^ EMP PERSISTENCE TOUR 2016
H2O kick off U.S. tour this Thursday
"'Use Your Voice' is another fine addition to their catalogue and will see them tearing pits up with fans young and old across the globe." - Big Cheese
"If you want a reminder why this music can be so much fun, then 'Use Your Voice' is an easy choice." - Houston Chronicle
"...this is a solid addition to the all too small discography of a great band who are only getter better 20 years into their career. " - The Punk Site
To support their first new studio album in seven years, H2O are gearing up for a two-part U.S. tour that starts this Thursday in Chicago! The first midwest/east coast leg of the tour runs November 12th through 22nd, while the second half runs December 3rd through 6th in the Southeast. Check out all tour dates listed below which feature support from Angel Du$t, GIVE, and others.
Released on October 9th, Use Your Voice is 11 songs of high-energy, high octane melodic hardcore punk that is sure to please any fan of the H2O's impressive back catalog (which includes their 1996 self-titled debut, 1997's Thicker Than Water [Epitaph], 1999's F.T.T.W. [Epitaph], 2001's Go [MCA], and landmark 2008 release Nothing To Prove [Bridge Nine]) and modern punk in all shapes and forms. On this new album, frontman and lyricist Toby Morse continues to deliver his direct and personal manifestos, with subjects spanning fatherhood ("Father Figure"), romantic relationships ("True Romance"), music fandom ("Popage"), social media philosophy ("#NotRealLife") and more.
Following November and December's tour dates, H2O are booked for a European jaunt in January on the Persistence Tour. And lastly, if you haven't seen their music video for "Skate!", featuring skateboarding legend Steve Caballero, do that here.
Order Use Your Voice on LP, CD, and digital formats now at B9Store.com, with iTunes, Amazon (LP //CD // MP3), and Bandcamp.
H2O - ON TOUR
November 12 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's *
November 13 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe *
November 14 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
November 15 Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room *
November 17 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft *
November 18 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground *
November 19 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs *
November 20 Howell, NJ @ GamechangerWorld *
November 22 New York City, NY @ Santos Party House *
December 3 Jacksonville, FL @ 1904
December 4 Ybor City, FL @ Crowbar
December 5 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
December 6 Margate, FL @ O'Malley's
January 14 Berlin, Germany @ Astra ^
January 15 Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit 36 ^
January 16 Oberhausen, Germany @ Turbinenhalle ^
January 17 Torhout, Belgium @ De Mast ^
January 19 Pratteln, Switzerland @ Z7 ^
January 20 Saarbrucken, Germany @ Garage ^
January 21 Munchen, Germany @ Backstage ^
January 22 Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof ^
January 23 Dresden, Germany @ Event Werk ^
January 24 Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli ^
*w/ Angel Du$t and GIVE
^ EMP PERSISTENCE TOUR 2016
Check out H2O's Adam Blake on 100 Words Or Less Podcast
H2O bassist Adam Blake recently appeared on Ray Harkins' 100 Words Or Less Podcast to have a conversation about his life in music, manifesting one's own destiny and personal training. It was just released and you can check that out here.
H2O's new album Use Your Voice is out now and available at B9Store.com.
H2O's 'Use Your Voice' out now!
H2O's Use Your Voice is officially out today!!! After seven long years, support the band and their new album and pick up a copy from one of the smart, tastemaking stores listed below. If you can't find it, let us know and get your choice of format online (LP/CD/CS/DL/stream) from the following outlets listed below as well.
Also, through the rest of the weekend we're offering the Use Your Voice CD for just $5! Get that deal atB9Store.com/H2O.
-Bandcamp
-iTunes
-Amazon (LP)
-Amazon (CD)
-Amazon (MP3)
-Google Play
-Spotify
Alliance Entertainment
Amoeba Music
Applause Music
Audiophile Music Direct
Baker & Taylor
Banana Belt
Birdland Record Shop
Boo Boo Records
Bull Moose Music
C D City
Caroline Records
Dearborn Music Company
Disc And Dat
Down In The Valley
E-Music DBA Everyday Music
Easy Street Records Corporation
Eric's Trip
Ernie B's Reggae Distribution
Extreme Noise Records
Gotham Distributing Corporation
Gregory R. Halamay
Haight Street Amoeba
Half A Man
Hollywood Amoeba
Holt Enterprises
Independent Records Of Colorado Springs
Jack's Music Shop
Kennedy Entertainment Corp
Lost Highway
Lou's
Lunchbox Records
Mad-Rhino
Margaritaville Music
Millennium Enterprises
Newbury Comics
Oz Enterprises
Painted Smiles
Port Of Sound Record Shoppe
Princeton Record Exchange
Pure Pop For Now People
Recorp
Rolling Stones Corp.
Salzer's Mercantile
Scotti's Record Shops
Shake It
Silver Platters
Skinnies Records
Sound Garden
Streetlight Records
The Coiro Corp.
The Electric Fetus Co.
The Exclusive Company Corp.
Trans World Entertainment
Transcontinent Record Sales
Twist And Shout Records
Vintage Vinyl
Waterloo Records & Video
West Canterbury
Zia Enterprises
H2O's 'Use Your Voice' streaming in full and available for purchase
H2O's brand new album, Use Your Voice, is now streaming in full. Check that out below via Bandcampwhere you can purchase a digital download right now as well. Use Your Voice is out officially this Friday, October 9, and physical copies can still be pre-ordered at B9Store.com.
Check out all the band's upcoming tour dates below as well.
H2O - ON TOUR
October 10 San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheater - It's Not Dead Fest
October 16 Lille, France @ Enchanteurs
October 17 Aachen, Germany @ Musikbunker
October 18 Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Dynamo
October 19 Paris, France @ Petit Bain
October 20 Lyon, France @ Warm Audio
October 21 Milano, Italy @ Decibel Club
October 22 Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Galahala
October 23 Budapest, Hungary @ A38
October 24 Krakow, Poland @ Fabryka
October 25 Bydgoszcz, Poland @ Estrada
October 26 Prague, Czech Republic @ Futurum
October 27 Maburg, Germany @ KFZ
November 12 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's *
November 13 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe *
November 14 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
November 15 Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room *
November 17 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft *
November 18 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground *
November 19 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs *
November 20 Howell, NJ @ GamechangerWorld *
November 22 New York City, NY @ Santos Party House *
December 3 Jacksonville, FL @ 1904
December 4 Ybor City, FL @ Crowbar
December 5 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
December 6 Margate, FL @ O'Malley's
January 14 Berlin, Germany @ Astra ^
January 15 Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit 36 ^
January 16 Oberhausen, Germany @ Turbinenhalle ^
January 17 Torhout, Belgium @ De Mast ^
January 19 Pratteln, Switzerland @ Z7 ^
January 20 Saarbrucken, Germany @ Garage ^
January 21 Munchen, Germany @ Backstage ^
January 22 Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof ^
January 23 Dresden, Germany @ Event Werk ^
January 24 Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli ^
*w/ Angel Du$t and GIVE
^ EMP PERSISTENCE TOUR 2016
H2O appearing on Tim Timebomb & Friends radio show on Sirius Faction on Monday
H2O recently recorded a segment with Tim Armstrong for his Tim Timebomb & Friends program on SiriusXM Radio's Faction channel, where frontman Toby Morse and Tim Armstrong discuss H2O's new album, Use Your Voice, and play the whole thing in full. It'll air this coming Monday night, October 5, at 8pm EST. Check out the full schedule of original airtime and repeats below. If you're not already subscribed, you can register for a free 30-day trial here.
Use Your Voice is out in one week, October 9!
H2O on Tim Timebomb & Friends:
Monday, October 5th @ 8pm EST/5pm PST
Tuesday, October 6th @ Midnight EST/Monday, October 5th @ 9pm PST
Friday, October 9th @ Midnight EST/Thursday, October 8th @ 9pm PST
Sunday, October 11th @ Noon EST/9am PST
Win a test pressing of H2O's 'Use Your Voice'!
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Use Your Voice is out October 9 and up for pre-order on B9Store.com.
Amazon digital download specials for September
Here are our Amazon digital download specials going on this month. All start today and last until October 1:
$6.99 RECENT HITS
Expire - Pretty Low
Candy Hearts - All The Ways You Let Me Down
Test of Time - By Design
$5 ALBUMS
H2O - Nothing to Prove
Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You
Verse - Aggression
$3.99 ALBUMS
No Warning - S/T EP
Betrayed - Addiction EP
H2O on EMP Persistence Tour 2016 with Ignite, Terror, more
H2O have announced another slate of dates for the European continent, this time on the EMP Persistence Tour 2016 next year as part of a stacked lineup that includes headliners Ignite, as well as fellow support acts Terror, Iron Reagan, Twitching Tongues, Wisdom in Chains, and Risk It!. Check out those new dates below, and all of H2O's upcoming tour dates (including U.S. shows and a separate October run in Europe) here.
EMP PERSISTENCE TOUR 2016 w/ Ignite, Terror, H2O, Iron Reagan, Twitching Tongues, Wisdom in Chains, Risk It!:
14.01 Berlin, Germany @ Astra
15.01 Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit 36
16.01 Oberhausen, Germany @ Turbinenhalle
17.01 Torhout, Belgium @ De Mast
19.01 Pratteln, Switzerland @ Z7
20.01 Saarbrucken, Germany @ Garage
21.01 Munchen, Germany @ Backstage
22.01 Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof
23.01 Dresden, Germany @ Event Werk
24.01 Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli
H2O announce European tour
H2O have announced a European tour in support of their forthcoming album, Use Your Voice. These will come just before the band embark on a previously announced U.S. tour with Angel Du$t and GIVE, and Florida dates with the Attack and Boys No Good. Check out their entire itinerary here, with new dates below.
Use Your Voice is due out October 9 and will be preceded by a two-song teaser EP, Skate!, due out next week, September 11. Both tracks from Skate! are currently streaming online, and you can check them out below as well. Pre-order Use Your Voice on LP, CD, and digital formats at B9Store.com, with iTunes, Amazon (LP // CD // MP3), and Bandcamp pre-orders available as well.
H2O 'Use Your Voice' pre-orders launched; title track streaming; U.S. fall tour
H2O's forthcoming album and first in eight years, Use Your Voice, is now available for pre-order on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats with special package deals and a new shirt at B9Store.com. The second song from the record is now online as well--stream the title track over at Noisey. Digital folks can also pre-order Use Your Voice at iTunes and the B9 Bandcamp and get an IG of the previously released "Skate!". Both of these songs also make up the Skate! EP, out on 7" and digital formats September 11 and still available for pre-order while supplies last at B9Store.com. Use Your Voice will be in stores October 9.
In addition, the band have announced a series of Use Your Voice album release shows for November and December. The November dates take place in the Midwest and northeast and will feature Angel Du$t and GIVE on all shows, while December's run involves a short trek through Florida with Boys No Good and the Attack. Check out details above and below.
H2O Use Your Voice album release shows
November support: Angel Du$t, GIVE
December support: Boys No Good, The Attack
11/12 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
11/13 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe
11/14 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
11/15 Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room
11/17 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft
11/18 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
11/19 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East upstairs
11/20 Howell, NJ @ GameChangerWorld
11/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Voltage Lounge
12/03 Jacksonville, FL @ 1904
12/04 Ybor City, FL @ Crowbar
12/05 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
12/06 Margate, FL @ O'Malley's