Pop punkers State Champs have announced their new record Living Proof, which will be released on June 15th, 2018 on Pure Noise Records. The band have also released a music video for their track Dead And Gone, check it out:
“It was like, let’s take as many swings at it, try as many new things and experiment, until we get to the point where we could start searching through it all and then find the album.” – Derek DiScanio (vocals)
After touring for Around The World And Back wrapped, the band returned to Albany, and started writing songs for what would become the framework for Living Proof. The record was recorded in two different sessions with different teams assisting the band. The first session saw John Feldmann producing, who brought his knack for writing hit records into the fold. But State Champs wouldn’t let their old-school roots die, teaming up with Mike Green and Kyle Black as well. “If there was only one chance we had at beating the sound of ‘Around The World And Back’, we still had to have them involved,” said DiScanio. The band also collaborated with huge names; co-writing tracks with Alex Gaskarth (All Time Low) and Mark Hoppus (Blink-182). The latter of which wasn’t planned, with Hoppus stopping by the studio and taking a shine to the band, subsequently writing a couple of tracks with them and even providing vocals on one. “We had no idea he was even coming in. Then the next day, me and Mark Hoppus are just sitting out by John Feldmann’s pool writing lyrics from scratch. And that ultimately ended up being ‘Dead And Gone,’ which is the first single on the record.”
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State Champs Living Proof Track List:
01. Criminal
02. Frozen
03. Crystal Ball
04. Dead and Gone
05. Lightning
06. Our Time To Go
07. Safehaven
08. Something About You
09. The Fix Up
10. Cut Through The Static
11. Mine Is Gold
12. Time Machine
13. Sidelines