Railer | ||||
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Released | October 4, 2019 | |||
Studio | Maple, Santa Ana, California | |||
Genre | Skate punk [1] | |||
Length | 35:50 | |||
Label | Fat Wreck Chords | |||
Producer | Cameron Webb | |||
Lagwagon chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Distorted Sound Magazine | [1] |
Punk Rock Theory | [2] |
Discovered Magazine | [3] |
Railer is the ninth studio album by American skate punk band Lagwagon, released on 4 October 2019 by Fat Wreck Chords on CD and LP. It's their first studio album in five years since Hang , which was released in 2014.
The album was announced on 29 July 2019, and a new song of the album called "Bubble" was released. A tour with Face to Face to support the upcoming album was simultaneously announced. [4] A second song, called "Surviving California", was released on 4 September. [5] A music video for this song was released in November 2019. [6] The entire album was made available for streaming on 2 October, before being released two days later. [7]
All songs are written by Joey Cape, unless noted otherwise.
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8] | 12 |
Skate punk is a skater subculture and punk rock subgenre that developed in the 1980s. Originally a form of hardcore punk that had been closely associated with skate culture, skate punk evolved into a more melodic genre of punk rock in the 1990s similar to pop punk. Since then, it has predominately featured fast tempos, lead guitar playing, fast drumming, and singing. Occasionally, skate punk also combines the fast tempos of hardcore punk and melodic hardcore with the catchy hooks of pop-punk.
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