Knuckle Puck, one of the most celebrated acts in the modern pop punk scene released their new album ‘Losing What We Love‘ today via Pure Noise Records.
But now, with the release of their fourth LP, Knuckle Puck are done sugarcoating life’s hard truths. It is a record about coming to terms with exactly that. It is an attempt to lean into the transition between a high point in life to a low point. These songs are a tribute to the familiar while acknowledging that nothing can stay the same forever.
‘Losing What We Love’ tracklist:
01. A New Beginning
02. The Tower
03. October
04. You & I
05. Losing What We Love
06. Groundhog’s Day
07. Act Accordingly
08. Out Of Touch
09. Worlds Apart
10. Better Late
11. Fool
To celebrate the new album the band released a video for the new single ‘You & I.‘
“‘You & I’ is a song about being acutely aware of how much somebody sucks as a person and looking forward to cutting ties with them,” says the band. Over the last thirteen years, the band has nurtured their craft across three albums and has artfully balanced their emotional spectrum, trading in high-tempered and deeply introspective lyricism, but also cutting the tension with an underlying layer of optimism.
“For a long time, we felt a responsibility to have this overwhelming hopefulness to our lyrics,” Cassasanto explains. “This time around, we started writing more honestly with less intent to sound cool or hopeful. It feels like we’re in a bit of a losing battle with the state of the world, but in the past we’d say, ‘Oh, but it’s all OK!’ Now we’re saying, ‘No, we should be panicking.’ This record feels like more of an expression than a motivational speech.”