The band have also announced a record release show at London’s Birthdays on March 27th

The EP’s title track was released earlier this month.

‘The Fires Courting The Sea’ is out on March 23rd and is available for pre-order here.

Tracklisting

1. Child Wandering Along The Thames
2. The Fires Courting The Sea
3. Last Night Silhouette
4. The Water is the Colour of the Sky
5. Laughter Stirs the Canyon
6. Outside the Window

‘Bottoming Out’ is out on Paper + Plastick on 24 February, and is available for pre-order.

The band released another track from the EP, ‘War on Youth’, just over a week ago.

Brutal Youth play a series of EU dates this month:

FEBRUARY
06 GERA, DE Saeschicher Bahnhof
07 HEILBRONN, DE Plan B
08 HAMBURG, DE Cafe Kanllhart
09 ROSTOCK, DE Zuckerfabrik
10 BERLIN, DE Wild @ Heart
11 PRAGUE, CZ Cafe na pul cesty
12 WIEN, AU Das Bach
13 GRAZ, AU – SUB
14 TBA
15 DELEMONTE, SW La Marmite ACOUSTIC SHOW
16 MONTPELLIER, FR Secret Place
17 ST. FELIU DE GUIXOLS, SP TZVR Club
18 BARCELONA, SP Rock Sound
19 PERPIGNAN, FR BBC
20 REMOULINS, FR 86
21 WINTERTHUR, SW Gaswerk
22 FREIBURG, DE Atlantik
25 BONN, DE Kult 41
26 KOLN, DE Club Privat
27 TRIER, DE Ex Haus
28 FURSTENWALDE, DE Club im Park

The track is taken from last year’s ‘Dear Youth’ album.

The LA metalcore band recently announced a series of European and UK dates at Groezrock and Download Festivals, and a stint on this year’s Impericon Tour alongside Suicide Silence, Caliban, Whitechapel and Stick To Your Guns.

Dates are as follows:

APRIL
24 – Impericon Festival – Komplex, Zürich CH
25 – Impericon Festival – Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen DE
26 – Impericon Festival – Arena, Wien AT
30 – Impericon Festival – Bataclan, Paris FR

MAY
01 – Groezrock – Meerhout (BE)
02 – Impericon Festival – Agra, Leipzig DE
03 – Impericon Festival – Melkweg, Amsterdam NL
04 – Impericon Festival – Academy, Manchester UK

JUNE
14 – Download Festival – Derby UK

‘Parallels’ is streaming at Decibel Magazine and is the first new material from the band since 2011’s excellent ‘Like Shadows’.

The album is to be released through Deathwish Inc. on 10th February 2015.

‘When People Grow…’ was recorded by Will Yip (Title Fight, Cold World, Citizen) and is reportedly an amalgamation of their “brave experimental leanings (“No One Deserves…” direction) and their unquestionable hardcore heart (“Heavier Than Heaven…” direction). ”

The band debuted several tracks off the forthcoming album at This is Hardcore in August.

Track Listing:
01 Insularized
02 Turn In The Pike
03 Riptide
04 Deeper Kind
05 Gossamer
06 Burnt Palms
07 Foreign Observer (w/ Nick WOJ of Cold World)
08 Calendars
09 Wooder Ice
10 Bottle Rockets
11 When People Grow, People Go

‘Loner’ is the Ohioan acoustic-screamo act’s first new music in three years, following EP ‘Seasons’ and full-length album, ‘The Hope in Forgiving & Giving Up Hope’, both released in 2011.

The band have also announced a short US tour with Philadelphians Brightside.

For those of you squinting at the poster, dates are as follows:

DECEMBER 2014

26 AKRON, OH – It’s A King Thing
27 PIITSBURGH, PA – Planet Vegeta
28 PHILADELPHIA, PA – Kat Kat Phase
29 BALTIMORE, MD – Sidebar
30 LANCASTER, PA – Fulton Art Co-op
31 MONTCLAIR, NJ – Meatlocker

JANUARY 2015
01 STATEN ISLAND, NY – TBA
02 HARTFORD, CT – Capetown
03 WARWICK NY – Tuscan Café
04 BUFFALO, NY – Northrup House

Cleveland, Ohio singer-songwriter Jake Mcelfresh, aka Front Porch Step is streaming his new EP, ‘Whole Again’, on soundcloud.

‘Whole Again’ is released on 1st December through Pure Noise Records.

The EP can be pre-ordered now from http://frontporchstep.merchnow.com/ and from iTunes.

Digital pre-orders come with instant downloads of two tracks, ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas’ and ‘A Lovely Mess’.

The band have released the artwork and track listing for the album, seen above and below respectively, and confirmed 26th January 2015 as the release date.

The quintet has also confirmed the album was recorded by Taylor Young (Nails, Twitching Tongues, Disgrace).

‘Tierra Y Libertad’ is out 26th January 2015 through Southern Lord.

Track listing:

01 Enemigo

02 Guerrilla

03 Invierno

04Pausa

05 En Paz Descanse

06 Tierra Y Libertad

07 Si Dos Quiere

08 El Vaci O

The EP is available for pre-order ahead of its release on 9th December.

Two of the tracks are streaming below:

‘Transfixiation’ follows 2012’s ‘Worship’ and is their first album recorded with new drummer Robi Gonzalez.

They band has also released the first track taken from the record, ‘Straight’.

Track listing:

01 Supermaster
02 Straight
03 Love High
04 What We Don’t See
05 Deeper
06 Lower Zone
07 We’ve Come So Far
08 Now It’s Over
09 I’m So Clean
10 Fill the Void
11 I Will Die

Once described as “New York’s loudest band”, APTBS have also announced a mammoth tour/sonic assault of the US and Europe.

Tour dates are as follows:

FEBRUARY 2015

17 BROOKLYN, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
18 PHILADELPHIA, PA – Black Box
19 BALTIMORE, MD – Metro Gallery
20 WASHINGTON, DC – Rock n Roll Hotel
21 ASHEVILLE, NC – New Earth
22 ATLANTA, GA – The Earl
23 NASHVILLE, TN – The End
25 NEW ORLEANS, LA – Gasa Gasa
26 HOUSTON, TX – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
27 DALLAS, TX – Club Dada
28 AUSTIN, TX – Red 7

MARCH
06 ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Sisters
07 EL PASO, TX – Lowbrow Palace
09 TUCSON, AZ – Hotel Congress
10 PHOENIX, AZ – Valley Bar
11 SAN DIEGO, CA – Casbah
12 LAS VEGAS, NV – Beauty Bar
14 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Chapel
15 LOS ANGELES, CA – The Echo
17 PORTLAND, OR – Star Theater
18 SEATTLE, WA – Crocodile

EU

MARCH
31 DUBLIN, IRE – Whelan’s

APRIL
01 BELFAST, NI – Voodoo
02 GLASGOW, SCO – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut 
03 LEEDS, ENG – Belgrave Music Hall
05 MANCHESTER, ENG – Sound Control Basement
06 NOTTINGHAM, ENG – The Bodega Social Club
07 BIRMIGHAM, ENG – Hare & Hounds
08 CARDIFF, WAL – Clwb lfor Bach 
09 LONDON, ENG – Oslo 
11 LILLE, FRA – La Peniche 
12 RIS-ORANGIS, FRA – Le Plan 
13 PARIS, FRA – Le Divan du Monde
14 LYON, FRA – Le Marche Gare 
16 ZURICH, SWI – Viadukt – Bogen F
17 BOLOGNA, ITA – Locomotiv
18 DUDINGEN, SWI – Cafe Bad Bonn
19 MUNICH, GER – Strom 
21 BERLIN, GER – Lido
22 COLOGNE, GER – Underground
23 COURTRAI, BEL – De Kreun
24 AMSTERDAM, NED – Melkweg
25 GRONINGEN, NED – Vera
27 HAMBURG, GER – Hafenklang
28 COPENHAGEN, DEN – BETA
29 MALMO, SWE – Babel
30 GOTHENBURG, SWE – Pustervik

MAY
01 STOCKHOLM, SWE – Debaser Strand
02 OSLO, NOR – John Dee