(Update- the initial stock sold out very quickly. Fat has now announced that they will press more, and that pre-orders are back open).
There’s almost too much to unpack here. So let’s start with the instant gratification part:
Bad Astronaut, one of Joey Cape’s many side projects which he launched with former Lagwagon drummer Derrick Plourde (RIP) have released a new single. “Wide Awake” is the band’s first new music in fifteen years, and comes off of the new 7″ Inner-Space, which also includes a previously-unreleased alternate version of “Violet.” The track was written by keyboardist Todd Capps, and was recorded by the remaining members of the band.
Now to the meat of the story: that 7″ is part of a just-announced Bad Astronaut box set titled Universe, which will feature the band’s three LPs Acrophobe, Houston: We Have A Drinking Problem, and Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointmen (all of which have been remastered), along with the aforementioned Inner-Space 7″. That box set is due out 23 Apr 2021 via Fat Wreck Chords.
You can hear the new single below, and check out the pre-order bundles for the Universe box set over at Fat.
the white drew carey (aka – Jeff Sorley) is the founder and head editor of TGEFM. He’s lived (outside of) Chicago, Madison WI, (ugh) Penn State, Lyon FR, Oxford UK, central New Jersey, and now within earshot of SFO in the Bay Area. When not scouring the web for more great bands and labels to post about, he also spends time drawing (mostly) silly sci-fi and anime stuff under the name Asplenia Studios.
