Cancer Bats To Release New Album “Give Me Dirt” In August; Releases New Music Video “Stay Stuck”
Currently touring across Canada on their “Birthing the Giant” 20th Anniversary Tour, the six-time JUNO-nominated Canadian hardcore punk heavyweights, Cancer Bats, will release their 8th studio album, “Give Me Dirt,” on August 7 via Bat Skull Records in partnership with New Damage Records in Canada and via Marshall Records for ROW. Pre-save/order the album here.
Ahead of their forthcoming release, Cancer Bats, composed of lead vocalist Liam Cormier, drummer Mike Peters, bassist Jaye Schwarzer and newest addition Jackson Landry on guitar (Jackson replaced Scott Middleton in 2023), have dropped a new single, “Stay Stuck,” complete with an accompanying video.
“‘Stay Stuck’ was such a fun song for us to write. It was one of the first songs that we finished while working on the new record and we really all felt like we had tapped into the classic Cancer Bats bouncy fun element we’ve had in songs since the beginning,” shares Cormier. “The lyrics explore the idea that, at any age or moment in life, we all reach a point where we realize something has to change. Maybe it’s the path we’re on, or just the way we see things, but there’s that instant where we say to ourselves, I’M NOT WASTING ANY MORE TIME! We’re all moving towards something bigger, chasing goals and dreams that the world can’t take away from us. That’s what keeps us going.”
Filmed by Mitch Barnes, who also worked on the video for “Lonely Bong,” the hilarious and super fun video for “Stay Stuck” finds the band stepping into a series of day jobs, roles that closely mirror those they held prior to forming Cancer Bats. At the heart of it, the band wanted to capture the sense of optimism they carried through those years. Even in jobs that can feel routine or demanding, they were always focused on what lay ahead.
Reflecting on the concept, Cormier explains, “The idea is that we were always having fun and staying positive in those jobs thinking of the future that we knew was coming for us. I think lots of times those jobs can feel like a grind and we wanted to look more at the fun times and how it’s really just that stepping stone to really living your dreams. Cancer Bats as a band also just really like an excuse to make fun and funny music videos so that was our whole thinking for the concept. A great cinematic vehicle for us to all have a really good time.”
“Stay Stuck” is available now on all digital streaming platforms. The official video can be seen below.
Tracklist:
1. World Wild Fire Death Race (feat. Nate Newton)
2. Stay Stuck
3. Don’t Trip
4. Bright Eyes Of Gold (feat. Chris Creswell)
5. Give Me Dirt
6. Long Tooth (feat. Brooklyn Doran)
7. Speed Wizard
8. Ocean Crash
9. Positive Grid
10. Prognosis
11. Fools Like You (feat. Efrem Schulz)
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