After Green Day suffered a security threat mid-show in Detroit, MI, last night (September 4), some better news has emerged out of their camp: Billie Joe Armstong's long-running side-project, Pinhead Gunpowder — which also features longtime Green Day touring guitarist Jason White, Aaron Cometbus and Bill Schneider — are back with a new album, previewed today by its title track.
Their first release since 2008's West Side Highway, Unt arrives October 15 via 1-2-3-4 Go Records. It was recorded last year with frequent collaborator Chris Dugan.
"Pinhead Gunpowder started writing songs in 1990 and made our first 7-inch the following spring," reads a statement from the band. "Nearly every year since, we've met up to play. Some years we recorded — five albums and eleven EPs — and some years we played shows."
They continued:
But since 2010, we've been playing just for ourselves, something bands forget to do. Rather than "writing for the new album" or rehearsing to get ready for tour, we went back to the basement every year. We lived in the house we'd built, remembering how we'd made the music for each other in the first place. We played all over the world — well, at least Oakland, Singapore and New York — but only for each other. We worked on the reissues of our back catalogue, too and found ourselves fonder of each other and more family-like than ever.
A new record and tour was only a matter of time, but between the members' other bands' projects, and families, that was hard to find. When we finally did, we were all surprised. We think it's our best yet — our catchiest, most collaborative, and most poignant.
Hear the classic '90s pop-punk title track below, where you'll also find the tracklist details.
Unt:
1. Unt
2. Difficult but Not Impossible
3. Scum of the Earth
4. Oh My
5. Nothing Ever Happens
6. Draw It In
7. Shine
8. ¡Hola Canada!
9. Here Goes the Neighborhood
10. Mumbles
11. Green
12. Chowchilla
13. Trash TV
14. Song for Myself