Fat Mike, Sam King and Ceschi Ramos aka the Codefendants, have announced the release of their highly-anticipated debut album, "This Is Crime Wave" today. The genre blending album will be released on March 24th via Fat Wreck imprint Bottles To The Ground. All that Fat Mike has to say about the new Codefendants album is,
"If you’re a teenager, this is the best record released in your lifetime.”
Pre-orders for 'This is Crime Wave' are available now HERE. Stream 'Def Cons' HERE and watch the official music video below. Catch up on the previous episodes HERE.
Highlighting today's announcement is the release of single "Def Cons" and accompanying music video, the fourth installment of the short film written by Fat Mike and serialized across five music video releases.
“I suggest listening to the song first - then watch the video. The song is better than the video, and the video is pretty fucking good.” - Fat Mike
Commenting on the very real issues addressed in the video for "Def Cons", Ceschi Ramos says
“As someone who’s been pepper sprayed while arrested, beaten with nightsticks & had more police guns to my head than I’d like to remember, filming this video was an exercise in confronting PTSD. Enjoy.”
Codefendants also announced their first ever US headline tour dates today. The 'This Is Crime Wave Tour' will kick-off in San Francisco on April 14th and hit 10 further cities before culminating in Atlanta, GA on April 27th and will feature special guests, Zeta as support. Codefendants will also play two shows with NOFX in Austin, TX on April 22nd and Tacoma, WA on July 23rd and will appear at Lost Festival in St Petersburg, FL on April 29th. Tickets go on sale today at 10am PT/1pm ET fromcodefendantslegalfund.com Full routing below.
On the subject of the newly announced US tour dates, Sam King adds
"With everything going on in the world right now, I just hope we don’t go to jail"
Codefendants
This Is Crime Wave Tour
14-Apr - San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
16-Apr - Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory
17-Apr - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
18-Apr - Mesa, AZ - The Underground
19-Apr - Flagstaff, AZ -Yucca North
20-Apr - El Paso, TX - Rockhouse Bar & Grill
22-Apr - Austin, TX - Carson Creek Ranch (w/ NOFX)
23-Apr - Houston, TX - The Secret Group
24-Apr - Dallas, TX - Sundown at Granada
25-Apr - Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea's Live
26-Apr - Murfreesboro, TN - Hop Springs
27-Apr - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
29-Apr - St Petersburg, FL - The Lost Festival
23-Jul - Tacoma, WA - LeMay - America's Car Museum (w NOFX)
ABOUT CODEFENDANTS
Sam King from Get Dead’s graffiti crew were giving tattoos and making flash art to raise money to help rapper Ceschi Ramos when he was incarcerated. Months later, they met at the Gilman Street Project in Berkeley, California. They bonded, talking about their love of hip-hop and punk rock over a bottle of Jameson. They didn’t know it yet, but they had just started Codefendants.
They began recording songs two years later in Los Angeles with Fat Mike from NOFX as producer. Soon after Fatty joined the band, they decided to make an album that sounded like nothing else - a completely genre-fluid album - a cross between hip hop, new-wave, flamenco, and the Beatles. And thus a whole new genre - Crime Wave - was born. That album entitled This Is Crime Wave will be released via Fat Wreck imprint, Bottles To The Ground.
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