Richmond, VA’s The Riot Before are heading out on tour with A Wilhelm Scream to further support their critically acclaimed album “Fists Buried in Pockets.”

You can check out the tour dates by clicking the “more” button below!

The band is also announcing their plans to hit the studio this winter to record a new full length for their new label, Paper + Plastick.

The band had this to say about their new home and how the new material is shaping up.

“About the new record: The current plan is to call it Rebellion, and we’re all very excited to have the good folks at Paper + Plastick putting it out. Hopefully we’ll head into the studio in early December and get it recorded and pressed and ready to go by late winter/early spring (?). Other than that…well…you know how at the beginning of a football game reporters always ask the coach what his plan for the team is and he always says something really vague and obvious like, “We’re going to really focus on execution. Just driving the ball down the field on every play, avoiding turnovers, and capitalizing on red zone opportunities.” Part of me hopes the reporter would just slap the coach and say super sarcastically, “No shit! So you’re gonna try to outscore the other guys this time huh? Interesting.” But at the same time, this kind of empty banter is unavoidable. The coach can’t talk too much about specifics of a game that hasn’t been played yet. Well a band talking about a yet to be recorded album is often the same thing. So rather than spout off a bunch of trite stuff about maturing and blah blah blah, I’ll just say that on this record we’re really going to focus on execution. Just driving the ball down the field on every play, avoiding turnovers, and capitalizing on red zone opportunities. Also, if you play the record backwards, it’s going to give you a great burrito recipe.”

The Riot Before shot a video for their song “We Are Wild Stallions” with Dave O’Dell, which you can check out here. Singer/guitarist Brett also filmed an acoustic version of “5 to 9” for ifyoumakeit.com. You can check it out here.

If you missed hearing Fists Buried in Pockets the first time around, you can still stream the entire album on their Punknews.org band profile.

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Houston, TX’s burliest high-five dispensers O Pioneers! have announced the recent release of their album “Neon Creeps” on cassette format care of Mightier Than Sword Records. The limited-edition lime green cassettes are available now from Mightier Than Sword and the band themselves.

“Neon Creeps” was officially released on February 10, 2009 on CD by Asian Man Records and shortly thereafter on LP care of Kiss of Death Records. The record garnered much acclaim and respect from former fans and naysayers alike, receiving comparisons to Hot Water Music, Fugazi, and early-era Replacements. Evil Needles Website said of the band, “If the post-hardcore scene was to have an epileptic seizure, O Pioneers! would be the foam at it’s mouth.”

If you missed the boat the first time around, you can still stream the record over at their Punknews.org band profile.

O Pioneers! will be heading north in June for a short run through Canada with long-time tour buddies Bridge & Tunnel. They’ll also be joined by natives Yesterday’s Ring, Junior Battles, and Orphan Choir on select dates.

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