The New Catastrophes “Weather The Storm” On New Album
San Jose, CA's The New Catastrophes have released their new album, Weather The Storm, via streaming platforms, as a free…
Fat Wreck Chords has announced that they will be releasing a Strung Out retrospective, celebrating the punk metal bands’ twenty year career. The album is titled Top Contenders: The Best of Strung Out and will include twenty-three catalog tracks taken from each of their 7 albums and 2 EP’s, and are reportedly fully remixed from the original tapes. The retrospective will also include three exclusive brand new songs, and will be available in vinyl, CD, and digital forms. The band comments on the release:
“We are super stoked on how our best of album has turned out! We chose the songs that we thought would best define our sound and it wasn’t easy making the final selection. Ryan Greene did an amazing job on remixing these songs, which has given a new life to them all! We can’t wait for you, the fans, to check them out! The bonus is the 3 brand new, unreleased songs that are included which turned out great as well! If you were to only buy one Strung Out album, this would for sure be it!!”
A full track list and album art can be found below.

Track List:
1: Firecracker
2: Velvet Alley
3: Mind of My Own
4: Everyday
5: City Lights +
6: Too Close to See
7: Vanity
8: Mission Statement
9: Cemetery
10: Bring Out Your Dead
11: Analog
12: Black Crosses
13: Ashes
14: Monster
15: Letter Home
16: Blueprint of the Fall
17: Population Control
18: Swan Dive
19: Calling
20: Saturday Night +
21: Exhumation of Virginia Madison
22: In Harm’s Way
23: Scarecrow
24: Cult of the Subterranean
25: Here We Are +
26: Matchbook
+Previously unreleased