The Black Pacific Return With New Single “I Think I’m Paranoid” & Announce New Album

The Black Pacific previously released their self titled debut album on SideOneDummy Records in 2010, and, like their new album, all the songs were written and performed by Jim Lindberg (Pennywise) and features his longtime friend and recording partner, drummer Alan Vega. The long awaited follow up to their debut full length, Here Comes Our Wave, will be released on September 20th via Dine Alone Records, the album is a powerful, thought provoking recording that is at the same time resigned to our fate as a highly flawed planet, but hopeful that the bonds of love and respect for nature can hopefully guide us through stormiest of seas. The album kicks off with the hyper kinetic opening track and lead-off single, I Think I’m Paranoid.

“I’ve been writing songs for Pennywise and various projects for many years, and I’ve amassed a catalog of hundreds of demos, literally boxes of cassette tapes from the last few decades. Some of the songs weren’t right for Pennywise, and I worked on them with Alan from The Black Pacific so it just made sense to put out under that name. I think the knee jerk reaction will be to say it all sounds like Pennywise, but I wrote the music and lyrics for more than half of every Pennywise album we made together after Jason our bass player passed away, so I think it’s more accurate to say that Pennywise sounds like me, not the other way around! When I pick up an electric guitar this is the music that comes out of me, regardless of what name it comes out under.” (Jim Lindberg)