OFF! release first album

OFF! ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF FIRST PROPER FULL LENGTH IN MAY

SIXTEEN SONG SELF-TITLED ALBUM COMING FROM VICE RECORDS ACCOMPANIED BY SXSW APPEARANCE AND RECORD RELEASE SHOWS IN SELECT CITIES

In a creative pace to match the breathless vehemence of their music, punk/hardcore luminaries OFF! have announced the follow up to their much heralded debut First Four EPs will arrive in the form of a self-titled full length May 8th, 2012 from Vice Records. Barrelling through sixteen high intensity tracks in as many minutes, the album demonstrates the LA quartet had still further to ratchet up their visceral sonic maelstrom, delivering a "dark party" soundtrack of unleashed exasperation and bitterness executed with a rigorous precision that more than lives up to the cavalcade of accolades heaped upon them so far by the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, LA Times, among many others. Full tracklist and album art below.

In conjunction with the impending release the band have announced a string of live dates in support of the album including a trio of appearances at next month's SXSW Festival and select record release shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and San Diego. The Los Angeles show, which serves as the album's proper record release, is booked at the legendary Whiskey a Go Go, former host to many of the most important punk/hardcore bands of the early 80's including The Germs, The Ramones, The Misfits, and countless others.

SELECT PRESS QUOTES

"This music is built for a climate of frustration and powerlessness, and its bare-knuckled punch-in-the-face is a long-needed wake-up call to nostalgic escapism." -Best New Music review on PITCHFORK

"This band is shooting to kill, and, like any great punk group, is a model for sustained intensity and streamlined might." - NPR

UPCOMING LIVE DATES

Mar 16 - Power of the Riff @ Scoot Inn - SXSW

Mar 17 - Dickies House @ Lustre Pearl - SXSW

Mar 17 - NXNE Showcase @ Club Deville - SXSW

Mar 18 - Bro Fest @ Club Dada - Dallas, TX

Mar 24 - Burger Records Fest @ The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA

May 8 - Whiskey a Go Go - Los Angeles, CA

May 11 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA

May 14 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA

May 29 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY

FULL TRACKLISTING

1. WIPED OUT

2. I GOT NEWS FOR YOU

3. ELIMINATION

4. CRACKED

5. WRONG

6. BORROW AND BOMB

7. TOXIC BOX

8. MAN FROM NOWHERE

9. JET BLACK GIRLS

10. KING KONG BRIGADE

11. HARBOR FREEWAY BLUES

12. FEELINGS ARE MEANT TO BE HURT

13. VAPORIZED

14. 503

15. ZERO FOR CONDUCT

16. I NEED ONE (I WANT ONE)