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New bands announced for SBÄM Fest 4!

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The question marks in our line-up have caused a lot of guesswork and the most interesting conjectures in the last months. Now the time has come to reveal at least one secret and in the process announce both bad and good news: Yes, it would have been Bad Religion … the emphasis is unfortunately on “would have been”, because the punk veterans unfortunately have to cancel. But this bad news is immediately followed by good news, because we have found a worthy replacements and also add three more bands on top!

Pennywise
For more than 30 years, the bros from Hermosa Beach have defended their status as the most important hardcore band from the second wave of SoCal punk. Known and loved for their relentless sound and middle-finger anthems that guarantee the loudest singalongs at SBÄM Fest.
 
Bridge City Sinners
Hailing from the mist-shrouded hills of the Pacific Northwest, Bridge City Sinners span the spectrum from Prohibition-era jazz to Appalachian death folk. Don’t miss this explosive mix of genres at SBÄM Fest either!
 
The Von Tramps 
With powerhouse vocals from Jenny Enemy, screaming guitar riffs from Chelsea Oxborough and thunderous bass from Krissandra Anfinson, The Von Tramps‘ second album “GO” is already the must-have of the year. On top, the trio delivers an incredible live show that will also make a sensation at SBÄM Fest.
 
The Partie
As support of Acht Eimer Hühnerherzen in April 2022 Die Partie has already proven that they are a live banger. Smart punk in German between rock and acoustic straight outta Linz, which you should definitely check out at SBÄM Fest.

Organizer Stefan Beham about SBÄM Fest 4:
We had to postpone SBÄM Fest 4 a total of four times due to Covid-19 – that was pretty tough and painful each time. All the more, I’m looking forward to finally being able to put all our plans into action in 2022. And we have quite a lot planned: In addition to the great line-up, for which fans are even traveling from Australia, we have come up with two side actions to offer the audience a bit more. My youth hero Steve Caballero will be part of SBÄM Sports and in the context of the SBÄM Exhibit I will present my works together with other artists, with which everything actually started. After the past years at the Alter Schlachthof in Wels, the step to the Tabakfabrik in Linz is of course big, but our community is also getting bigger and bigger and I have the best team to make it all happen. We can’t wait for July!

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New Pop Punk Single & Music Video by Atlas for Home!

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In the line of mid-2000s pop-punk bands (Seaway, Super American & Neck Deep…), Atlas for Home is a French band distributed by the label KROD Records/Red Toad Music. After two EPs (“More Than a Year” in 2014 and “Late Bloomer” in 2018) and numerous dates in Europe alongside bands such as State Champs, Four Year Strong or Judah & the Lion, the band is back in 2022 with OMG, second single off their upcoming EP. 

This is the second single of the “new Atlas for Home” – now composed of Marion Gualandi & Valentin Guérin – co-produced by Dory-Loup Venta (mirabelle.) and mixed/mastered by Cory Bergeron (Locket). 

In the continuity of their previous single “Keep Going” released earlier this year, “OMG” is a pop-punk track in the true sense of the word: 4 min of dynamic and catchy power chords, on a vocal line not unlike The Starting Line & Taking Back Sunday. A song that calls for the liberation of the word around personal well-being while underlining the difficulty of opening up fully to the world.

100% self-produced, the video for “OMG” features a young girl on the verge of dropping everything. The call of a friend will upset her day and bring her little by little to a total release, mixing road trip between friends and externalization of her feelings. It is a true emancipation towards happiness that the group puts in image. It’s the first time that the band goes behind the camera.

Atlas for Home on OMG:

“OMG is a title that came to us very quickly and spontaneously, as much the melody, the instrumental or the lyrics. Largely inspired by a close friend of ours who has been through a complicated situation at work, between depression & burn out, we wanted to write her a positive song to listen to when a relapse is coming. A little “you can always count on us and know that you are never alone”.” 

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Brazilian punks Scumbags drop single Dreadlocks in the Alley!

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Scumbags is a punk rock band from Brazil founded in 2017. Relying heavily on their references, which range from classic punk like NOFX and Ramones, to something more “recent” like Green Day and Blink-182, Scumbags band produced a fast and straightforward setlist that drives their show. Scumbags officially debuted their authorial material with the release of two singles, On the Dread Street and The Kid’s Aren’t the Same which were soon followed by the first album titled Sour Days, released in May 2019.

After a break in activities due to the pandemic, the band returned with the single Dreadlocks in the Alley, a song that was already present in their discography, but only in a live version, now receiving the studio treatment it deserves through this definitive redesign. So it could be said that this was a symbolic release as it marked a transition point for the band.