So-Cal punks Audacity’s latest Hyper Vessels single is plenty anthemic, but it’s equally laden with all of the dirt and grit that lines the foundations of garage rock. From a band that “can boast their 10-year anniversary before their members are legally old enough to rent a car,” “Umbrellas” has an energy that embodies punk through its own youthful defiance. Audacity’s Matthew Schmalfeld offered some background:

“Umbrellas” is about living in a world where goals aren’t set high enough, and the feeling of stagnancy you get when hanging out in the same places and doing the same things all the time. Stereotypically, alcoholics love booze, dogs love bones, and umbrellas love the rain. Kind of like a “you are what you eat or do” principle, except you don’t know what you ate or did, and so you struggle to find your identity in a world of lowered standards.

Listen below.

Audacity have announced a bunch of US tour dates for this spring:

03/30 Fullerton, CA @ Continental Room
04/01 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
04/02 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside w/ Meat Market, Thee MVPs
04/03 Reno, NV @ The Holland Project
04/04 Salt Lake City, UT @ Diabolical Records
04/05 Denver, CO @ GLOB
04/06 Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
04/07 Minneapolis, MN @ Hexagon
04/08 Milwaukee, WI @ Linnemans Inn
04/10 Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory
04/11 Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups w/ Dirty Fences, Liquor Store
04/12 Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class
04/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium
04/14 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
04/15 Philadelphia, PA @ Everybody Hits w/ Tacocat, Pujol
04/18 Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia
04/19 Atlanta, GA @ 529
04/20 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
04/21 Houston, TX @ Satellite Bar
04/22 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada w/ The Coathangers, Har Mar Superstar
04/23 Austin, TX @ Barracuda
04/24 El Paso, TX @ Monarch
04/25 Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room

Hyper Vessels is out 4/1 via Suicide Squeeze. Pre-order it here.

CREDIT: Stephanie Pratt