Angel Du$t can’t be stopped. The most daring band in punk/hardcore recently joined forces with Run For Cover Records and today they’ve announced their new album, ‘Cold 2 The Touch’. Arriving February 13th, the record is a 26-minute blast of eclectic and hard-hitting music that makes it clear that Angel Du$t can’t be contained within the confines of narrow subgenres, and that a term as elemental as rock & roll might actually fit like a glove.
To celebrate the announcement Angel Du$t have shared ‘Cold 2 The Touch‘s untouchably cool title track. It’s a hyperactive cut of galloping drums, razor sharp riffs, and frontman Justice Tripp’s one-of-a-kind vocal delivery, and the perfect introduction to the next chapter of Angel Du$t‘s constant evolution.
Angel Du$t began as a fresh start for Tripp after his time leading hardcore legends Trapped Under Ice, and after a decade plus of bold creativity the band have become a punk rock institution all of their own. Tripp blazed the trail for the current generation of hardcore musicians to experiment and take their self-expression into fearless, catchy, and vulnerable places, and ‘Cold 2 The Touch’ proves that Angel Du$t‘s drive to make authentically aggressive rock & roll truly has no limit.
‘Cold 2 The Touch’ follows the band’s 2023 album ‘Brand New Soul’, and finds Angel Du$t reuniting with producer/engineer Brian McTernan (Turnstile, Balance & Composure, Bane, Converge) who recorded much of their early material. Its also the first release with new members Nick Lewis and Jim Carroll (also of American Nightmare, Suicide File, The Hope Conspiracy and more), and it features guest appearances from all across the hardcore universe-including Scott Vogel (Terror), Wes Eisold (American Nightmare, Cold Cave), Patrick Cozens (Restraining Order) Frank Carter, and Taylor Young (Twitching Tongues, Deadbody). The result is Angel Du$t‘s most flat-out ferocious work in some time, a blender of hard riffs, big hooks, and even bigger personality. “This is who I am,” says Tripp. “and I speak for the band too: these are people who are always going to be playing aggressive rock & roll. It’s happening whether you like it or not. I’m me, and if you get in my way I’m gonna crush you.”
Angel Du$t will be continuing their nonstop touring ways with a lengthy run of shows in November with Narrow Head and Ovlov. See full itinerary below.
‘Cold 2 The Touch’ tracklist:
01. Pain Is A Must
02. Cold 2 The Touch
03. I’m The Outside
04. Jesus Head
05. Zero
06. Downfall
07. DU$T
08. Nothing I Can’t Kill
09. Man On Fire
10. The Knife
11. The Beat
Upcoming tour dates:
November 7th – Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC
November 8th – 40 Watt Club – Athens, GA
November 9th – Eastside Bowl – Nashville, TN
November 11th – The Albatross – Jacksonville, FL
November 12th – Gramps – Miami, FL
November 14th – Orpheum – Tampa, FL
November 15th – Vans Warped Tour – Orlando, FL
November 16th – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
November 17th – Terminal – West Atlanta, GA
November 18th – Eulogy – Asheville, NC
November 19th – The Annex – Norfolk, VA
January 31st – Something In The Way Fest – February 1st Boston, MA
March 25th – 29th – Treefort Music Fest – Boise, ID