Southern California pop punk band, Super Sometimes, have released a new single from their forthcoming album ‘Show the World What’s Underneath’ out May 15th via Pure Noise Records. Today, fans can stream and watch the new music video for ‘Make Up Stories’ out now.
‘Make Up Stories’ follows ‘Afterthought’, which was released with the announcement of the new album. “‘Make Up Stories’ is a direct continuation of ‘Afterthought’ painting a picture of the same person who mistreated you crawling back, trying to beg and manipulate their way back into your life,” explains the band. “Lyrically, this song was incredibly fun to write. We used the concepts of a court trial and a game of chess as analogies for a broken relationship.”
“This track showcased significant growth in musicianship between the three of us,” the band continues. “It was more sophisticated than anything we had done before, and it truly opened our eyes—kicking the door down for us to go all in musically on this record.”
Returning to longtime collaborator Zach Tuch, the band dove into writing sessions with idols-turned-peers like Knuckle Puck’s Nick Casasanto, Hot Mulligan’s Chris Freeman and producer Kyle Black, turning their encyclopedic knowledge of the genre’s inner workings into a debut that captures the same limitless potential as the records that first inspired Super Sometimes to pick up instruments: modern touchstones like State Champs, The Story So Far and Seaway alongside icons like blink-182, New Found Glory and Green Day. Bridging the gap between skate punk, new-millennium pop charisma and modern angst, the songs explore coming-of-age malaise, romantic fallout and the thrill – and fear – of fully committing to the road ahead. The heart of the record lies in these real stakes, a conscious decision by the band to put everything on the line in their late teens and early 20s.
Since they first emerged from the sun-soaked San Diego scene, Super Sometimes have embraced pop-punk’s most public tradition: growing up in real time. The young trio – vocalists/guitarists Gabriel Muñoz and Dylan Guzman and drummer Matthew Ludwig – have steadily expanded their reach from local rooms to national stages and social media FYPs, pairing restless energy and irreverent humor with a forward-looking confidence to continue carrying the torch for a genre that’s raised them.
‘Show the World What’s Underneath’ tracklist:
01. Afterthought
02. Make Up Stories
03. Always You
04. Learned My Lesson
05. See This Coming
06. Show The World What’s Underneath
07. Spend
08. Common Place
09. Medicine
10. Prophet
Upcoming tour dates:
April 21st – The Bronson Centre – Ottawa, Ontario
April 21st – Le Studio TD – Montreal, Quebec
April 24th – Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
April 25th – Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY
April 26th – Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
April 28th – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
May 1st – Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville, TN
May 2nd – Buckhead Theatre – Atlanta, GA
May 3rd – House of Blues Orlando – Orlando, FL
May 5th – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall – Dallas, TX
May 6th – Emo’s Austin – Austin, TX
May 8th – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
May 9th – House of Blues San Diego – San Diego, CA
May 10th – House of Blues Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
May 11th – Ace of Spades – Sacramento, CA
May 13th – Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA
May 14th – The Shredder – Boise, ID
May 15th – The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT
May 17th – Summit – Denver, CO
May 19th – Delmar Hall – St. Louis, MO
May 21st – House of Blues Chicago – Chicago, IL
May 22nd – St. Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI
May 23rd – House of Blues Cleveland – Cleveland, OH
May 24th – The Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, Ontario
June 13th – 14th – Vans Warped Tour – Washington, DC
September 9th – Nine Spices – Tokyo, Japan
September 10th – Yogibo Holy Mountain – Nagoya, Japan
September 12th – Osaka Red Brick Warehouse – Osaka, Japan
September 13th – Glion Museum – Osaka, Japan
November 14th – 15th – Vans Warped Tour – Orlando, FL