Polyvinyl Record Co. and Laura Jane Grace are excited to announce the upcoming midnight release of ‘Adventure Club’ from Laura Jane Grace In The Trauma Tropes, a new and incendiary, 12-song collection exploring the archetypical hero’s journey tropes from classic Greek mythology: love, war, trust, betrayal, virtue & vice, iced coffee drinks — it’s all there, and so is the fun! Featuring the help of Grace’s wife and collaborator Paris Campbell Grace (vocals) and Athens, Greece-based musicians Jacopo ‘Jack’ Fokas (bass) and Orestis Lagadinos (drums), ‘Adventure Club’ is the product of a month-long, life-changing trip and songwriting retreat in Greece that came by way of a Fellowship grant through the Onassis Foundation that provided Grace with the inspiration to create some of the best punk she’s ever made.
Additionally, Grace will be touring extensively throughout 2025 across North America and Latin America with Murder By Death, Rodeo Boys, Trapper Schoepp and Team Nonexistent in select markets.
‘Adventure Club’ is frequently a record about learning to take up space, about feeling free to be yourself as the bullshit of our ahistoric moment mounts. Protest songs and personal tunes have never been a binary for Grace, and she delivers some of her most profound — and, yes, playful — work ever at that particular intersection here. But the most prominent thread through Adventure Club’s dozen tracks is one of evolution, of letting yourself become something new.
She talks often about her age, about nearing the second half of her 40s after a lifetime as a punk. What does it mean, really, to remain a punk for 44 years? For Grace, it is the same as it’s always been — a resolve to question everything about oneself and the world around you and to allow yourself to evolve within that framework. ‘Adventure Club’ epitomizes that spirit the way that the best of Laura Jane Grace’s music always has.
The young punk from Florida may never have imagined making a record in Greece, but it does not change the spirit of the songs that inspired them: to create a place where we’re all burdened by less bullshit, whether it’s our own baggage or the stuff that autocrats, capitalists, and assholes simply want to put on us because they don’t know the thrill of being happy and free themselves. Maybe they need to try writing a rock song, or simply jump into the sea.
Dates supporting Murder By Death:
July 10th — Ottobar — Baltimore, MD
July 11th — Black Cat — Washington, DC
July 12th — Union Transfer — Philadelphia, PA
July 13th — Mr. Smalls — Pittsburgh, PA
July 15th — The Pyramid Scheme — Grand Rapids, MI
July 16th — Thalia Hall — Chicago, IL
July 17th — Thalia Hal — Chicago, IL
July 18th — Majestic Theatre — Madison, WI
Dates with Trapper Schoepp and Team Nonexistent:
August 1st — Scottish Rite Theatre — Peoria, IL
August 2nd — Slowdown — Omaha, NE
August 3rd — Sanctuary Events Center — Fargo, ND
August 5th — The Park Theatre — Winnipeg, Manitoba
August 6th — Louis’ Pub — Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
August 8th — The Starlite Room — Edmonton, Alberta
August 9th — Commonwealth Bar & Stage — Calgary, Alberta
August 10th — Revelry — Kelowna, British Columbia
August 12th — The Pearl — Vancouver, British Columbia
August 13th — Sticky Wicket — Victoria, British Columbia
August 15th — Monk’s Bar — Missoula, MT
August 16th — Treefort Music Hall — Boise, ID
August 17th — Soundwell — Salt Lake City, UT
August 19th — Oil City Beer Company — Casper, WY
August 21st — Gothic Theatre — Denver, CO
August 22nd — Gothic Theatre — Denver, CO
August 24th — Ferris Wheelers Backyard & BBQ — Dallas, TX
August 25th — Antone’s — Austin, TX
August 26th — House of Blues — Houston, TX
August 27th — Chelsea’s Live — Baton Rouge, LA
August 29th — The Orpheum — Tampa, FL
(with Against All Authority and Catbite)
August 30th — Revolution — Fort Lauderdale, FL
(with Against All Authority and Catbite)
October 24th-26th – The Fest – Gainesville, FL
December 3rd — Anexo Foro Independencia — Guadalajara, MX
December 4th — Foro La Piedad — Mexico City, MX
December 5th — Amón Solar — San José, CR
December 6th — Boro — Bogotá, CO
December 9th — Club Ambar — Santiago, CL
December 11th — Uniclub — Buenos Aires, AR
December 12th — Bar Ocidente — Porto Alegre, BR
December 13th — Basement Cultural — Curitiba, BR
December 14th — Fabrique Club — São Paulo, BR