Grade 2 Sign to Hellcat Records, Plus Announce New Album

While touring, the band met Lars Frederiksen (Rancid) who took an interest in Grade 2 and ultimately played some of their music videos to his bandmate Tim Armstrong. Armstrong liked what he saw and not only agreed to produce the band's forthcoming record but signed them to Hellcat. Last December, Grade 2 flew to Los Angeles, and, over the course of two weeks, tracked the dozen songs that comprise Graveyard Island. "He's one of the most efficient people we've ever worked with. He knows exactly what he wants. In the studio, he wanted to capture how we sound onstage, so we were tracking songs live with a scratch vocal," vocalist/bassist Sid Ryan said on working with Armstrong.

Graveyard Island offers proof that punk rock is still as relevant in 2019 as it was in 1976. "Although we're more than forty years on from when punk began, I actually think the times are very similar now to how they were back then," says Sid Ryan. "The political climate today means that people see the worst in everything, which means that for us there's a lot to write about. Everything in the country is pretty much turning to s! There are certain parts of our record that would make sense were it released in 1976."

Graveyard Island Track List:
1. Tired of It
2. Reality is Calling
3. Graveyard Island
4. Look Up
5. Murder Town
6. Don't Look Back
7. Johnny Aggro
8. Bowling Green Lane
9. Dover Street
10. JSA
11. Monsters
12. On The Radar