Super American Release New Album 'Gangster of Love'
Super American recently announced an upcoming headline tour with support from Sydney Sprague and Summerbruise.
By: Josh Sharpe May. 31, 2024
Buffalo’s Super American have released their new full-length album, ‘Gangster Of Love’, out now via Wax Bodega. The band’s new songs blur the lines between absurdism and existentialism, swirling ‘90s melodicism with high energy riffs and heartfelt emo elements into a wry, smirking rock sound. They previously released the singles “Hopefully Pitchfork Doesn’t Hear This” and “Manager Haircut”.
Produced by Sam Guaiana (Neck Deep, Bayside), Gangster of Love follows 2021’s SUP and 2018’s Tequila Sunrise and found the duo fleeing Buffalo for Los Angeles, where the push and pull between the two songwriters – the real magic at the heart of Super American – was allowed to flourish and grow in a brand-new environment.
Since forming in Western New York in 2016, Patrick Feeley and his musical partner Matt Cox have blurred the line between absurdism and existentialism, swirling ‘90s melodicism, new-millennium pop-punk energy, and heartfelt emo into a wry, smirking rock sound.
Super American feels like the equivalent of their hometown Buffalo Bills’ tailgate scene: gleefully rowdy and best enjoyed with a beer in hand (with the non-zero chance someone might end up leaping through a flaming table when all is said and done).
“SUP was basically a record filled with anxiety as a survival mechanism,” Feeley explains. “This time around, it was less of a victim mindset. Thematically, I feel like it’s more about yearnings and desires and what you want for yourself.”
“We wanted this album to feel like you were stepping into this little world, and working with Sam helped us accomplish that,” says Cox.
Tracklisting:
- MOMMA, I’M GONNA BE A STAR
- Manager Haircut
- Mental Karate
- Okay. Eat Me Alive.
- Hopefully Pitchfork Doesn’t Hear This
- Drowning
- Limerence II
- IDWLG
- TOxxIC BLOODSTREAM
- Who’s Gonna Get Me High?
- Ugly Cryin’ With My Dog
- Admirer
- Altima Song
“We’ve always approached the band from a very innocent, youthful place despite not actually forming as kids,” Cox says. “I think that’s been a little bit of how we’ve lasted so long, by not really being beholden to hindsight. It keeps us moving forward and able to find new listeners.”
Adds Feeley: “Whatever audience gets it and enjoys it, god fing bless their souls because they must be sick.”
Super American recently announced an upcoming headline tour with support from Sydney Sprague and Summerbruise. Dates will kick off on August 1 in Toronto at Hard Luck, wrapping up on September 22 in Columbus, OH at Ace of Cups with shows in New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago, Boston and more along the way. Tickets are on sale now at: www.superamerican.band/
Super American - Upcoming Fall Tour Dates
w/Sydney Sprague, Summerbruise
August 1 - Toronto, ON - Hard Luck
August 2 - Syracuse, NY - Song And Dance
August 3 - Buffalo, NY - Rec Room
August 4 - Pittsburgh, PA - Crafthouse
August 6 - Boston, MA - Crystal Ballroom
August 7 - Philadelphia, PA - Foundry
August 8 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory
August 9 - Washington, DC - Atlantis
August 11 - Richmond, VA - Canal Club
August 13 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
August 14 - West Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
August 15 - Orlando, FL - Will’s Pub
August 16 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Purgatory)
August 17 - Nashville, TN - The End
August 18 - Indianapolis, IN - Hoosier Dome
August 20 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
August 21 - Detroit, MI - Lager House
August 22 - Cleveland, OH - Mahall’s
September 3 - Denver, CO - Marquis
September 4 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
September 6 - Boise, ID - The Shredder
September 7 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne
September 8 - Seattle, WA - Madame Lou’s
September 10 - Sacramento, CA - Goldfield
September 11 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside
September 12 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
September 13 - Los Angeles, CA - Genghis Cohen
September 14 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
September 15 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
September 17 - Dallas, TX - Three Links
September 18 - Austin, TX - The Ballroom at Spiderhouse
September 20 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
September 21 - St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
September 22 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
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