Modest Mouse share their Record Store Day contribution ‘Poison the Well’

Modest Mouse has returned with their new song. On Friday (March 29), the Washington-founded act released their first new song in four years. Titled “Poison the Well,” the latest track comes a week after the band confirmed plans to debut the new tune at the end of the month.

The group’s new song announcement came shortly after their loyal followers began receiving cryptic puzzle pieces in the mail. Fans were quick to put the pieces together which resulted in the band’s official announcement. The message read: ‘Poison the Well’ will arrive 3.29.”

Listen to “Poison the Well” above.

“Poison the Well” is the band’s first new song since 2015’s Strangers to Ourselves.

In addition to “Poison the Well,” the act also revealed that they will be taking part in this year’s Record Store Day. Their contribution to the annual music lover’s holiday will include a triangular mint-green 7-inch record which will feature “Poison the Well” on the A-side of the record and a previously unreleased track on the B-side.

Record Store Day will take place on April 13.

Modest Mouse made headlines earlier this month when they were announced as the special guest on the Black Keys’ “Let’s Rock” fall tour.

The upcoming excursion begins on Sept. 21 at the Life is Beautiful music festival in Las Vegas and concludes two months later on Nov. 24 at the Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

Shannon and the Clams, Repeat Repeat, and Jessy Wilson will open on select dates.

The full “Let’s Rock” tour itinerary can be found here.

Skate and Surf Fest Unveil Full 2015 Line-Up

If you already didn’t have plans to go to Skate and Surf Fest this May, then maybe the newest additions to their 2015 line-up might change your mind.

Back in January, the New Jersey based music festival unveiled three band reunions and a slew of other great acts taking the stage in Asbury Park. Over the past few weeks, festival organizers have been hinting at more acts being added to the already announced line-up and they didn’t disappoint.

Joining Acceptance, From Autumn to Ashes, and Poison the Well as “reunited acts” will be Thrice, who previously have been confirmed to reunite at several other music festivals this Spring/Summer.

But that’s not all.

The Front Bottoms, Hot Rod Circuit, and the Front Bottoms are just some of the newly added acts making the trip to New Jersey during the weekend on May 16-17 alongside previously announced bands like The Gaslight Anthem, the Dropkick Murphys, and more.

Check out the complete list of acts below.

Tickets for Skate and Surf Fest are currently available on the festival’s website.

Skate and Surf Unveil 2015 Line-Up, Two Big Reunions

It’s only been a little over a month since Skate and Surf Festival announced just a small portion of their 2015 festival line-up and now, after promising fans for a while, the New Jersey festival has revealed a hefty portion, if not all, of the line up.

Headlining the event will be Jersey’s own The Gaslight Anthem and the Dropkick Murphys who will be in the middle of their “Celtic Punk Invasion” Tour when they drop by Asbury Park in May.

Kevin Devine, mewithoutYou, American Nightmare and more have now joined previously announced acts like Manchester Orchestra, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far, Modern Baseball, From Autumn to Ashes, Four Year Strong, and many more.

Like last year, the festival will have two (as of now) awesome reunions going on.

The first of two reunions will be Acceptance, who broke up in 2006 after releasing their super successful debut record. Fittingly enough, this comes a couple of months after guitarist Christian McAlhaney’s other band, Anberlin, called it a day.

The other band making a triumphant return to the stage will be Poison the Well who went on hiatus back in 2010.

Check out the newly revised line-up for this year’s Skate and Surf Festival.

Like the poster says, tickets for the weekend-long event are currently available. Skate and Surf 2015 will once again be returning to their home territory of Asbury Park on May 16 and May 17. For more information, head on over to the festival’s website.