Upchuck shares new single “Tired,” the song is off the Atlanta band’s forthcoming album I’m Nice Now, dropping on October 3 via Domino Records. Upchuck features – vocalist KT, guitarists Mikey Durham and Hoff, bassist Ausar Ward, and drummer/vocalist Chris Salgado. The track finds KT desperately trying to keep her feelings of hopelessness at bay. In the song, she confronts the constant spectacle of social injustice that has become a daily drudgery for her generation: “How many times I gotta tell ‘em that our pockets cryin’?… How many people you gon’ lie to and say you’re not lyin’?” Her vicious vocal performance spirals over and over like the endless depressing news cycle, but it’s not a signal of defeat; it’s a sharp critique, maybe even a threat, to the powers that be: “And I’m tired of the darker news / And I’ve tried warning you / It feels right scaring you.” The band kick off their headlining tour on September 26th in Austin, Texas.

I’m Nice Now was recorded at Sonic Ranch Studio, a residential studio in the desert in Texas, with Ty Segall as producer. The band was influenced heavily by the Stooges and, after becoming so tight from the road, recorded live to tape. There are minimal overdubs. They kept it going until they got it as right as it needed to be. Also adding vocals on the spot was the band’s drummer Chris, who the band encouraged to write lyrics in his native Spanish and duet with KT on a couple songs, something he’d not done before on an album. He aimed to blend the sound of the cumbia music he was raised on with Upchuck’s traditional punk to fuse something unique.

Upchuck 2025 Tour Dates

8/28-30: Muddy Roots Festival – Cookeville, TN
9/26: Palmer Events Center – Austin, TX
9/28: Levitation – Austin, TX
9/29: Ruins – Dallas, TX
10/1: Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
10/2: The Underground (Nile) – Mesa, AZ
10/3: The Whistle Stop – San Diego, CA
10/4: Sardine – San Pedro, CA
10/5: The Echo – Los Angeles, CA
10/6: Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
10/8: Star Theater – Portland, OR
10/9: Black Lodge – Seattle, WA
10/10: Shrine Social Club Basement – Boise, ID
10/11: The DLC at Quarters – Salt Lake City, UT
10/13: Moe’s Original BBQ & Bowl – Denver, CO
10/15: Subterranean – Chicago, IL
10/16: Third Man Records – Detroit, MI
10/17: Bottlerocket Social Hall – Pittsburgh, PA
10/18: Elsewhere (Zone One) – Brooklyn, NY
10/20: Foto Club – Philadelphia, PA
10/21: DC9 – Washington, DC
10/22: Static Age – Asheville, NC
10/31: Goat Farm – Atlanta, GA
11/4: Hare & Hounds – Birmingham, UK
11/5: Pitchfork Festival @ Village Underground – London, UK
11/6: Wharf Chambers – Leeds, UK
11/8: Simple Things Festival – Bristol, UK
11/9: YES – Manchester, UK
11/11: Brussels Botanique – Brussels, BE
11/12: Point Ephemere – Paris, FR
11/13: Skate Cafe – Amsterdam, NL
11/14: Hafenklang – Hamburg, DE
11/15: Copenhagen Loppen – Copenhagen, DK
11/16: Berghain Kantine – Berlin, DE
11/18: Bumann & Sohn – Cologne, DE
11/19: Bad Bon – Dudingen, CH

Pre-order I’m Nice Know by Upchuck HERE