New Junk City

Atlanta punk band New Junk City have shared “Shell Game,” the second single from their forthcoming fourth LP, Where Could I Go?, out November 6 via Lauren Records.

The new track takes aim at the compromises that come with work and stability, asking how much of yourself you can trade away before providing for a life starts consuming it. It’s another sharp, emotionally grounded preview of an album centered on love, grief, responsibility and the messy realities of building a life with other people.

Recorded at Standard Electric with longtime collaborator Damon Moon and produced by Tyler Bisson, Where Could I Go? spans 12 tracks and finds New Junk City turning inward without losing the urgency and directness that have long defined the band.

Watch “Shell Game” below. Where Could I Go? arrives November 6 via Lauren Records.

Atlanta punk band New Junk City have announced their fourth full-length album, Where Could I Go?, due November 6 via Lauren Records, and shared its lead single “Lonely Now” streaming below.

Written over roughly two years, the 12-song album takes on the messier realities of love — making room for someone else’s grief, the compromises demanded by work and relationships, and accepting personal shortcomings without allowing them to turn into resentment. Where Could I Go? was recorded at Standard Electric with longtime collaborator Damon Moon and produced by Tyler Bisson.

Lead single “Lonely Now” centers on a relationship defined by absence and repeated letdowns, with the band describing the song as being about “putting up boundaries and accepting the new reality of a relationship without retaliating or feeling the need to push back.”

Formed in 2013. New Junk City's songs pair heart-on-sleeve writing with sharp, melodic hook-filled punk edge, drawing on influences that range from The Weakerthans and Fucked Up to Green Day; the band has also jokingly embraced the description “Tom Petty as played by Green Day.”

RIYL: Superchunk, The Replacements, Green Day, The Weakerthans, The Get Up Kids. Japandroids, The Menzingers, Gin Blossoms