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We Got the New Dan Vapid & the Cheats Album a Day Early

We Got the New Dan Vapid & the Cheats Album a Day Early

Listen to Welcome to Dystopia before it drops September 23 (and don't miss the band at Cobra Lounge on November 19)
September 22, 2022 (September 22, 2022) // Riot Fest

Today, we’re happy to share the latest release from Dan Vapid (Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, Sludgeworth) a day early. Welcome to Dystopia is the fifth full-length album from Dan Vapid & the Cheats—and it arrives just in time for their show with The Methadones this November. Listen below.

Eccentric Pop Records · Dan Vapid and the Cheats – Welcome to Dystopia

Dan Vapid and the Cheats’ latest release comes just a year after their well-received 2021 album, Escape Velocity. The new 16-track album features songs like “Chip On My Shoulder” and “Sour Pauline,” the latter of which has a music video that dropped earlier this month.

“I try my best to see the good when I can, but as a society we have reached a turning point and it isn’t good. Many of the songs on Welcome to Dystopia reflect that,” says Vapid. “2020 was the most surreal year I’ve seen in my lifetime. I hadn’t had that ‘holy fucking shit’ moment since 9/11/2001, even Rod Serling couldn’t have made the 2020 episode of the Twilight Zone if he had tried.”

Dan Vapid & The Cheats will play Chicago’s Cobra Lounge on November 19, as part of a stacked bill that includes the Methadones, the Copyrights, and Mikey Erg (get tickets here). Check out the track list and album art below; Welcome to Dystopia is available for pre-order on vinyl, CD and cassette via Eccentric Pop Records and Memorable But Not Honorable Tapes.


DAN VAPID & THE CHEATS
WELCOME TO DYSTOPIA
Eccentric Pop Records
Release Date: September 23, 2022

Pre-Order (VINYL + CD)
PrE-ORDER (CASSETTE)
  1. Sour Pauline
  2. Mr. Belittle
  3. Fake Nice
  4. Let Me Out
  5. Strapped
  6. Big Boy Is Crying Again
  7. Chip On My Shoulder
  8. I Didn’t Get An Invitation
  9. Pacify Me
  10. Fact And Fiction
  11. Anti-Science
  12. Welcome To Dystopia
  13. Bad Blood
  14. Boiling Over
  15. Junk Bond
  16. Space Time

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