Californian hardcore unit No Bragging Rights announce their self-titled EP No Bragging Rights, due for release next month. The announcement comes with a new adrenaline fueled track “Breaking Point“, the video for which can be viewed below.
No Bragging Rights last release came in 2014 with album The Concrete Wall, after the release the band went on an extended hiatus. With their first release since then, the quartet shines a light on toxic relationships and the power to rise above.
Speaking on the single, vocalist Mike Perez comment. “Intimate Partner Violence is what is portrayed in the lyrics but the song could have just as easily been a job, a career, a family crisis, or an existential crisis. We have people, things, or situations in our lives that make us feel powerless or dependent. The fear of failure or embarrassment can keep us feeling trapped and helpless.” Perez reflects adding “Even when we are knocked to our knees, we do not have to stay there. We can leave an abusive relationship. We can find fulfilling work. We can work to improve whatever difficult situation we find ourselves in.”
The EP is self-produced by the band, with all seven songs recorded between guitarist Laur’s home studio and Decade Sound Studio, both in Tacoma, WA. Discussing the album, Laur comments, “Daniel and I would write these songs,” says Laur, who also engineered the record, “and give Mike and Martin blanket ideas – like ‘This one is kind of triumphant but has no resolve to it, so I don’t know what that means to you but you should aim your writing towards that’ to help curate the attitude and personality of each song.”
No Bragging Rights is set for release 3rd December 2021 via Pure Noise Records, with the artwork and the full tracklist below. For further news on No Bragging Rights and a review of the self-titled EP, can it locked on Boolin Tunes.
1. Strengths Perspective
2. Walking Blind
3. Breaking Point
4. Stages
5. The Weight
6. Regret
7. Unapologetic