The Vandals bassist Joe Escalante recently told Australia’s Fairfield City Champion that the band has been in the process of finishing a new EP for a March release, which was announced last Friday. He states:
“We have an EP that we’re about to release in March which is an entirely Australian themed EP – it’s sort of a love letter to your country. We’re wrapping it up right now. The rest of the world is probably going to be mad because we haven’t released anything in a long time, but we decided to concentrate on just the one country and it’s yours.”
The EP will be their first release since 2004’s Hollywood Potato Chip. Starting this weekend, The Vandals will be playing this year’s Soundwave Festival in Australia, with Metallica, Blink-182, The Offspring, Paramore, Sum 41, Flogging Molly, The Lawrence Arms and many more bands on the bill.