Southern California punk veterans Social Distortion haven’t released anything new since their most recent full-length record Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes back in 2011. However, that’s about to change as the band will soon begin pre-production of their long-awaited new album and start recording it in January for a 2020 release.
Frontman Mike Ness explains to OC Register:
“We’re scheduled loosely to go into the studio in January. But after this October show, we get back into pre-production and the good news is that in the last 15 years, there’s songs that didn’t get used but feel like they’ve just been written, there’s new songs and I think we came up with 23 songs right now. I have to go through those and pick the best 12 or pick the ones that work best together. The other good news is that we might shock everyone and put two records out in two years. People aren’t going to know how to act.”
The follow-up to Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes will reportedly be released on Epitaph, and will be only the eighth full-length studio album by Social D, who have been celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band.