Here\u2019s a new song from local indie punx Proud Parents, courtesy of Paste Magazine!<\/p>\n
Comprised of members of The Hussy and Fire Heads, Proud Parents is a Madison band that recently signed to Dirtnap Records, a long-running punk label that recently relocated from its home in the Pacific Northwest to Madison. Their self-titled debut is due out on June 22, and in anticipation the band and Paste have gifted us<\/a> with \u201cFlavordust.\u201d<\/p>\n Like The Ergs!, The Exploding Hearts, and dozens of Dirtnap bands before them, Proud Parents have an innate talent for crafting punky power-pop that pushes the genre\u2019s constraints. But that\u2019s not to say that \u201cFlavordust\u201d doesn\u2019t fizz. Between the pogo-ring drums and yearning vocals, both provided by Heather Sawyer,<\/span> \u201cFlavordust\u201d is pop punk without the cliches that can often bog down the genre. Forget Green Day \u2014 this is Guided By Voices with a sugar rush.<\/p>\n The band will embark on an 11-state, 13-date tour beginning July 7, including a hometown stop at Crystal Corner for their album release party on July 20.<\/p>\n