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New to Fat Wreck: MakeWar

Posted by Loren on September 15, 2019

New to Fat Wreck: MakeWar
photo by Loren Green

The next record from MakeWar will release on Fat Wreck Chords. The label sent an announcement earlier this week that Get It Together, the follow-up to 2016's Developing A Theory Of Integrity. Currently calling Brooklyn and Florida home, the band features members originally from Venezuela and Columbia. The new record will have two songs sung in Spanish.

The band will also be touring extensively this fall, including dates with Lagwagon and Face To Face, and a stop at The Fest 18.

2019 Tour Dates:

09/27/19 – Tacoma, WA @ McMenamins Elks Temple
09/28/19 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
09/29/19 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10/01/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
10/02/19 – Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
10/04/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre
10/05/19 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
10/06/19 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
10/07/19 – Columbus, OH @ Columbus Atheneum
10/09/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
10/10/19 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
10/11/19 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
10/12/19 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
10/13/19 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club

11/02/19–  Gainesville, FL @ The FEST 
11/07/19– Brooklyn, NY @ St.Vitus
 
Get It Together track listing:

1. Hopeless Dreamers
2. My Bones
3. No Excuses
4. Squeeze
5. No Mas
6. American Futbol
7. Sails
8. Inmunda Realidad
9. Oh, Brother
10. Hands on the Tyrant
11. Get It Together 

October 12, 2019 update: fixed a typo in "follow-up"

New to Fat Wreck: MakeWar
photo by Loren Green

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