Santa Cruz hardcore punks Seized Up have released a new music video, the lead single off their upcoming second LP ‘Modify The Sacred’. The album is available for pre-order via Pirates Press Records.

The songs on this record come from extremely personal and often dark places for singer & lyricist Clifford Dinsmore, and lead single is a prime example. Dinsmore explains, “In the time period I was fighting cancer, I was shacked up, feeling like a prisoner in my own house. Living in a semi-purgatory state, it felt like I was looking at the world from an outside view.” The single had a digital release in June and has been well received by fans eager to hear more from the Santa Cruz four piece. The new music video, released a week in advance of the album’s August 9th street date, features footage of the band saturated in blood red lighting, which make a perfect visual accompaniment to the band’s signature sonic onslaught of blistering, dark hardcore punk. Featuring an impressive pedigree including members of BL’AST!, Good Riddance, The Distillers, Fast Asleep, Seized Up picks up right where they left off on their 2020 debut LP ‘Brace Yourself’, with a 10 song barrage of relentless, uncompromising rage, touching on topics such as religion, self-medication, and survival in a – literally & figuratively – sick society. Between playing shows with legendary acts like Quicksand, FEAR, RKL, Propagandhi, the band got back together with Paul Miner at Buzzbomb Studios to lay down the follow up to their explosive debut. All in all, it is a continuation of the band’s fast & hard approach in every way, and if anything, the band is more dialed-in and focused than ever. Seized Up have freshly embarked on a European tour leading up to the album’s release, including festical dates such as Brakrok and Punk Rock Holiday, as well as a show supporting Descendents. See specific tour dates below.

SEIZED UP TOUR DATES:
08/02/2024 – Duffel, Belgium – Brakrock

08/03/2024 – Stuttgart, Germany – Umsonst & Draussen

08/04/2024 – Wiesbaden, DE – Schlachthof Wiesbaden (w/ DESCENDENTS)

08/05/2024 – Karlsruhe, Germany – Alte Hackerei

08/06/2024 – Graz, Austria – Music House

08/07/2024 – Tolmin, Slovenia – Punk Rock Holiday

08/09/2024 – Zdynia, Poland – Zdynia DIY Fest

08/10/2024 – Leipzig, Germany – Naumanns

08/11/2024 – Hanover, Germany – Mephisto

In adition to the music video, the band and Pirates Press Records will be promoting the LP’s release with a Picture Flexi single which will be available free with purchase from the label’s webstore in the near future. The popular format is an ideal showcase for the album’s ominous art direction courtesy of artist & designer Eli Atkins.