First LP in nearly 14 years, ‘Here Comes Our Wave’ out now via Dine Alone Records.

Jim Lindberg, (who is also the lead singer and songwriter of the iconic California skate punk band Pennywise) says, “We are very happy to share the music video for the opening track ‘I Think I’m Paranoid’ off our new album ‘Here Comes Our Wave’. A huge thank you to JP Cordero and Felony Ron McIntyre and crew for helping direct, film and edit the video – and to all my friends and family who appeared in the video, especially my mom.” ‘Here Comes Our Wave’ is out now on Toronto-based label Dine Alone Records (home to The Dirty Nil, Jimmy Eat World, NOBRO). It was recorded, mixed, and mastered by at Buzzbomb Studios in Orange, CA, across two sessions in spring and fall of 2023. The Black Pacific, which previously released a self-titled debut on SideOneDummy Records in 2010, showcases songs solely written and performed by Lindberg, featuring his longtime collaborator and drummer Alan Vega. The long-awaited follow-up to their debut album, ‘Here Comes Our Wave’, is a powerful and thought-provoking release from The Black Pacific. It reflects a sense of resignation to our flawed world while remaining hopeful that love and respect for nature can help us navigate even the stormiest seas. “I’ve been writing songs for Pennywise and various side projects for many years, and I’ve amassed a catalog of hundreds of demos, literally boxes of cassette tapes and CD’s and hard drives from the last few decades” says Lindberg. “Some of the songs weren’t right for Pennywise, and all of these songs I worked on with Alan from The Black Pacific so it just made sense to put out under that name. When I pick up an electric guitar this is the music that comes out of me, regardless of what name it comes out under.”

The album kicks off with the hyper-kinetic opening track and lead-off single, ‘I Think I’m Paranoid’. Lindberg says of the track, “I’ve had this song for a while now and it was about all the senseless violence, terrorism, government conspiracies and divisiveness that make you want to move to a desert island somewhere, but now I’ve updated it to include hate groups, militias and global pandemics, so it’s basically just a panic attack with distorted guitars at 120 Beats Per Minute.”