Santa Cruz, CA – June 2024 Hardcore punks Seized Up have released ‘Hanging In The Balance’ the first single off their upcoming second LP ‘Modify The Sacred’.

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 sonic onslaught of blistering, dark hardcore punk, is the first taste of Seized Up’s eagerly anticipated second LP, ‘Modify The Sacred’. Featuring an impressive pedigree including members of BL’AST!, Good Riddance, The Distillers, Fast Asleep, the band 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. Pirates Press Records is proud to commune with Seized Up in a darkened wood to conjure album on four unholy vinyl variants: 12” Classic Black Vinyl, 12” Algae Marble Vinyl, 12” Easter Yellow with Sea Blue Moon Phase Vinyl, and 12” White inside Sea Blue inside Oxblood Vinyl with Black Splatter! Seized Up embarks on a European tour in early August leading up to the album’s release.

SEIZED UP TOUR DATES:
08/02/2024 – Duffel, Belgium – Brakrock
08/03/2024 – Stuttgart, Germany – Umsonst & Draussen
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