Party Cannon Sign to Unique Leader, Drop New Single
Love ’em or hate ’em, U.K. party slam band Party Cannon are doing big things, as they recently signed to Unique Leader Records. Not only that, but they’re releasing their first new album on that label titled Injuries Are Inevitable on Friday, April 26.
According to the band, the forthcoming full-length is a concept album based on the infamous New Jersey amusement park Action Park, which gained notoriety for all the insanity, injuries, and death that happened there in the 80s and 90s.
“We are hyped to announce Unique Leader Records are joining the party—a label that should know much better. It’s amazing to be working with the label that put out such classics as Gorgasm, Disgorge, Inveracity, Disavowed as well as current favorites such as Waking the Cadaver, Disentomb, and KRraaNIUM and we can’t thank them enough for having us onboard. Now I know what all you fellow death metal mega virgins are thinking, an underground brutal band signs to a bigger label, have they gone soft? I can assure you that we’re not the type of band to get a bigger advance and start making the softest music imaginable under the guise of ‘good songwriting’, Unique Leader encouraged us to make the most sonically offensive album we could. This is pure, 1000% Party Slam in its most concentrated form.
“Injuries Are Inevitable’ is our first concept album, the main influence being the documentary ‘Class Action Park’ about the iconic Action Park. The park was an infamous landmark in the 80s due to its complete disregard for any kind of rules or safety. Park guests were free to do as they please and staff were undertrained and often very drunk – most of the rides were designed and built by people who had no idea what they were doing. All this plus a massive party atmosphere resulted in ridiculous antics, serious injuries, and a number of deaths. We felt this really embodied the Party Cannon spirit and was the perfect subject matter for a concept album.”
To celebrate those major announcements, the band released a video for the first single off the new album, “Weird, But Not Illegal.” As the opening track to the album, Party Cannon say the track is the perfect embodiment of the concept of “party slam.”
“If someone asked you to define our sound, you’d blast this song. Hitting that sweet spot between slamming brutal death metal and goregrind, it’s packed full of fast blasts, inhuman noises, and repulsive slime this is exactly the song you need to hit a PR today. The last minute of the song is some of the most offensively danceable stuff we’ve ever written so we better see you getting dumb in the pit. The title covers the moral and legal grey area that Action Park operated in and how a lot of their practices only just fell in line with the law.
“We really wanted to avoid the normal ‘band plays in front of background’ style video for this song and put out something ridiculous and entertaining. The video was filmed by Calum McMillan in Glasgow and is a tribute to our love of B-move horror films and stupid early 2000s stoner films. It is full of ridiculous gags, greenscreen effects, and tributes to some of favourite films.”
Injuries Are Inevitable will be released on April 26 via Unique Leader Records, but you can preorder your copy or presave it on your platform of choice today.
INJURIES ARE INEVITABLE Track Listing:
- Weird, But Not Illegal
- Test The Chute
- Not Immediately Life Threatening
- Layne Staley Went Down The Slip n’ Slide
- Alpine Spine
- 1983
- Cannonball Loop
- Safety Is Not Priority
- Bonus Ambulance
- Human Slime
