Richmond hardcore-and-more band Candy are already having a great year since releasing one of 2024’s best albums so far with It’s Inside You (Relapse), and now they’ve announced that they’ll keep the momentum going with a new EP, Flipping (get it?), released on October 16 via Triple B Records, the label that put out their 2018 debut LP Good To Feel. The lead single “Football” is out now, and it’s a 58-second ripper that finds the band in no-frills, fast hardcore mode. Check out the song and its video (created by guitarist and primary songwriter Michael Quick) below. Pre-order it here.
The EP was produced and engineered by Converge’s Kurt Ballou, and its artwork is a sorta-NSFW painting by Andrew Barnes that “[depicts] the long term global effects of America’s ritualistic pleasure-seeking habits,” a theme that’s also present in the “Football” video. Fiddlehead/Have Heart vocalist Pat Flynn called it “best artwork in last 10 years.”
Candy recently kicked off a tour with Jivebomb, Taraneh, Extinguish, and Gumm (lineups varying by date), and they’re hitting Minneapolis tonight (9/24). All dates and the tour poster below.
Earlier this year, Candy told us about 10 of their favorite vocalists.
Tracklist
1. Flipping
2. In the Feelings We Chase
3. Football
4. Endless
5. Horse Crazy
6. Chrome Country
Candy — 2024 Tour Dates
9/24 – Minneapolis, MN @ Underground Music Cafe
9/25 – Kansas City, MO @ recordBar
9/26 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep%
9/27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Stateside Scooters
9/28 – Las Vegas, NV @ American Legion Post 8+
9/29 – San Fernando, CA @ Midnight Hour+
10/1 – Pomona, CA @ The Haven+
10/3 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar+
10/4 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress+
10/6 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger#
10/7 – Houston, TX @ The End#
10/8 – Memphis, TN @ Growlers#
10/9 – Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR#
10/10 – Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone#
10/11 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506#
10/12 – Richmond, VA @ The Warehouse#
11/2 – Tampa, FL @ THe Orpheum*
11/4 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues*
11/5 – Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall*
11/6 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade – Heaven Stage*
11/8 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater*
11/9 – Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room & Garage*
11/11 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre*
11/13 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s*
11/14 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge*
11/15 – Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs*
11/16 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage*
11/17 – Albany, NY @ Empire Live*
11/18 – Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre*
11/19 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix COncert Theatre*
11/21 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium*
11/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw*
11/23 – New Kensington, PA @ Preserving Underground*
11/24 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre*
11/26 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater*
11/27 – Winnipeg, MB @ Exchange Event Centre*
11/29 – Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre*
11/30 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall*
12/2 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre*
12/3 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon*
12/4 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre*
12/6 – Berkeley, CA @ THe UC Theatre*
12/7 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater*
+ = w/ support from Extinguish
# = w/ support from Gumm
% = w/ support from ZULU
* = supporting Exodus