NJ punk vets The Bouncing Souls have announced a new album, Born To Be, due out June 26. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s Ten Stories High, and it was produced by Will Yip. Opening track “The Light” is classic Souls, and you can hear that, and see the album’s cover art and tracklist, below.
We have an exclusive “Half Black/Half Yellow” vinyl variant, limited to 300 copies and available for pre-order in the BV shop.
Bouncing Souls will be on tour throughout 2026 and into 2027, celebrating the new album and the anniversaries of Maniacal Laughter, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, and The Gold Record. The Suicide Machines will join them for most shows, performing their album Destruction by Definition, and July shows are also with Death by Stereo and The Drowns; September dates are with Strike Anywhere and Human Issue; December shows are with The Flatliners and The Jack Knives; and February dates are with The Aggrolites and Dead Bars. See all dates below.
Bouncing Souls will also be doing their annual “Stoked for the Summer” Show at Asbury Park’s Stone Pony Summer Stage on June 27, which is with Less Than Jake, The Lawrence Arms, Bane, School Drugs, and Twenty Two. Tickets are on sale now.
THE BOUNCING SOULS – BORN TO BE TRACKLIST
The Light
Bordertown
As One
All The Good Things
Only Echoes
Power
Lighthouse
Asshole Friends
United
Born To Be
THE BOUNCING SOULS / THE SUICIDE MACHINES: 2026-2027 TOUR DATES
Jun 27 – Stone Pony Summer Stage – Asbury Park, NJ !
Jul 9 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO *
Jul 10 – Slowdown – Omaha, NE *
Jul 11 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN *
Jul 12 – Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB *
Jul 14 – Midway Music Hall – Edmonton, AB *
Jul 15 – Palace Theatre – Calgary, AB *
Jul 17 – Kelowna Event Centre – Kelowna, BC *
Jul 18 – Fourth Corner Punk Fest – Bellingham, WA *
Sep 10 – The Beacham – Orlando, FL %
Sep 11 – Music Farm – Charleston, SC %
Sep 12 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC %
Sep 13 – The Underground – Charlotte, NC %
Sep 15 – The National – Richmond, VA %
Sep 16 – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD %
Sep 17 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY %
Sep 18 – Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH %
Sep 20 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI %
Dec 2 – House of Blues – Cleveland, OH +
Dec 3 – Skully’s Music-Diner – Columbus, OH +
Dec 6 – The Bronson – Ottawa, ON +
Dec 9 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT +
Dec 10 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA +
Dec 11 – Black Cat – Washington, DC +
Feb 12 – The Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA ^@
Feb 13 – The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA ^@
Feb 15 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV ^@
Feb 16 – The Belasco – Los Angeles, CA @
Feb 17 – The UC Theatre – Berkeley, CA ^@
Feb 19 – Revolution Hall – Portland, OR ^@
! with Less Than Jake, The Lawrence Arms, Bane, School Drugs, Twenty Two, no Suicide Machines
* with Death By Stereo & The Drowns
% with Strike Anywhere and Human Issue
+ with The Flatliners and The Jack Knives
^ with The Aggrolites
@ with Dead Bars