Gonna Midwest galavant in July with a couple of our favorites from the Twin Cities.
Tickets go up Friday at noon. Links in our bio. Now go look up what pumpernickel literally means.
We’re rolling back out west in August for a couple shows! First we’ll be in LA to celebrate all things @recessrecords at @sardinepedro in San Pedro. I don’t even know who we’re playing with exactly but it doesn’t matter. Every night of this thing always rules every year.
And then we’re heading up to god’s country, San Francisco! Where we’ll spend two nights cele-mourning the near end of @bottomofthehillsf . It’s rare we get a chance to play with the old homies in @dasowth.sgh so expect a night riddled with concise and articulate stage banter and harmonies so expertly executed that the heavens open up to the devils farts. The very definition of a eSan Francisco treat.
There’s links to tix to all of this in our bio
After who knows how many fucking years since we headlined a San Francisco show…behold: 2 nights at the legendary Bottom Of The Hill in August! Tickets on sale Friday link in bio yadda yadda.
We don’t do a lot of these kind of things, but if you ever wondered things like how we started, the true meaning behind the song Gainesville, whether Billy’s probationary status will ever end especially after he left me hanging in Japan on the first time we ever played Don’t Happy Be Worry live…it’s all covered here. Also, possibly the new world record for the most times someone has ever said “yeah” or “sure” in a 90 minute conversation. Sorry to @jugheadsbasement about that. Make a drinking game out of it you’ll get hammered right quick.
Just got the word from the Modist Brewing peeps that if you’re planning on coming out this Saturday night you probably wanna grab a ticket.
Ándale ding dong.
We’ve got so much cool shit to post from the Japan tour, and we’ll get to that, but real quick just wanted to thank @factionpunk for supporting Don’t Happy Be Worry. For everyone who’s checked it out so far thanks so much! It means everything that people still give a shit about our dumb old midwestern asses making new music.
Recess Romp returns for its fifth installment with a four-day celebration of punk, garage, and underground music at The Sardine in San Pedro, CA, August 13–16, 2026.
This year’s lineup includes Dillinger Four, Off With Their Heads, Toys That Kill, Alice Bag, The Arrivals, Scared Of Chaka, Jumpstarted Plowhards ft. Mike Watt — plus a wave of rising voices from the global punk underground.
Head to New Noise Magazine to check out the first wave of bands. More announcements coming soon!
Tix on sale 4/10 at 10 AM PT → recessops.com
