As part of their ongoing tour, Nate Ruess’ recently-reunited the Format have been hosting little pop-up shindigs called Saturdays In The Park, where they spend Saturdays in a nearby park doing free acoustic performances and spotlighting local organizations doing good work. Sometimes those performances include special guests, and this past Saturday in Boston Common, that special guest was Joyce Manor frontman Barry Johnson.
Zebrahead have offered up the first taste of the final piece of their recent series of EPs, and it finds them in suitably energetic form.
Titled ‘BURN BURN BURN’, it’s a track that embodies all of the chaos and catchiness that has propelled the band forward through all of the years. From the rollicking beat to the final sensational melody, it’s a screeching weasel of a ride, full of banshee wails, lightning-fast solos and endless cheekiness.
It feels as fresh as it feels like home. More than anything, it sounds like nobody but Zebrahead.
Vocalist Ali Tabatabaee had this to say about the release, stating, “‘Burn, Burn, Burn’ is straight energy from the jump. “It’s aggressive but still super melodic, and it’s got this bounce to it that just makes you want to move.”
Drummer Ed Udhusadd, “‘Burn Burn Burn’ is our version of Slayer and Taylor Swift doing Redbull vodka shots at the pool on Spring Break till 6AM.”
Whilst guitarist Dan Palmer concludes, “‘Burn, Burn, Burn’ is a slammer of a song that kicks off the release of a new batch of songs! It’s heavy, melodic, and it has one of the shreddiest solos I’ve ever done! I’m really proud of this one, and it’ll get the headbangers banging away!”
It’s taken from the newly announced EP ‘O’, which completes the band’s series of four, following up 2021’s ‘III’, 2023’s ‘II’ and 2024’s ‘I’.
They also have a lot of touring pencilled in for 2026, and you can check out all the dates below:
APRIL
11 – DENVER Mission Ballroom
MAY
09 – MONTERREY Día Libre Festival 23 – HATFIELD Slam Dunk Festival South 24 – LEEDS Slam Dunk Festival
JUNE
11-13 – INTERLAKEN Greenfield Festival 20 – NEUHAUSEN OB ECK Southside Festival 21 – SCHEEßELHurricane Festival
AUGUST
14-15 – TOKYO/OSAKA SummerSonic
NOVEMBER
16 – UTRECHT TivoliVredenburg 17 – EINDHOVEN Dynamo 18 – ANTWERPEN Kavka Zappa 19 – LUXEMBOURG CITY den Atelier 20 – PARIS La Maroquinerie 21 – VILLEURBANNE La Rayonne 22 – MILAN Legend Club 24 – LJUBJANA Kino Šiška 25 – ZAGREB Boogaloo 26 – BUDAPEST Dürer Kert 27 – VIENNA Brauerei Ottakringer 28 – WARSAW Klub Hydrozagadka 29 – PRAGUE Rock Café
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According to the band:
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