{"product_id":"wagon-burner-crystal-clear-vinyl-lp","title":"Wagon Burner: Crystal Clear Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFollowing their packed-out first EU and UK headline tour last month, \u003cstrong\u003eDead Pioneers,\u003c\/strong\u003e the Indigenous fronted punk band from Denver CO, are now preparing to unleash their third album \u003cstrong\u003e‘Wagon Burner’\u003c\/strong\u003e, set for release \u003cstrong\u003eJune 26th via Hassle Records\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDead Pioneers is rooted in a 2020 piece called \u003cem\u003eThe Punk Pan-Indian Romantic Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e, a deeply personal work that dealt with \u003cstrong\u003evocalist Gregg Deal’s \u003c\/strong\u003ecultural upbringing. Following an embryonic performance of the piece, Deal secured a grant to expand it to include music created especially for the work. \u003cem\u003e“The idea was to mix spoken-word with punk music”\u003c\/em\u003e explains Deal, who hooked up with \u003cstrong\u003edrummer Shane Zweygardt\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eguitarist Abe Brennan\u003c\/strong\u003e during lockdown and began kicking the concept around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut what became \u003cstrong\u003eDead Pioneers\u003c\/strong\u003e didn’t truly take shape until Deal connected with \u003cstrong\u003ebassist Lee Tesche\u003c\/strong\u003e, who you may know from righteous Atlantan post-punks \u003cstrong\u003eAlgiers\u003c\/strong\u003e. Unlikely as it sounds, a conversation between Tesche and Deal about \u003cstrong\u003eSleaford Mods\u003c\/strong\u003e evolved into a creative connection that’s now three albums deep; the arrival of \u003cstrong\u003eguitarist Joshua Rivera\u003c\/strong\u003e made the quintet quorate. \u003cem\u003e“Josh is Mexican-American,”\u003c\/em\u003e says Deal. \u003cem\u003e“He is also inherently indigenous, under a different set of circumstances within colonialism. But I consider him to be my indigenous brother. We spend a lot of time trying to figure out how all of this fits together.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA miraculous, natural chemistry made this supposed one-off project an actual band almost as soon as they cut what became their \u003cstrong\u003e2023 self-titled debut album\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003e“We approached it like I approach my visual art: execute quickly, first thought is best thought,” \u003c\/em\u003eDeal says), but they didn’t necessarily take it seriously until, unexpectedly, the outside world did. \u003cem\u003e“I was like, we’ve made this record – what should I do with it? Put it online?”\u003c\/em\u003e Deal remembers. The response was vigorously positive, and soon came demands to commit this noise to vinyl. A first thousand-copy pressing sold out in minutes. \u003cem\u003e“So then we pressed another thousand,”\u003c\/em\u003e he adds, still marvelling at it all. \u003cem\u003e“And then they were gone, too.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhat followed was \u003cem\u003e“a series of strange accidents”\u003c\/em\u003e that led to the group signing to Hassle, befriending \u003cstrong\u003eJello Biafra\u003c\/strong\u003e and touring with kindred spirits like \u003cstrong\u003ePennywise\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePropaghandi\u003c\/strong\u003e, even \u003cstrong\u003ePearl Jam\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003e“Punk-rock had made everything seem so accessible when I was a kid,”\u003c\/em\u003e says Deal. \u003cem\u003e“Like, simply having the balls to get up on stage and stage dive and then be carried off by people that become your best friends once they get your feet back on the ground.”\u003c\/em\u003e Now, punk-rock was reaching out its hands to \u003cstrong\u003eDead Pioneers\u003c\/strong\u003e and pulling them onto larger and larger stages. The group returned that favour by simply getting better and better: their second album, \u003cstrong\u003e2025’s PO$T AMERICAN\u003c\/strong\u003e, was sharper, angrier, funnier than the debut, a riot riveted with punch-a-Nazi thrills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnd now, \u003cstrong\u003eWagon Burner,\u003c\/strong\u003e their fearsome third album. Described by Deal as \u003cem\u003e“more collaborative”,\u003c\/em\u003e it’s a heavier, harder but also more accessible set, vicious hooks scattered among the punk-rock melee and guest appearances by kindred spirits \u003cstrong\u003eCheap Perfume\u003c\/strong\u003e (on the righteous\u003cstrong\u003e ‘Nazi Teeth’\u003c\/strong\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eThe Interrupters \u003c\/strong\u003e(on the shout-a-long anthem \u003cstrong\u003e‘Never Alone’\u003c\/strong\u003e) and, bringing it back to the group’s beginnings, \u003cstrong\u003eSleaford Mods\u003c\/strong\u003e (on the searing slow-burn of \u003cstrong\u003e‘The Worst Among Us’\u003c\/strong\u003e). The world might be darkening by the day, but\u003cstrong\u003e Dead Pioneers\u003c\/strong\u003e are rising to that miserable occasion, casting their empowering light into the gloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDead Pioneers:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGregg Deal\u003c\/strong\u003e – vocals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosh Rivera\u003c\/strong\u003e – guitar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbe Brennan\u003c\/strong\u003e - guitar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLee Tesche\u003c\/strong\u003e – bass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShane Zweygardt\u003c\/strong\u003e – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGENRE \u003c\/strong\u003e-- Punk, Alternative, Rock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFFO\u003c\/strong\u003e -- IDLES, Bad Religion, Amyl and the Sniffers, Lambrini Girls, Bob Vylan, Soft Play, The Interrupters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIDE A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1. 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