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The Blue Stones new single, "Shakin' Off the Rust," will be on their as yet untitled upcoming sophomore album due out in 2020. For this new collection, they worked with producer and frequent twenty one pilots collaborator and MUTEMATH front-man, Paul Meany. “There were times along the way where I felt I wasn’t good enough, “ explains The Blue Stones member Tarek Jafar of the new single. “Or that I didn’t deserve any happiness or success. This song is about battling those thoughts in your head that make you doubt yourself, and coming through with the confidence to make something great.”

Canadian musician-producer Goody Grace recently teamed up with Blink-182 on the new single, "Scumbag. "The new single pairs clean guitar and a signature Travis Barker drum beat as Goody trades vocals with Mark Hoppus over production from multi-platinum production duo The Futuristics (Lil Wayne, Halsey, G-Eazy). Goody said, "Blink-182 is the reason I started playing guitar when I was a kid. Their music helped me through my entire childhood & teenage years and I couldn't be more honored to have them on a song of mine. Travis Barker reached out to me last Fall to open for Blink in Las Vegas and we've became great friends since then. I hope 'Scumbag' can be the anthem for people's lives such as Blink's entire discography is for me."
 

“Disaster Party” is the new single from Magic Giant inspired by the L.A. fires. Magic Giant's Austin Bisnow said, “The band was out in the valley recording at a studio that almost got consumed by flames. The neighborhood got together and created their own mini force and fought the fire themselves when needed.  When everyone was gathered at the center before evacuation, it was the first time some neighbors who absolutely lived within a few houses of each other for years ever shared a word. The energy in the air wasn’t static. It was electric. For the first time it was not a neighborhood but a community. That kind of meeting, those real words exchanged, are a Disaster Party.” Magic Giant will be heading out on a co-headline tour with American Authors on January 16th.
 

“Used To Like” is the first new music from Neon Trees in five years. The new single will be on their forthcoming fourth full-length album due out next year via Thrill Forever LLC/ADA. Regarding the single’s deep meaning, Neon Trees front-man Tyler Glenn comments, “There’s a bliss period in a relationship with another person where you’re not able to see the flaws or the problems, because the joy of being together overshadows it. All the things that complicate it or scare you are the very things you used to like about it. This song is about wanting so bad to get back to that time, that feeling, that energy, and the lengths you will go to in order to get there.”