State Champs announce new album "Around The World And Back" out on October 16th!

State Champs have announced that they will release their sophomore LP "Around the World and Back" via Pure Noise Records on October 16. Additionally, they are streaming the first single "Secrets" and pre-order for the album is now available.

The Albany, NY pop punk band has had a busy 2015, first supporting All Time Low on their US tour and most recently touring Australia supporting 5 Seconds of Summer. They will embark this week on a headlining US run, followed by an appearance at Long Island's Mixtape Festival in August and then a European headlining tour that kicks off in September (all tour dates below).

Formed in 2010, State Champs have released 2 EPs on Pure Noise and their 2013 debut LP "The Finer Things", which charted at #131 on the Billboard Top 200. Committed road warriors, they have toured the US and Europe multiple times with the likes of Motion City Soundtrack, Bayside, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far and the entirety of the Vans 2014 Warped Tour.

Watch the video of "Secrets" by clicking on the image below or listen to it on this link.

"Around the World and Back" was engineered by Kyle Black (Paramore, New Found Glory, Strung Out) and produced by Black and State Champs vocalist Derek Discanio.

"Around the World and Back" tracklist:

1. Eyes Closed
2. Secrets
3. Losing Myself
4. All You Are Is History
5. Perfect Score
6. All Or Nothing
7. Shape Up
8. Back and Forth
9. Around The World And Back
10. Breaking Ground
11. Tooth And Nail

European Tour:

• 15/09 - Belfast, Ireland @ Bar Sub/QUB Students Union *
• 16/09 - Dublin, Ireland @ Academy 2 *
• 17/09 - Liverpool, UK @ O2 Academy 2 *
• 18/09 - Birmingham, UK @ Asylum *
• 19/09 - Newcastle, UK @ O2 Academy 2 *
• 21/09 - Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts *
• 22/09 - Leeds, UK @ Stylus *
• 23/09 - Manchester, UK @ Sound Control *
• 24/09 - Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms *
• 25/09 - London, UK @ O2 Islington Academy *
• 26/09 - Southampton, UK @ 1865 *
• 28/09 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Kavka
• 29/09 - Paris, France @ Backstage By The Mill *
• 30/09 - Hamburg, Germany @ Logo *
• 01/10 - Cologne, Germany @ MTC *
• 02/10 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Winston *
• 03/10 - Kingston, UK @ Hippodrome *

* w/ Knuckle Puck & Roam