One month after giving fans a taste of bolder, brasher music with single “Prayers,” renowned punk act Bayside is taking things one step further with the announcement of their new album, Interrobang, out October 4th, 2019 via Hopeless Records. With release day just two weeks away, Interrobang is a total shock-and-awe of riff-heavy rock tunes, including the newly debuted title track “Interrobang.” For the past 20 years, the Queens-based, Bayside has represented a lifestyle, a counterculture, and a deeply held conviction, diverse in thought and background but united by a shared desire for authentic expression. At their core, Bayside is a band that has constantly proved that music is not about gimmicks and ephemeral trends, but a timeless reflection of our lives and our times. It is through this timelessness and consistency that they continue to cultivate a cult-following that lives and breathes everything the band creates. After 2018’s hugely-successful melody/arrangement-driven, acoustic album and tour, Acoustic Volume 2, the band explored what a Bayside song could be. These weren’t “stripped down” versions of BAYSIDE songs so much as they are completely new discoveries, refashioned and broadened by possibility. The shows were not “quieter” or “mellow” affairs, but raucous sing-alongs that stretched the bands’ musicianship and vocal chords and invigorated the band as they headed the studio to record their eighth studio full-length, Interrobang. Interrobang is a punctuation mark that combines an exclamation and a question mark. For Anthony Raneri, the band’s frontman/lead vocals/guitar, the title represents the feelings the album invokes from the listener. “We wanted the record to feel exciting and new, but also sound like a natural progression for the band,” Raneri explains, “We just wanted to keep the listener on their toes – there is a ton of information being thrown out – and if you want to take it all in – you can’t stop paying attention for a second.” The result is the heaviest rock album of the band’s career juxtaposed with the most catchy, melodic hooks the band has ever created.