Santa Barbara, CA's Versus The World are touring the UK and Europe in support of their Cameron Webb-produced album “The Bastards Live Forever” out now via SBÄM Records. The trek includes shows with Pennywise, NOFX, Snuff and more. See dates below.
Stream the LP here: https://bfan.link/the-bastards-live-forever
Of the album, singer Donald Spence says, "I can’t tell you how much work went into this collection of songs.I’d always been taught that if what you were working on wasn’t (what you thought) was your best... start over. Never put anything into the world that you were not absolutely sure of."
"The Bastards Live Forever" consists of 11 songs crafted to perfection. VTW's unique style of melodic post-punk elevates every member's skill from their other projects including Chris Flippin of Lagwagon. Obviously, Versus The World is not all about musical craft but you can hear a passion and an urge to scream out deeply rooted feelings in every syllable throughout the record.
About Versus The World:
A post-punk unit from Santa Barbara, California featuring members of Lagwagon and Good Riddance, Versus the World issued its eponymous debut album in 2005 on Kung Fu Records. Drawing from their dense pedigree the band blends elements of pop-punk, melodic post-hardcore and troubadour-style vocals by founding frontman Donald Spence. Versus the World has toured extensively worldwide on subsequent releases Drink.Sing.Live.Love (2012) and Homesick/Roadsick (2015) in support of bands such as No Use for a Name, The Ataris, Lagwagon and MxPx. In 2021 the band teamed up with producer Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Megadeth) to make 'The Bastards Live Forever' which is due out in May 2023 on SBÄM Records.
Tour Dates:
- 13.5 - London, UK @ New Cross Inn
- 14.5 - Huddersfield, UK @ The Parish
- 15.5 - Cambridge, UK @ Six Six Bar
- 16.5 - Liege, BE @ Kultura w/ The Last Gang
- 17.5 - Hannover, DE @ Monster Records
- 18.5 - NOFX Eindhoven @ Ketelhuisplein
- 30.5 - Vienna @ Rhiz
- 31.5 - SBAM Fest Wels, AT @ Alter Schlachthof
- 01.6 - SBAM Fest Stuttgart, DE @ Im Wizeman
- 02.6 - Zurich @ Dynamo w/SNUFF
- 03.6 - Hamburg, DE @ Markthalle w/Pennywise
- 04.6 - Erfurt, DE @ AJZ Erfurt w/ DFL
- 05.6 - Berlin, DE @ Wild at Heart
A post-punk unit from Santa Barbara, California featuring members of Lagwagon and Good Riddance, Versus the World issued their eponymous debut album in 2005 on Kung Fu Records. Drawing from their dense pedigree the band blends elements of pop-punk, melodic post-hardcore and troubadour-style vocals by founding frontman Donald Spence. Versus the World has toured extensively worldwide on subsequent releases Drink.Sing.Live.Love (2012) and Homesick/Roadsick (2015) in support of bands such as No Use for a Name, The Ataris, Lagwagon and MxPx. In 2021 the band teamed up with producer Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Megadeth) to make The Bastards Live Forever which is due out in May 2023 on SBÄM Records.
