Hamilton, ON Punk Rock lifers The Penske File returned this month with their new album Reprieve. The album is a cathartic, high-energy collection of songs about aging, change, and clinging to the light that is available through streaming platforms on vinyl via Stomp Records & Gunner Records. The album captures the trio’s sharpened bond and renewed creative spark, whilst lead single, Almost Young, offers one of the record’s most personal and reflective moments, Reprieve is far from one-note. Written in the wake of renewed touring energy after 2023’s Half Glow, the album swings between blistering Punk catharsis, brooding Rock anthems, and spacious, melodic reflections. The Penske File set out to capture the communal fire of their live show on record, tracking drums, guitar, and bass live-off-the-floor at Halo Studios before layering vocals and guitar overdubs at their longtime best friend and producer, Adam Michael‘s Shrimp Studios.

At its core, the record’s focus track, Almost Young, is about holding on to the tenacity and glow of youth as it begins to slip away. Written in the midst of conversations about having children, frontman Travis Miles reflects on fear, change, and self-discovery before arriving at a hopeful realization: growing older doesn’t mean losing what’s beautiful about youth. The track evolved through intense collaboration. drummer Alex Standen and bassist James Hall shaped the vocal hooks and harmonies, while the band’s friend Chuck Coles (Brown Brigade / Cauterize / Organ Thieves / The Creepshow) penned the killer guitar lick that runs throughout. Adam Michael encouraged restraint in producing the arrangement, keeping the focus on the song’s most resonant parts. The result is a soaring Punk Rock anthem that Travis Miles first sketched out in fear and later listened back to with joy as his daughter crawled on the floor beneath the speakers. 

The Penske File will on tour next month in support of Reprieve with a run of dates across Germany and Switzerland, the band will return to home shores for a trio of Canadian dates in December. You can view The Penske File‘s tour dates and purchase tickets here.

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