Rival Schools celebrate 25th anniversary with reissues and East Coast tour
Beloved post-hardcore band Rival Schools are celebrating the big 25 with some reissues and represses.
Today, the band announced plans to reissue the deluxe edition of their 2011 studio album Pedals, which will include an additional trio of live songs recorded while on tour in Germany. Rival Schools will also repress their 2013 studio album Found as well as their 2001 debut album United By Fate. Pre-orders for these three releases, which will be released via Run For Cover Records, can be made here. All pre-orders will ship in mid-September 2024.
Rival Schools also announced a handful of East Coast shows with support from Webbed Wing and Hollow Suns on all dates; Twowayradio and Glom will join the trek on select dates. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday (June 28) at 10 a.m. local time here. Pre-sale tickets are live right now with the code SmallDoses.
Rival Schools tour dates
10/17 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes *
10/18 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl **
10/19 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair *
10/20 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom *
10/21 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
10/22 Washington, DC @ The Atlantis **
5/7 London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall
* w/ Webbed Wing, Hollow Suns, Twowayradio
** w/ Webbed Wing, Hollow Suns, Glom
Pedals (Deluxe) track list:
1. Wring It Out
2. 69 Guns
3. Eyes Wide Open
4. Choose Your Adventure
5. Racing to Red Lights
6. Shot After Shot
7. A Parts for B Actors
8. Big Waves
9. Small Doses
10. The Ghost Is out There
11. You Should Have Hung Out (b-side)
12. Arranged Marriages (b-side)
13. Paranoid Detectives (b-side)
14. Wring It Out (St. Paulli Sessions)
15. 69 Guns (St. Paulli Sessions)
16. Small Doses (St. Paulli Sessions)
17. The Ghost Is Out There (St. Paulli Sessions)
Found track list:
1. Dreamlife Avenger
2. Reaching Out
3. Indisposable Heroes
4. Paranoid Detectives
5. On The Fray
6. The Soft Skin
7. Tell It All To Me
8. Missing Glider
9. Big Waves
10. Sofia Loren
11. Why Can't I Touch It