Grade 2 - Grade 2

50 years after the genre turned the music world upside-down, GRADE 2 bring the raw power of old school punk to a new generation. Their second release on Tim Armstrong's legendary Hellcat Records is a thumping 15 track tour de force melding the uncompromising ethos of punk with the howl of contemporary injustice, personal identity and frustrations of Gen-Z youth, authentically told by three lads with punk coursing through their veins.Formed on their native Isle of Wight when they were just 14 years old, Jack Chatfield (guitar & vocals), Jacob Hull (drums) and Sid Ryan (bass & vocals)honed their craft covering punk pioneers before creating a sound uniquely theirs: ten years on, the eponymous Grade 2 is their magnum opus.The new album was produced by the band along with Tim Timebomb (Armstrong) and T.J. Rivers at Armstrong's Ship Rec Studio in Los Angeles. �Returning to Ship Rec Studio resparked that magic dynamic� says guitarist Jack Chatfield. �When we're in there I feel like we reach our full potential. Tim would offer tweaks and tips for some songs, while others he'd compliment as finished first time we played them.� �We worked flat-out recording this record,� says drummer Jacob Hull, �but we never felt pressured, Tim keeping us in the zone to make the best tunes of our lives.