Pop punk heroes State Champs return with explosive new single Dead and Gone, and news on their forthcoming third album, Living Proof, out in June.

Finally! I’ve been waiting for this for ages. State Champs are back and ready to shake up the pop-punk world once more.

Dead and Gone is the first single taken from their third studio album Living Proof, which will be released on June 15th. Bringing forth their punchy lyricism and fiery energy, we’re already geared up for their upcoming crazy live shows. There’s also a sick video to accompany their new banger so check it out below.

Always pushing  themselves to new heights without ever forgetting where they came from, State Champs are set to release their most ambitious and cohesive material to date.

Vocalist Derek DiScanio says of the writing process:

‘Living Proof’ has a lot to do with independence, and finding the independence within you, embracing the mixed emotions that fall in your lap a lot of the time. There are songs on this album about everything. There’s break-ups, and flings, love, loss, all of that. I’ve seen a little bit of everything through this writing process

It was like, let’s take as many swings at it, try as many new things and experiment, until we get to the point where we could start searching through it all and then find the album.

State Champs collaborated with some of pop-punk’s heaviest hitters, as the band co-wrote songs with Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low and Mark Hoppus from Blink-182. Though State Champs had no intention of working with Hoppus, the punk legend stopped by John Feldmann’s studio while the band was recording and quickly took a liking to them.

DiScanio explains:

We had no idea he was even coming in. Then the next day, me and Mark Hoppus are just sitting out by John Feldmann’s pool writing lyrics from scratch. And that ultimately ended up being ‘Dead And Gone,’ which is the first single on the record.

Living Proof follows up their 2015’s record Around The World And Back, and it will be released on June 15th via Pure Noise Records.

Tracklisting

01. Criminal
02. Frozen
03. Crystal Ball
04. Dead and Gone
05. Lightning
06. Our Time To Go
07. Safehaven
08. Something About You
09. The Fix Up
10. Cut Through The Static
11. Mine Is Gold
12. Time Machine
13. Sidelines