Balance and Composure have posted a full stream of the digital reissue of their debut EP, I Just Want to Be Pure. The release notably includes three bonus/previously unreleased acoustic tracks: new arrangements of “Only Boundaries” and “I Can’t Do This Alone” (the originals of which appeared on last year’s Only Boundaries EP) and a cover of the Smiths’ “Bigmouth Strikes Again” (the original of which appears on 1986’s The Queen Is Dead).

You can check out the stream at their Bandcamp page.
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Boston, MA’s Junius have announced a lengthy run of North American dates. The band will be joined by Orbs on the first leg and Valient Thorr and Howl on the second.

The band continues to support 2009’s The Martyrdom of a Catrastophist.
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Prior to their August tour supporting Swingin’ Utters in the US, Scranton’s The Menzingers will play a handful of Canadian dates in support of their recent full length Chamberlain Waits. This week the band will support the Gaslight Anthem and Tim Barry in Toronto and play shows in Ontario and Quebec with Mockingbird Wish Me Luck.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking this week:

• A few quotes from Ted Leo from an interview were misinterpreted, and the musician put a rest to the “early retirement” talk
• Drummer Yuri Ruley has decided to retire from MxPx
• Devil’s Brigade, featuring Rancid‘s Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong, has announced their debut. They’ll soon be touring with Street Dogs, Flatfoot 56 and Continental
• The Bouncing Souls and Hot Water Music are planing a split 7-inch where they’ll cover one of each other’s songs
• Social Distortion is taking Lucero and Frank Turner out on the road soon
• Canuck pop punks Sum 41 returned with the song “Scumfuck”
• Riotfest this year will feature Bad Religion, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Circle Jerks, Articles of Faith, The Lawrence Arms, The Smoking Popes, and Snapcase

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we’ve see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we’ll see you Monday…
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I wasn’t really home yesterday or the day before, so this came together pretty last minute. Past last minute, obviously. But here ya go.

• Ceremony – Rohnert Park
• The Real McKenzies – Shine Not Burn
• Born to Lose – The Dreams of Kids
• Laura Stevenson and the Cans – Holy Ghost! 7″ EP
• It’s Just Vanity – Here’s What You Remember from a Coma
• Jared Grabb – Where Do You Hide Your Love Songs? 12″
• Minnesota’s Calling – Minnesota’s Calling EP
• Ridgemont – Documented Failures EP
• Tachyon Radio – Tachyon Radio demo EP
• mewithoutYou – Catch for Us the Foxes

You can check out any of our 9437 reviews right here.
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Energy have hit the studio to begin work on their new EP for Bridge Nine Records. The melodic hardcore band is planning a departure from the sound of their last full length, Invasions of the Mind in 2008.

Vocalist Jason Tankerley said this:

These songs are a step in a whole new direction, one that Mike and I have been messing around with for quite some time now. He and I have a side project called ‘Children Of The Night’ that has been really creating a pretty unique sound. We started doing that about 6 years ago, before Energy was a band. Mike recently joined Energy and we’ve been creating a lot of music with the COTN feel to it ever since. We feel as if with every album so far we’ve been reinventing the band’s sound and this EP will be no exception. With a lot of bands that release albums, you know what the whole thing is going to sound like within the first song or 2. One of our many goals is to have each song really stand out in it’s own way. We don’t want a batch of songs that all sound uniform, we want a wide array of melody and feeling that will keep listeners (and us) interested

To that end, the band is promising “catchy choruses, melodic vocals and keyboards” one what they are calling the Walk Into The Fire EP.
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Today’s stream comes from Indianapolis, IN’s Junker. The band’s latest, Better in the End, was recently released by Death To False Hope Records.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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Hardcore outfit Alpha and Omega have kicked off a stream of their new full length on 6131 Records. It’s due out July 13, 2010. The album features pre-production contributions from Andrew Kline of Strife, Nick Jett of Terror and Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory.

Find the album on their MySpace page.

Next month the band will be hitting the road on tour with Bane, Trapped Under Ice and Cruel Hand.
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The Futureheads have posted the new video for “I Can Do That.” The track comes from their second album for their own Nul Records label, The Chaos.

The clip was directed by Steve Smith.

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Banquets (ex-Let Me Run) have detailed a European-only 12″ release. Titled Nothing Is Fucked Here and due out August 1, 2010 via German label Coffeebreath And Heartache, the six-song set will include the band’s recent EP for Black Numbers This is Our Concern, Dude. as well as two previously unreleased cuts. The one-sided LP will include a hand-screened B-side and is limited to 200 copies.

Speaking of This is Our Concern, Dude., that release is currently streaming at Banquets’ Punknews.org page.
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the English Beat have confirmed the third month of summer touring in the United States, this time with Bad Manners and Chris Murray in tow. The long-running ska band toured with Fishbone in the spring and then kicked off their ongoing tour with Squeeze. The new shows kick off August 10th.

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