Listen to a New EP from Resurrected Pop Punk Legends Plow United

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Coming out of retirement is always a tricky move for a band. There’s almost nowhere to go but down. And if the band was associated with a certain youthful sound in their time, it is unquestionably a terrible idea. Enter Plow United, the one band who has come back from the dead and defied all laws of band retirement in the process.

In the 90s, Plow burst out of Pennsylvania to represent a new wave of young pop punk bands. They were scrappy, they were one-take-wonders, they were faster than all hell. But much like your teenage years, the band eventually came to an end in 1998. And they remained out of commission until last year, when they dusted off their instruments, got back together, and released the stellar Marching Band, proving that pop punk is a thing that forever stays in your heart.

Now, the trio is proving that the well of Plow United has not dried up once more with their new EP, Delco. And while Marching Band seemed to signify a slightly more mature spin on the band’s classic ferociously young sound, it seems as though they are intent on reverting to an adolescent mindset on Delco, a fact which is evident right from the opener’s chorus, as singer Brian McGee belts out, “That was fucking awesome!” Really, there is no legitimate reason three grown men who are respectively dads, math professors, and guys with PhDs should be singing a song called “That Was Awesome” and yet, Plow United still make it sound… well, fucking awesome.

Delco continues with two more new songs that will seem like a familiar trip down memory lane for Plow United fans, plus a cover of Floating Action's "Don't Stop Loving Me Now." The EP is out on July 10 from It’s Alive Records and their classic S/T debut will be re-released the same day.

Listen to Delco in its entirety below…

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