{"id":13233,"date":"2026-02-01T16:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=13233"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:37:21","slug":"pop-punkers-squirtgun-return-with-their-first-new-music-in-23-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=13233","title":{"rendered":"Pop-punkers Squirtgun return with their first new music in 23 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Squirtgun<\/strong>, the US pop-punk band best known for soundtracking cult movie <em>Mallrats<\/em>, are set to release their first new music in 23 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their last studio offering was third album <em>Fade To Bright <\/em>in 2003, though they released a live album in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the band, formed in Layayette, Indiana, in 1993 by Georgini brothers Mass and Flav, will release a 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