2nd Grade, the Philadelphia power-pop project led by Peter Gill, have announced a new album. Scheduled Explosions, the follow-up to 2022’s Easy Listening, arrives October 25 on Double Double Whammy. Today, the band has shared three of its 23 songs: ‘Made Up My Own Mind’, ‘Out of the Hive’, and ‘Airlift’. Take a listen below.
Speaking about ‘Made Up My Own Mind’, Gill had this to say in a statement: “I came up with the melody while I was biking around working in downtown Philly. Lyrically it ended up being an anthem about the joys of thinking for yourself, constructed entirely of cliches. That’s my sardonic reading, but I hope the song works too as just a pure optimistic expression of pop.”
Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with 2nd Grade.
Scheduled Explosions Cover Artwork:
Scheduled Explosions Tracklist:
1. Live From Missile Command
2. Triple Bypass in B-Flat
3. Uncontrollably Cool
4. Out of the Hive
5. Fashion Disease
6. Joan On Ice
7. Crybaby Semiconductor
8. Ice Cream Social Acid Test
9. Instant Nostalgia
10. Like Otis Redding
11. Airlift
12. King of Marvin Gardens
13. Made Up My Own Mind
14. No Fly Zone
15. All About You
16. Evil Things
17. Bureau of Autumn Sorrows
18. Like a Wild Thing
19. American Rhythm
20. Jingle Jangle Nuclear Meltdown
21. Sophmores in the Wild
22. 68 Comeback
23. I Wanna Be on Your Mind
