Black or limited blue vinyl.
After their explosive 2020 album The Ride, the punk crew from Los Angeles is back with Lighten Up, produced by NOFX's Fat Mike. A perfect band for fans of melodic SoCal punk with a feminist edge. This four-piece delivers endless power and energy on stage, featuring two lead vocalists. Musically, they’re not standing still either—they keep evolving with every release.
Lighten Up (Fat Wreck Chords), the fourth album from SoCal punk band Bad Cop / Bad Cop, paints a powerful portrait of life's hard-earned victories and losses. It was recorded at The Compound in Long Beach, home of seasoned producer Antoine Arvizu (Sublime, Ryan Bingham). The band already loved working there in 2023 when they recorded the singles “Shattered” and “Safe and Legal” with Arvizu and Migs (Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, Long Beach Dub Allstars).
Bad Cop / Bad Cop stretch their signature melodic punk sound into unexpected territory—like the jazzy “Las Ventanas,” the dub-infused “Note to Self,” or “Johnny Appleseed,” a reinterpretation of the classic by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros.
(Fat Wreck/ 2025)
Tracklist:
01 All Together Now
02 Strugglinh
03 Straight Out of Detox
04 Note to Self
05 Disbelief
06 See Me Now
07 Human is Human
08 I4ni
09 Las Ventanas
10 Dead Friends
11 Johnny Appleseed
This product was added to our catalog on Monday 11 August, 2025.
