XCOMM have revealed details of their highly-anticipated debut album, Time To Burn.

With hundreds of thousands of views on their recent videos, the Venice Beach punks – Michael Gatto (vocals/guitar), Revel Ian (drums), Adan Escoto (bass), Jay Vargas (guitar) and Hunter Grogan (DJ) – will continue to build on their breath-taking momentum with the release of Time To Burn on May 22 via Blowed Out.

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Produced by the legendary Ross Robinson, Revel says of making the LP: “We sat behind our instruments, shared our deepest darkest secrets and then continued to beat our instruments with each strum and stroke packed with unfiltered emotion. Ross Robinson transformed us into musical weapons that will blow your head off when you play our record.”

“Nothing brings me more satisfaction as a producer than sharing that undeniable life force of untainted expression,” Ross reveals. “XCOMM, being the youngest band I’ve ever worked with, I had to nickname the studio sessions as ‘daycare’. It was so fun and alive throughout the whole process. Made me realise on another level how important the pulse of youth truly is.”

Check out XCOMM’s latest single Borrowed Happiness below:

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