{"id":27750,"date":"2026-01-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27750"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:42:14","slug":"ultrabomb-reach-for-the-artificial-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27750","title":{"rendered":"Ultrabomb reach for the &#8216;Artificial Stars&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-1536x1153.webp 1536w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-2048x1537.webp 2048w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-1140x855.webp 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Punk Rock Power Trio\u00a0ULTRABOMB\u00a0Release New Single\u00a0\u201cArtificial Stars\u201d<\/strong><em>Out January 2, 2026 \u2014 First Single from Upcoming Album<\/em><strong><em>The Bridges That We Burn<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Out April 3, 2026<br><br>Band Consists of\u00a0<strong>Greg Norton<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>H\u00fcsker D\u00fc)<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Derek O\u2019Brien<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>Social Distortion<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Agent Orange<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Adolescents)\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Ryan Smith (Soul Asylum)<\/strong><br><br><em>&#8220;After a pair of LPs over the past four years, Utrabomb is back with \u201cArtificial Stars,\u201d a swift blow to the sternum that harnesses both the speedy energy of Norton\u2019s early Minneapolis days and the ragged hard-rock sensibility of Twin Tone-era Soul Asylum.&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zjwgpy.clicks.mlsend.com\/tb\/c\/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjEwOTI4NjUsXCJsXCI6MTc1NTEzOTA5ODc0MTMyMTI2LFwiclwiOjE3NTUxMzkyNTQ5NTgxNzkzMn0iLCJzIjoiOWViNmU4MDgzYmIzN2I2YiJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magnet<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Artificial Stars\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x1O7WnrpKrg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stream \u201cArtificial Stars\u201d<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/zjwgpy.clicks.mlsend.com\/tb\/c\/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjEwOTI4NjUsXCJsXCI6MTc1NTEzOTA5ODg1NjY2NDY4LFwiclwiOjE3NTUxMzkyNTQ5NTgxNzkzMn0iLCJzIjoiMmVlM2NiZTI3NTA4OGMzMiJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minneapolis, MN \u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;Punk rock power trio&nbsp;<strong>Ultrabomb<\/strong>&nbsp;have released their new single&nbsp;<strong>\u201cArtificial Stars<\/strong>.&#8221; The track marks the first release from their forthcoming full-length album&nbsp;<strong><em>The Bridges That We Burn<\/em><\/strong>, arriving&nbsp;<strong>April 3, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;via&nbsp;<strong>DC-Jam Records\/Virgin Music Group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cArtificial Stars\u201d delivers Ultrabomb\u2019s signature blend of urgency, melody, and grit \u2014 drawing on decades of lived punk experience while confronting themes of isolation, endurance, and the drive to keep reaching forward even in uncertain times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Greg Norton<\/strong>\u00a0explains: <em>\u201cSitting in our bunkers, we only have artificial stars to look at. We are all scarred, but we keep reaching for those stars.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Release Dates<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0<strong><em>The Bridges That We Burn<\/em>\u00a0(album):<\/strong>\u00a0April 3, 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Label<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>DC-Jam Records<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/zjwgpy.clicks.mlsend.com\/tb\/c\/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjEwOTI4NjUsXCJsXCI6MTc1NTEzOTA5ODkwOTA5MzUzLFwiclwiOjE3NTUxMzkyNTQ5NTgxNzkzMn0iLCJzIjoiYWFjYjQ5MTBkODkxZWE5MSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Follow Ultrabomb<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/ultrabomb\">Here<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punk Rock Power Trio\u00a0ULTRABOMB\u00a0Release New Single\u00a0\u201cArtificial Stars\u201dOut January 2, 2026 \u2014 First Single from Upcoming AlbumThe Bridges That We Burn\u00a0\u2014 Out April 3, 2026 Band Consists of\u00a0Greg Norton\u00a0(H\u00fcsker D\u00fc),\u00a0Derek O\u2019Brien\u00a0(Social Distortion,\u00a0Agent Orange,\u00a0Adolescents)\u00a0and\u00a0Ryan Smith (Soul Asylum) &#8220;After a pair of LPs over the past four years, Utrabomb is back with \u201cArtificial Stars,\u201d a swift blow to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1299,1787,1818,1710,1680,1833,7553,2052],"class_list":["post-27750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-husker-du","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-new-album","tag-rpm-online","tag-rpmonline","tag-tourlife","tag-ultrabomb","tag-vinyl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27753,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27750\/revisions\/27753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}