Los Angeles, California: Huntington Beach G-punk pioneers (Hed) P.E. have already unleashed several singles from their upcoming New and Improved covers collection, including brand new recordings of their own classics “Bartender” and “Raise Hell,” and last month’s stunning take on The Police’s “Every Breath You Take.”
Now they dip back into the golden age of eighties pop, to take on Modern English’s 1982 MTV/Valley Girl smash “I Melt With You.”
Frontman Jahred Gomes says, “I freaking love 80s new wave. Modern English, Depeche Mode, the Cure, it was a great time for music. Getting the opportunity to put my spin on the track was welcome.
“I Melt With You is a track i've loved forever and I think my people will dig my bare bones, hardcore, clash approach to the joint"
SINGLE: https://orcd.co/hedpe_imeltwithyou
They will! We all know what the eighties sounded like - a pulsating potpourri of synthipop, stadium rock, a ska revival and power balladeering, indelibly tattooed upon our brain pans for ever.
But they didn’t sound like this. From AC/DC to UB40, and onto Cyndi Lauper and A Flock of Seagulls, New and Improved lives up to its title by giving everything that unmistakable (Hed) P.E. twist. With Gomes adding, ““I think this record will generate tons of smiles. And I can’t wait for people to hear my take on Willie Nelson's track!”
1. Every Breath You Take
2. Just Can't Get Enough
3. Always On My Mind
4. Red Red Wine
5. I Melt With You
6. You Shook Me All Night Long
7. I Ran (So Far Away)
8. Just A Friend
9. Time After Time
10. Back In Black
11. Bartender
12. Raise Hell
13. Raise Hell (Remix)
CD/VINYL: https://cleorecs.com/search?q=%28hed%29+p.e.
DIGITAL: https://orcd.co/hedpe_newandimprovedalbum
In addition to the new album, (Hed) P.E.’s sixteenth (and a successor of sorts to 2023’s 70's Hits From the Pit), the band are also heading out on the month-long Taste Of Armageddon 2025 US tour this summer, sharing the bill with Cleopatra labelmates Powerman 5000 and the ex-Ghost supergroup Priest.
Opening in Colorado Springs on July 1, the 25 date outing wraps up in Brentwood CA on August 2. See below for the full itinerary.
