ULTRABOMB are cutting through the noise. The punk power trio have unveiled their melodic, driving new single “no cap,” an anthem that balances urgency with hook-heavy punch. The track is a preview from their full-length album ‘The Bridges That We Burn,’ out now via DC-Jam Records / Virgin Music Group.
Built on soaring guitar lines, driving rhythms, and a chorus that lands with real force, “no cap” shows off the band’s knack for fusing melody with muscle. The song channels frustration with the modern noise cycle into something focused and forward-looking, less about shouting over the chaos and more about cutting through it. “There is a lot of noise to keep us distracted. Everyone has an opinion, informed, and not informed,” says Greg Norton. “I’m at capacity with all the bs, let’s start real conversations.”
The trio brings together underground legends and alternative stalwarts, with Greg Norton of Hüsker Dü on bass, Derek O’Brien of Social Distortion, Agent Orange, and Adolescents on drums, and Ryan Smith of Soul Asylum on lead vocals and guitar. Together they channel decades of punk and alternative history into music that feels immediate rather than retrospective. As Magnet observed, ULTRABOMB delivers “a swift blow to the sternum that harnesses both the speedy energy of Norton’s early Minneapolis days and the ragged hard-rock sensibility of Twin Tone-era Soul Asylum.”
‘The Bridges That We Burn’ was recorded at Creation Audio in Minneapolis and produced, engineered, and mixed by John Fields, with mastering by Justin Perkins. The album broadens the band’s dynamic range while keeping the tight, high-impact songwriting that defines them. With “no cap,” ULTRABOMB prove that conviction doesn’t require chaos, just melody and the willingness to say what matters.