The Matches Are Playing Decomposer in Full for Its 20th Anniversary

The Matches are doing the thing every fan has been quietly hoping for. The Oakland band is taking Decomposer back out on the road for its 20th anniversary, playing the 2006 record front to back at a run of shows this fall under the banner Decomposer: 20 Years Later.

If you grew up on this album, you already know how big this is. Decomposer was the record where The Matches stopped being just a pop-punk band and turned into something weirder and more ambitious. They pulled in a ridiculous cast to help build it: Mark Hoppus of Blink-182, Tim Armstrong of Rancid, Nick Hexum of 311, John Feldmann of Goldfinger, and Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion all left fingerprints on it. Twenty years later it still sounds ahead of its time.

The dates

Here's where they're taking it. Fittingly, the run opens in Chicago on September 11, exactly 20 years to the day after Decomposer dropped on Epitaph Records.

September 11, Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL (Riot Fest Presents)

September 12, Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN

September 19, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

September 25, Black Cat, Washington, DC

September 26, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

October 3, The Glass House, Pomona, CA

Tickets

These are small rooms for a record this loved, so they will move fast. The Chicago show goes on sale Friday, June 26 at 10am via TicketWeb, and you can find tickets and details for the rest of the run through Ticketmaster. If Decomposer meant anything to you, this is not the one to sleep on.

Tour art courtesy of The Matches.