Hardcore Punks Seized Up Release “Hanging in the Balance” Music Video

Santa Cruz hardcore punks Seized Up have released a new music video for “Hanging in the Balance,” the lead single off their upcoming second LP, Modify the Sacred. The album is available for pre-order via Pirates Press Records.

The songs on this record come from extremely personal and often dark places for singer and lyricist Clifford Dinsmore, and the lead single “Hanging in the Balance” is a prime example. Dinsmore explains:

“In the time period I was fighting cancer, I was shacked up, feeling like a prisoner in my own house. Living in a semi-purgatory state, it felt like I was looking at the world from an outside view.”

The single was released digitally in June and has been well received by fans eager to hear more from the Santa Cruz four-piece. The new music video, released a week before the album’s August 9th street date, features footage of the band saturated in blood-red lighting, which makes a perfect visual accompaniment to the band’s signature sonic onslaught of blistering, dark hardcore punk.

In addition to the music video, the band and Pirates Press Records will promote the LP’s release with a Picture Flexi single of “Hanging in the Balance,” which will be available free with purchase from the label’s website in the near future. The popular format is an ideal showcase for the album’s ominous art direction, courtesy of artist and designer Eli Atkins.

Seized Up has freshly embarked on a European tour leading up to the album’s release, including festival dates such as Brakrok and Punk Rock Holiday, as well as a show supporting Descendents. See specific tour dates below.

Seized Up “Hanging in the Balance” single artwork

Tour Dates:

08/02/2024 – Duffel, Belgium – Brakrock
08/03/2024 – Stuttgart, Germany – Umsonst & Draussen
08/04/2024 – Wiesbaden, DE – Schlachthof Wiesbaden (w/ DESCENDENTS)
08/05/2024 – Karlsruhe, Germany – Alte Hackerei
08/06/2024 – Graz, Austria – Music House
08/07/2024 – Tolmin, Slovenia – Punk Rock Holiday
08/09/2024 – Zdynia, Poland – Zdynia DIY Fest
08/10/2024 – Leipzig, Germany – Naumanns
08/11/2024 – Hanover, Germany – Mephisto