Skating Polly and Lord Friday the 13th hit the road together this fall

Skating Polly are hitting the road once again, bringing their fearless “ugly-pop” vision to audiences alongside Los Angeles-via-Austin provocateurs Lord Friday the 13th for a tour that promises catharsis, chaos, and unfiltered punk energy. For more than a decade, Skating Polly have carved out a singular place in modern punk, evolving from youthful outsiders into one of the genre’s most inventive and emotionally resonant forces. With Chaos County Line, the Oklahoma-bred trio—Kelli Mayo, Peyton Bighorse and Kurtis Mayo—have pushed that evolution even further, delivering an expansive double album that swings from art-punk abrasion to melodic power-pop while preserving the unruly spirit that has defined the band from the start.

Built around the raw honesty and experimental ambition of Chaos County Line, the tour arrives as Skating Polly continue a creative high point fueled by some of their most vulnerable and explosive songwriting to date. Songs like “Hickey King,” “I’m Sorry For Always Apologizing,” and “Double Decker” showcase a band unafraid to confront identity, obsession, and emotional survival, while channeling those themes into music that feels as exhilarating as it is confrontational. Long admired for turning personal chaos into communal release, Skating Polly have made a career out of transforming punk into something both abrasive and deeply melodic—music that feels, as Kelli Mayo has described it, like armor.

Joining them are Lord Friday the 13th, the boundary-pushing trash-glam-punk outfit fronted by siblings Felix and Sloane Lenz, whose theatrical, confrontational performances have made them one of underground punk’s most talked-about rising acts. Fresh off the acclaim surrounding their debut album Promoerotica, the band bring a volatile blend of punk tradition, glam excess and gender-defying rebellion that makes them a natural fit for Skating Polly’s world. Having previously toured with Skating Polly, Lord Friday the 13th return not just as support but as kindred spirits, adding a dose of sleaze, spectacle and insurgent energy to a bill rooted in DIY ethos and fearless self-expression.

Together, the pairing underscores a shared commitment to punk as something living, shape-shifting and liberating. For Skating Polly, this run continues a legacy built through relentless reinvention and emotional candor; for Lord Friday the 13th, it marks another step in their ascent as agitators for a new generation. As both bands push against genre and social convention alike, the tour shapes up less like a traditional package and more like a celebration of punk’s unruly future—led by a headliner still proving just how expansive and vital that future can be.