The Rocket Summer will be Kicking off a tour on November 3rd at Casbah in San Diego, CA to prepare for the release of a new album set for early 2016.

"Playing live is like oxygen to me so the break has been tough. I can't wait for this," said Bryce Avary of THE ROCKET SUMMER in a press release.

The North American West Coast tour this Fall begins as soon as he returns to the U.S. after closing one of the stages at London's Vans Warped Tour. He will be bringing TEAM as support who he describes as "good guys from Dallas Fort Worth, my home town."

For the first time ever, The Rocket Summer will be offering special VIP ticket upgrades that include early entry into the venue, a meet & greet before doors opens, an intimate acoustic performance, a photo with Bryce, and a limited edition signed tour poster. Pre-sale begins Wednesday, September 16 th at 10:00am local time and will be available to the public on Friday, September 18 th at 10:00am local time. Purchase tickets here: http://www.therocketsummer.com/tour

"It's certainly been a long break from the road but literally just about the only thing I've been doing is making music constantly," he explained about his year and a half absence from touring. "I wrote about five album's worth of material for this and recorded just about every day for a year. I just couldn't stop." He described his new album (which was announced last week with his pre-order) as "something special that I hadn't felt on previous albums. It's one of the best albums I think I've made... for me at least. Honestly, I didn't want to make a sappy record... I wanted to make a record that sounded like doors being kicked down and bombs going off."

He'll play some fan favorites such as "Walls", "Do You Feel" and "So Much Love", he'll also be including some surprises as well.

"We will be playing a few new songs from the upcoming album for sure, giving tastes of what's to come," he revealed. "It won't be out yet so we can't overdo it, which is hard because naturally I can't wait to play the new album live. There's also nothing quite like hearing a room of people singing along with one collective voice to songs they're already a part of. That moment of unity is uncanny and spiritual in a way and I'm really looking forward to that. So this tour is more of a celebration that the family is back together as we lead into and set up the new season of the new album. It's been too long."

The previously announced pre-order which has already been generating quite some eye-opening traffic with limited edition items such as guest passes to all TRS shows for life, a private acoustic house concert, and signed colored vinyl of the upcoming album. The pre-order can be found here: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/therocketsummer

"In a way, I pretty much didn't come out for a year," Bryce explains about his absence from the public eye. "My only mission was to be creative as possible and to push myself further than ever. I didn't think I needed to but I basically fell in love with music all over again like I had when I was first learning to play. For me, this album sounds like that."

Returning West Tour Tour Dates
Nov 3 SAN DIEGO, CA @ Casbah
Nov 4 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Nov 6 LOS ANGELES, CA @ Bootleg Bar & Theater
Nov 7 ANAHEIM, CA @ Chain Reaction
Nov 10 PHOENIX, AZ @ Valley Bar
Nov 12 DENVER, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Nov 13 SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ Club Sound
Nov 14 BOISE, ID @ Neurolux
Nov 16 PORTLAND, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Nov 17 SEATTLE, WA @ Chop Suey
Nov 19 FRESNO, CA @ Strummers
Nov 20 LAS VEGAS, NV @ Beauty Bar