311’s Universal Pulse Out Now (ATO Records)

The highly anticipated new 311 album Universal Pulse is now available! Universal Pulse, 311’s 10th studio album, celebrates the Omaha-born, L.A.-based band’s 21st year together. Recorded at the band’s own Hive Studio in North Hollywood, CA, with renowned producer Bob Rock (Aerosmith, Metallica), the album “is about making happiness available during tough times.” Vocalist Nick Hexum describes the phrase Universal Pulse as “a nod to the ideology of unity through music and its connective energy… It’s about the power of music itself.” Hexum and the band are amped for their ninth consecutive annual summer run of amphitheater dates—the Unity Tour 2011. “We’re all about tying people together… I’m not gonna say we’re saving the universe, but we certainly make people feel better.” Universal Pulse is available on iTunes and Amazon.