# Montreal Ska-Punk Lifers K-Man & The 45s Announce New LP With “We Won’t Stop” - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/ - Published: 2026-08-30T08:00:00-05:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney ### Montreal Ska-Punk Lifers K-Man & The 45s Announce New LP With “We Won’t Stop” #### **New Album Heed The Call Releases October 9, 2026**   ![](https://chadcorniesnorulesprcom-dot-mmusercontent.appspot.com/em/rBmhst7hJmPoNyjIrt2RVygqwYL2/- OzJ0cq6X2cFKzwjbU35) ——————-  [Public Stream Single August 25, 2026](https://orcd.co/kmanwewontstop)   [Watch the Video for “We Won’t Stop”](https://youtu.be/CnEUunCavPA)   Track Info: We Won’t Stop (MAPL/ Explicit Lyrics) Genre Tags: Ska-Punk, Punk Rock, Two-Tone, Rock and Roll, Canadian Punk RIYL: The Clash, The Specials, Mad Caddies, The Planet Smashers, Big D and the Kids Table, The Slackers   Montreal ska-punk lifers K-Man & The 45s don’t do half measures. Built on years of van miles, late nights, and sweat-soaked rooms from Montreal to Berlin, the band returns with “We Won’t Stop,” the first advance single from their upcoming album Heed The Call, out October 9 via Stomp Records. Landing August 25 alongside a new video and full album presale, the track sets the tone early, blending two-tone ska, punk urgency, and rock and roll grit in the spirit of The Clash, The Specials, and Mad Caddies. This isn’t a nostalgia run or a throwback nod. It’s a band doubling down on what they’ve always done best, loud, direct, and meant to be played in a packed room with no space left to move.   K-Man and The 45s - We Won't Stop (Official Video) [⌊K-Man and The 45s - We Won't Stop (Official Video)⌉⌊K-Man and The 45s - We Won't Stop (Official Video)⌉ Watch this video on YouTube   For over a decade, K-Man & The 45s have carved out their place the hard way. No shortcuts, no chasing algorithms. Just relentless touring across Canada, the US, and Europe, building a following city by city. Back home, that energy moves through Montreal in flashes, neon bar signs, wet pavement, cigarette smoke curling outside packed rooms, horns ringing out into the night. It’s a city that doesn’t really shut down, just shifts gears, and the band sits right in that pocket, where the party and the pressure live side by side. Their sound pulls from two-tone roots and classic ska, but it hits with a rock and punk weight that feels closer to The Clash than any revival circuit. Fred Perry collars soaked through, skinny ties loosened by the second set, horns cutting through the noise while the rhythm section pushes everything forward at full tilt. It’s music built for movement, not playlists.   “We Won’t Stop” leans all the way into that energy. Driven by a chant-along hook and a blunt, no-frills message, the track taps into a frustration that feels immediate and right at street level. “There’s only one problem, it’s on top / Leaders are shit,” isn’t dressed up for radio. It lands exactly how it’s meant to, shouted back from the floor, not filtered through a think piece. There’s no metaphor here, no distance. Just a band calling it as they see it, with the kind of urgency that only comes from years of watching things from ground level. Recorded and mixed by Ryan Battistuzzi at Le Stuzzio in Montreal, the single captures K-Man & The 45s in their natural state. Tight, loud, and locked in from years on the road. The horns don’t just decorate the track, they drive it, weaving between punchy rhythms and explosive bursts that push the song forward without letting up. It’s the kind of track that feels just as ready for a European squat show as it does a festival stage, built for bodies in motion and voices raised together.   ![](https://chadcorniesnorulesprcom-dot-mmusercontent.appspot.com/em/rBmhst7hJmPoNyjIrt2RVygqwYL2/- OzJ0d52bUMTxqfX1xA0) [Order K-Man & The 45s’ Music and Merchandise](https://stomprecords.com/bands/k-man-and-the-45s/)   “We Won’t Stop” is the first piece of a larger statement. Heed The Call arrives October 9 as the band’s most live-sounding, hard-hitting record to date, balancing the chaotic, celebratory side of their sound with a sharper, more pointed edge. Where earlier releases captured the fun, this one digs deeper into the tension underneath it, without losing the energy that made them stand out in the first place. K-Man& The 45s have never been a singles band. They build records, they build crowds, and they build connection the long way. With “We Won’t Stop,” they’re not introducing themselves. They’re kicking the door open and reminding you they’ve been here the whole time, louder than ever and not slowing down.   K-Man & The 45s Online [INSTAGRAM](https://www.instagram.com/kmanandthe45s/?hl=en) | [SPOTIFY](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ElvgxK8YpteV93zGRSpkV?si=cvHDJcKnTxys2sypjEdFQA) | [BANDCAMP](https://k-manthe45s.bandcamp.com/) | [FACEBOOK](https://www.facebook.com/kman45/) | [TWITTER](https://twitter.com/kmanandthe45s)   [⌊No Rules PR logo⌉⌊No Rules PR logo⌉[ ### Share this: * [ Facebook ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/?share=x) * [ Email ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Montreal%20Ska-Punk%20Lifers%20K-Man%20%26%20The%2045s%20Announce%20New%20LP%20With%20%E2%80%9CWe%20Won%E2%80%99t%20Stop%E2%80%9D&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyrdcast.com%2Fk-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop%2F&share=email) * [ LinkedIn ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/?share=linkedin) * [ Mastodon ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/?share=mastodon) * [ Nextdoor ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/?share=nextdoor) * [ Pinterest ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/?share=pinterest) * [ Reddit ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/?share=reddit) * [ Tumblr ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/k-man-the-45s-announce-lp-we-wont-stop/?share=tumblr) ### Like this: Like Loading… ### _Related_