Dance Hall Crashers unearth “Don’t Call” from the sessions after Purr

Dance Hall Crashers have released “Don’t Call,” a previously unreleased studio track recovered for the expanded edition of their 1999 album *Purr*. The song appeared October 23 as the second advance track from the project, following “Ambush.” Although a live version had surfaced years ago on *The Show Must Go Off!* DVD, the studio recording was among material that disappeared from view when the band stopped working together in the early 2000s.

The official Japanese edition of *Purr Deluxe* expands the record to 19 tracks. Alongside the original album, it restores three songs that had been confined to an older Japanese release and adds four recordings described as completely unreleased: “Ambush,” “Don’t Call,” “Unremembering” and “Record Collector.” Pizza of Death Records lists its edition for October 28 at ¥2,500 before tax, while the band’s global release page routes listeners to the available streaming and preorder services.

In an official label interview, the band says the four songs were recorded after *Purr* was finished, during an unsettled period that ended with the decision to take a break. Members had largely forgotten the recordings until they were found again. That history makes “Don’t Call” more than a routine bonus track: it documents the point between the band’s mature, wide-ranging *Purr* sound and the long hiatus that followed. The deluxe artwork was newly created by Sam Grinberg.

For guitar listeners, the release reopens the more melodic end of late-1990s ska-punk, where clipped offbeat rhythm parts, punk drive and pop-focused writing share equal weight. It also gives the current reunion a recording component rather than limiting it to live dates, connecting the band’s return directly to music left unfinished more than two decades ago.