Orange County-based ska-rock outfit Reel Big Fish is releasing it’s eighth studio album, Candy Coated Fury, on July 31 and celebrating pre-release with a hometown show at City National Grove of Anaheim on Saturday, July 28. Big D & the Kids Table, Suburban Legends and the Maxies open.

OrangeCounty.com is giving away a pair of tickets to the Grove gig. To be entered to win, send an email to kfadroski@ocregister.com with Reel Big Fish in the subject line. Include your full name and telephone number. Contest ends on Monday, July 23 at 5 p.m. A winner will be chosen at random and notified by Tuesday, July 24.

The Grove show kicks off at 8 p.m. and tickets are $22.50. Reel Big Fish also stops by House of Blues Sunset at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 25. Tickets are $20-$22.50.

We caught up with Aaron Barrett and Ryland Steen of Reel Big Fish in their studio in Orange back in January while they were working on the new album. Check out our interview in the video player below.

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