New Jersey’s Crash Romeo is back with its sophomore album, Gave Me the Clap, and some tour dates to support it.

Gave Me The clap drops March 25 on Trustkill Records. The album was produced by Chris Badami (The Starting Line, The Early November). A video for the album’s first radio track, “Popular,” recently was shot in New Jersey with director Jason Marsden and will be hitting the TV and Internet airwaves within the coming weeks.

“Popular” also will be included in Mountain Dew’s Amp 6 Pack, a compilation of new songs that goes out to more than 250 college radio station DJs nationwide.

Crash Romeo will be hit the road with Tub Ring, Driver Side Impact and School Boy Humor starting April 13, 2008, in Allentown, Pa.

Before the trek begins, the band will be doing a handful of free acoustic in-store performances. Sites, dates and times for the free performances are:

March 25

6:30–9 p.m.

Vintage Vinyl

Route 1 and Ford Avenue

Fords, NJ

March 27

6–8 p.m.

FYE Bridgewater at the Somerville Circle

309 U.S. Hwy 202-206

Somerville/Bridgewater, N.J.

March 29

6–8 p.m.

Curmudgeon Music Store

31 West Main St.

Somerville, N.J.

Confirmed 2008 tour dates include:

April 13: Allentown, Pa., Crocodile Rock

April 16: La Crosse, Wis., The Warehouse

April 17: St. Paul, Minn., Station 4

April 23: San Antonio, Texas, White Rabbit

April 24: Austin, Texas, Red 7

April 25: Houston, Javajazz

April 26: New Orleans, The High Ground

For more information, visit the band's Web sites at www.crashromeo.com or www.myspace.com/crashromeo