This Friday is April Fool's Day, but what I'm about to tell you is no jive. DEK - that fast, frenized and fun band of high-spirited teen punks from the wilds of North Seattle - will be back in our fair city to build on the buzz their November '04 show generated as they cop a featured slot on the April 1 show at Fat Tuesday's with local bands Scatterbox, Starting Over and the Gimps. That's this Friday. And that's a fact. Guitarists Mark Vraney and Bret Chernoff and bassist Nick Myette - (all three double on vocals) and drummer Thani Suchoknand formed DEK - that's D-E-K, not "deck" - back in 2002, back in high school, back before any of them could legally drive. These guys play old-school hardcore that's not only ferocious and skin-tight but a whole mess of fun, too. Instead of sneering, posturing and donning the black as do many of their punk rock peers, DEK gleefully rips it up without pretense and dresses it up glam. And their songs are honest, reflecting typical teenage concerns: school, boredom, play and, of course, the infinite mysteries of the opposite sex. Amazing things have been happening to the DEK camp since the last time we checked in with them. The band has recorded a follow-up to its first album (Boner) called Wattatata, which is set to be released on Finger Records on July 12. This fall, they'll release a three-hour DVD engorged with music videos, short movies and assorted nonsense featuring the band; it's called The Wacky Teenage World of DEK. In road news, DEK has been invited to open for hardcore punk legends The Adolescents on that band's summer tour and is angling for a spot on this year's Van's Warped Tour. Again, no foolies.