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NEWS : FRI, MAY 29, 2026 at 7:00 AM

The Bug Club’s Every Single Muscle Is Out Today

Today (May 29th) is the day, people! Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales’ finest, The Bug Club, have released Every Single Muscle, their incredible new album on CD/LP/all DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop. The 18-track long player features approximately 18 tight, anxious, and engaging garage-punk numbers like “Watching the Omnibus,” “Yours (If You Want Me),” “A Good Day for Dying,” “Make It Count,” and “My Uncle Warren Drives a Passat.”  Every Single Muscle was produced and mixed by Tom Rees at Rat Trap Studios in Cardiff, Wales, and mastered by Mikey Young.
 
Every Single Muscle is available now on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LPs purchased from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe in the UK + EU, the band’s tour dates, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition opaque blue (NA) and blue vinyl (UK/EU)(all vinyl color editions whilst stock lasts!). Every Single Muscle also features what is likely the band’s most BONKERS cover art to date, illustrated by Ross Willmett.
 
Later this morning, The Bug Club will answer questions from fans for their Reddit Indieheads AMA, happening today at 8 am PT / 11 am ET /4 pm UK.
 
The Bug Club’s previously announced tour in support of Every Single Muscle resumes Monday, June 1st in Norwich, UK at Arts Centre and currently runs through Friday, July 10th in Chicago, IL at Lincoln Hall.
 
As for The Bug Club’s recently announced fall support run with The New Pornographers, that will begin Saturday, September 12th in Tucson, AZ at La Rosa and end Saturday, October 3rd in Portland, ME at the State Theatre. Please find a complete list of dates below.
 
June/August 2026, UK Shows
Mon. Jun. 01- Norwich, UK - Arts Centre
Tue. Jun. 02 - Brighton, Uk - Concorde 2
Wed. Jun. 03 - Bristol, UK - Lantern Hall (Bristol Beacon)
Thu. Jun. 04 - Liverpool, UK - Hangar 34
Fri. Jun. 05 - Leeds, UK - Project House
Sat. Jun. 06 - Barry, UK - Memo Arts Centre
Sat. Aug. 22 - Crickhowell, UK, Green Man Festival
 
June/July 2026, CAN/US Shows
Thu. Jun. 18 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison ^
Fri. Jun. 19 - Picton, ON - Matron Brewing ^
Sat. Jun. 20 - Burnstown, ON - Neat ^
Sun. Jun. 21 - Montreal, QC - Foufs ^
Mon. Jun. 22 - Quebec City, QC - Le Centre ^
Wed. Jun. 24 - Charlottetown, PE - Trailside Inn ^
Thu. Jun. 25 - Fredericton, NB - The Cap ^
Fri. Jun. 26 - Halifax, NS - Seahorse ^
Sat. Jun. 27 - Sydney, NS - Daniel’s Ale House ^
Mon. Jun. 29 - Portland, ME  - SPACE Gallery +
Tue. Jun. 30 - Medford, MA - Deep Cuts +
Wed. Jul. 01 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere Rooftop +
Thu. Jul. 02 - Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club +
Mon. Jul. 06 - Washington, DC - DC9 +
Tue. Jul. 07 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle Back Room +
Wed. Jul. 08 - Asheville, NC  - Static Age + !
Thu. Jul. 09 - Nashville, TN - Blue Room @ Third Man +
Fri. Jul. 10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall +
^ w/ Boojums
+ w/ Golomb
    ! w/ Finger Foods
 
September 2026, US
Sat. Sep. 12 - Tucson, AZ - La Rosa *
Sun. Sep. 13 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern *
Mon. Sep. 14 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory *
Tue. Sep. 15 - Monterey, CA - Golden State Theatre *
Fri. Sep. 18 - Colorado Springs, CO - Lulu’s Downtown *
Sat. Sep. 19 - Fort Collins, CO - Washington’s *
Mon. Sep. 21 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room *
Tue. Sep. 22 - Kansas City, MO - The Truman *
Wed. Sep. 23 - St. Louis, MO - Sheldon Concert Hall *
Fri. Sep. 25 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn *
Sat. Sep. 26 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Hall: Mainstage *
Sun. Sep. 27 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall *
Tue. Sep. 29 - Charlottesville, VA - Paramount Theatre *
Wed. Sep. 30 - Towson, MD - The Recher *
Thu. Oct. 01 - Tarrytown, NY - The Tarrytown Music Hall *
Fri. Oct. 02 - Albany, NY -  Empire Live *
Sat. Oct. 03 - Portland, ME - State Theatre *
 
* w/ The New Pornographers
 
 
Every Single Muscle will be out May 29th, 2026 worldwide from Sub Pop, and is available to preorder now on CD/LP/all DSPs. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe in the UK + EU, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition opaque blue (NA) and blue vinyl (UK/EU) (all vinyl color editions whilst stock lasts!). Every Single Muscle also features what is likely the band’s most BONKERS cover art to date, illustrated by Ross Willmett.
 
More on The Bug Club here.
 
What People Are Saying About The Bug Club
“a near-constant stream of two-minute rippers that blend musical urgency with wicked humour and big hooks.” [Every Single Muscle] UNCUT
 
Every Single Muscle feels a brawnier cousin of Very Human Features before it, where Sam Willmett and Tilly Harris deliver a breathless pile-up of body-based garage rock slammers, buoyed by inventive licks and a throwaway style that mocks their consistent songwriting leaps. Humor’s always been one of the band’s selling points, with characterful instrumentals managing to swerve the occasional novelty value of the lyrics; exactly where the cut-and-paste gamut of noughties’ indie bands fell short.” Treble Zine
 
“Embracing a diet closer to punk than their classic garage rock sound, Every Single Muscle comprises the same beautiful and raw poetry The Bug Club are adored for.” ★★★★ The Skinny
 
“Welsh duo The Bug Club have become one of the most reliable DIY-style indie rock groups of the last few years, and the first single from their upcoming album Every Single Muscle does not disappoint. “Watching the Omnibus” is a patented Bug Club ripper that clocks in at just over a minute, packed with hooks and self-deprecating lyrics.” “Indie Basement: Best Songs & Albums of February 2026” - BROOKLYN VEGAN
 
“There’s another Bug Club single, you see, one that finds them raucously rocking out and harmonizing like it’s the ’60s and “Twist and Shout” is next up on the setlist…see if you don’t fall in love.” [“Yours (If You Want Me)”]. STEREOGUM


The Bug Club
Every Single Muscle
 
Tracklisting:
1. Miss Wales 2012
2. A Good Day for Dying
3. Make It Count
4. Cut to Black
5. Full Range of Motion
6. Pretty as a Magazine
7. Look Like Me
8. How Can We Be Friends
9. Every Single Muscle
10. Shiny and Wet
11. Semi-Automatic
12. In My Short Life
13. Watching the Omnibus
14. It’s Our Manager David
15. Yours (If You Want Me)
16. All My Clothes Fell Off
17. Third Best Friend
18. My Uncle Warren Drives a Passat
 

Posted by Abbie Gobeli

NEWS : WED, MAY 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM

Watch Downtown Boys’ Official Video For New Single “Sirena”

Downtown Boys are sharing “Sirena,” the empowered-by-the-ancestors new single from Public Luxury, today on all digital streaming services. It is accompanied by an official video directed by Sarah Elawad, a visual artist known for work responding to issues including Sudan’s ongoing and underreported war, and who created the immediately iconic blooming-flower early-voting animation for Zohran Mamdani’s campaign.
 
“Sirena” is often translated as “mermaid” or “mythical temptress.” Here on Public Luxury, it is about a literal calling: a siren, a voice, a compass to help navigate an incredibly complicated and messy world. “Sirena” is inspired by one of singer Victoria Marie’s late grandmother’s favorite songs, Gema,” written by Los Dandys and reenvisioned by many, including Javier Solis and Vicente Fernández.
 
Band member Victoria Marie elaborates further on the song and music video:

“Sirena” brings together both earthly and divine concepts of what drives, moves, and calls us to action bigger than ourselves. Sirena is often translated from Spanish into English as “mermaid”. The idea of a sirena as a guiding body essentially bending gravity and drawing one to the liminal space, whether it is where water meets sand or where our desire for a world where we are all free meets the reality that we have a lot of work to do. We are honored to have a video by Sarah Elawad that takes sublime archival footage that beautifully bends the mundanity of the time it takes for a flower to grow or a horse to race. We envision this song as a reminder that all of us have that siren in the form of a person, idea, dream, or gem that reflects light in darkness. The lyrics are an ode to the siren:

La gema
La joya
Divina
Preciosa

Las olas no se mienten
Las ojos no se engañan
Ya tenía en la mente
Hacia atrás al frente 
 

The gem
The jewel
Divine
Precious

The waves never lie
The eyes don’t deceive
I’ve had her on my mind
And she goes back to front


Downtown Boys’ live dates for summer 2026 begin Tuesday, June 23rd in Hamden, CT at Space Ballroom and run through Friday, July 25th in Burlington, VT at Foam Brewers. The band supports Gang of Four in June, followed by headline shows in July.  Downtown Boys have also scheduled two shows for September in Buffalo (Sep. 25th) and Mississauga, ON (Sep. 26th). Additional shows will be announced soon. Please find a full list of dates below.
 
Tue. Jun. 23 - Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom*
Wed. Jun. 24 - Holyoke, MA - Holyoke Media^
Thu. Jun. 25 - Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater*
Fri. Jun. 26 - Willimantic, CT - St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Sat. Jun. 27 - Portland, ME - State Theater*
Sun. Jun. 28 - East Greenwich, RI - Odeum*
Wed. Jul. 15 - Columbus, OH - Spacebar #
Thu. Jul. 16 - Detroit, MI - Third Man Records #
Sat. Jul. 18 - Cleveland, OH - Happy Dog #
Sun. Jul. 19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Bottlerocket Social Hall #
Tue.Jul. 21 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s #
Wed. Jul. 22 - Washington, DC - DC9 Nightclub #
Thu. Jul. 23 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right %
Fri. Jul. 24 - Somerville, MA - NICE, A Fest
Sat. Jul. 25 - Burlington, VT - Foam Brewers
Fri. Sep. 25 - Buffalo, NY - Rec Room
Sat. Sep. 26 - Mississauga, ON - Second Summer Festival
 
* with Gang of Four
# with Pop Music Fever Dream
^ with Perennial
% with Ratas en Zelo
Public Luxury will be available on CD/LP/Digital from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe in the UK and EU, and your local record store will receive the limited Loser edition on ocean blue (North America) and pearl arctic (UK/EU) vinyl (while supplies last).
 
Downtown Boys have pushed relentlessly forward as an artistic and political project since their founding. Singer Victoria Marie and guitarist/singer Joey La Neve DeFrancesco first met at union meetings while working together at a hotel in Providence, RI, writing many of the band’s early songs about labor organizing and exploitative workplaces. The quintet is completed by Joe DeGeorge (sax/synth), Mary Jane Regalado (bass), and Joey Doubek (drums). Over years of touring and three acclaimed albums, including Full Communism in 2015 and Cost of Living, their Sub Pop debut in 2017, Downtown Boys have continued to grow as artists, musicians, and organizers.
 
Now, the band has arrived with Public Luxury, an enthralling album that keeps politics front and center while summoning the band’s most urgent and powerful sound to date. The definition of Public Luxury falls very much in line with that of the title of the band’s second LP, Full Communism. Straight up, Public Luxury means, “everything for everyone.” It’s the stubborn insistence that a better world is possible, while fully recognizing the horrors we witness daily, and the individual and collective responsibility to resist the nihilism and hopelessness we can all feel.
 
Public Luxury was co-produced by DeFrancesco with recording engineer and longtime Downtown Boys supporter Seth Manchester (Lambrini Girls, Lightning Bolt, Model/Actriz) at the Pawtucket, RI studio and arts space Machines With Magnets.  The album was mastered by Heba Kadry.
 
Read more about Public Luxury here.
 
What People Are Saying About Downtown Boys:
“…an incendiary dance-punk jam with cranked-up industrial drum machines and guttural riffage.” [“You’re A Ghost”] STEREOGUM
 
“…a strident, anthemic ripper.”  [“You’re A Ghost”] BROOKLYN VEGAN
 
 “‘No Me Jodas’ is the kind of cry that we need in these dark times, and Downtown Boys delivers the message with a rebellious sneer and shout-along energy. “ Remezcla
 
“defiant new single.” [“No Me Jodas”] DORK
 
“…a snarling rager and playful pit-starter simultaneously.” [“No Me Jodas”] FLOOD
 
“…packing their incandescent energy into a three-minute blast.” [“No Me Jodas”] CLASH
 
“It begins slowly, suffocatingly, with the saxophone pressing on the chest, like a dark omen of what’s to come. But it soon transforms into a trotting, Costelli-esque surf-punk that carries you on the waves with that touch of optimism the band refuses to lose. That’s where urgency and a certain hope join hands, defiantly.” [“No Me Jodas”] Rockdelux
Downtown Boys
Public Luxury
 
1. No Me Jodas
2. The City Begins
3. Sirena
4. Yellow Sun
5. Viva La Rosa
6. Enemy Without
7. You’re a Ghost
8. Albuterol
9. Mi Concha
10. Public Works
11. Public Luxury



Posted by Abbie Gobeli

NEWS : WED, MAY 20, 2026 at 6:00 AM

The Frenetic New Sweeping Promises Album You Say I Romanticize Out Friday, August 14th

On Friday, August 14th, Sub Pop Records will be unbearably full of themselves to release You Say I Romanticize, the crucial new album from Sweeping Promises. Recorded over an 18-month period, You Say I Romanticize is a tribute to the chaos of creation and collaboration under shifting circumstances. Guitarist Caufield Schnug and bassist/vocalist Lira Mondal found and tested themselves in their combination tour house and recording studio in Kansas, annually working on dozens of albums from other bands, hosting tour stops, planning shows, and the like. After an immersive process of tracking and whittling down YSIR demos and carving out an idiosyncratic chamber-recording method for the album’s intentional wall-of-sound, the duo brought in touring drummer Spenser Gralla to play the songs as the band would on stage.  
 
The album’s frenzied execution, akin to the group’s renowned live show, prevails most of all in Mondal’s exhilarating vocals. Whereas previously, you might have heard a growl here and there on certain Sweeping Promises tracks, the band’s formidable singer shouts, roars, hits all sorts of tricky notes, and shreds her throat all over the record. Hear for yourself on the debut single and pummeling opener “Shooting Shadows.” Click HERE TO LISTEN. 
 
Sweeping Promises recently announced North American headlining tour dates for the fall of 2026. The first leg begins on Wednesday, September 9th, in Oklahoma City, OK, and runs through September 27th in Denver, CO. The follow-up run begins on October 27th in Omaha, NE, and ends on November 18th in Nashville, TN.
 
This June, Sweeping Promises will also perform at Calgary’s Sled Island Music & Arts Festival. Further live dates, including international touring, will be announced soon. Tickets are available at sweepingpromises.com
 

SWEEPING PROMISES YOU SAY I ROMANTICIZE
NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR
Sat. Jun. 20 - Calgary, ON - Sled Island Music & Arts Festival
Wed. Sep. 09 - Oklahoma City, OK - Resonant Head
Thu. Sep. 10 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
Fri. Sep. 11 - Austin, TX - LEVITATION
Sat. Sep. 12 - San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
Tue. 15 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
Wed. Sep. 16 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
Thu. Sep. 17 - Los Angeles, CA - Sid The Cat Auditorium
Fri. Sep. 18 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
Sun. Sep. 20 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Tue. Sep. 22 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
Wed. Sep. 23 - Seattle, WA - Baba Yaga
Fri. Sep. 25 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club Basement
Sat. Sep. 26 - Salt Lake City, UT - The DLC at Quarters
Sun. Sep. 27 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
Tue. Oct. 27 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown Front Room
Wed. Oct. 28 - St Paul, MN - Turf Club
Thu. Oct 29 -  Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
Fri. Oct. 30 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Sat. Oct. 31 - Detroit, MI - Lager House
Tue. Nov. 03 - Toronto, ON - Monarch
Wed. Nov. 04 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
Fri. Nov. 06 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
Sat. Nov. 07 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
Sun. Nov. 08  - Hamden, CT, Space Ballroom
Tue. Nov. 10 - New York, NY - Club 101
Wed. Nov. 11 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right
Thu. Nov. 12 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
Fri. Nov. 13 - Washington, DC - Union Stage
Sat. Nov. 14 - Richmond, VA - Cobra Cabana
Mon. Nov. 16 - Durham, NC - The Pinhook
Tue. Nov. 17 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Purgatory
Wed. Nov. 18 - Nashville, TN - DRKMTTR
 

You Say I Romanticize is now available for preorder on CD/LP/all DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop. LP preorders in the US at the Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the limited Loser Edition on Black and Yellow Confetti vinyl and preorders through Mega Mart Europe will receive the Loser Edition on Magenta vinyl (UK/EU). The limited Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store (all limited-vinyl colors available while stock lasts!)
 

You Say I Romanticize follows the release of their acclaimed 2023 album Good Living Is Coming for You, which Rolling Stone described as “…relentlessly catchy, gloriously low-fi punk.” GLICFY also appeared on Pitchfork, NPR, PASTE, and the BBC’s year-end lists, just to name a few.
 
What people are saying about Sweeping Promises:
“Their sound rattles with reverb; compact basslines play off of surf-rock riffs, chipper analog synthesizers, and Mondal’s expansive vocal range. Against a terrain of post-punk revivalists, Sweeping Promises resemble the genuine article, combining the operatics of X-Ray Spex’s Poly Styrene with the campy professionalism of Blondie and Devo.” STEREOGUM
 
“The density of the hooks on these 10 songs, most under three minutes, is staggering, with basslines worthy of early Cure, slash-and-burn riffage, bleating sax, weirdo keyboards, drums that wallop without being showy, and Mondal’s voice which just seems to have gotten better over the last three years.”
[Good Living Is Coming for You] Brooklyn Vegan
 
“…you’re hit with a streamlined barrage of crunchy guitar, bargain-bin synths, snappy drums, and, most critically, Lira Mondal’s titanic vocals. Her acrobatic, ear-shattering wail pirouettes to perfection across Good Living Is Coming for You…” Pitchfork
 
Good Living Is Coming for You is a deliberate shake to the shoulders, a wake-up call, and a cautionary tale of what happens when you stay compliant. With unflinching scrutiny and refreshing candor, Sweeping Promises bring a sense of awareness to times that feel apocalyptic.” FLOOD


Sweeping Promises
You Say I Romanticize
 
Tracklisting:
1. Shooting Shadows
2. My Friend’s An Entomologist
3. Last Man
4. Rapture, Or…
5. Abduction On Camera
6. My Anchoress
7. Cocoon
8. Accent
9. Does He Want To Be The Weatherman?
10. Write Lightly

Posted by Abbie Gobeli

NEWS : THU, MAY 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM

Watch Telehealth’s Official Video For “Yassify Me”

Today, you can watch Telehealth’s official video for “Yassify Me,” a new song that dresses up carnage with a ring light and a wellness routine, simultaneously weaponizing therapy-speak and new wave. It is the final pre-release track from Green World Image, out tomorrow, Friday, May 15th worldwide on Sub Pop.
 
The “Yassify Me” visual was directed by band member Kendra Cox and stars Seattle-based artist Becky Harbine in an improvisational performance.
 
Cox says of the video, “What you see is pretty much what you get here. ‘Yassify Me’ is the result of a zero-dollar budget, a dream, and my aunt Becky absolutely committing to the bit. Watching her improvised movements against the backdrop of rapid development somehow captured the exact juxtaposed spirit of the song better than anything we could’ve planned. Go Mariners!”

“Yassify Me” follows the official videos and singles for “Donor Country (A gOoD cAuSe)”, “Things I’ve Killed,” and “Cool Job,” and is another highlight from Green World Image.
 
Telehealth resumes their headlining North American tour in support of Green World Image with a hometown release show tonight, Thursday, May 14th in Seattle at Neumos. The tour will continue through Wednesday, May 27 in Reno, NV at Holland Project. See below for a full list of dates.

Thu. May 14 - Seattle, WA - Neumos +
Fri. May 15 - Portland, OR - Swan Dive **
Sat. May 16 - Boise, ID - Shrine Basement ^^
Sun. May 17 - SLC, UT - The DLC !!
Mon. May 18 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive @@
Tue. May 19 - Albuquerque, NM - Sister Bar ##
Thu. May 21 - Phoenix, AZ - Linger Longer Lounge %%
Sat. May 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Permanent Records $$
Sun. May 24 - San Diego, CA - Banshee Bar ++
Tue. May 26 - Oakland, CA - Stork Club ***
Wed. May 27 - Reno, NV - Holland Project ^^^
 
+ w/ Coral Grief, Buddy Wynkopp
** w/ Buddy Wynkopp, Nonbinary Girlfriend
^^ w/ Deep Heaven
!! w/ The Fever Drift, more TBA
@@ w/ Chroma Lips, Video Daze
## w/ TBA
%% w/ The Sheaves, DOMS
$$ w/ Tube Alloys, Agender
++ w/ Blair Gun, Ghee
*** w/ Street Eaters, Squiggle
^^^ w/ Clarko, Charity Kiss

 
Green World Image is available to preorder worldwide from Sub Pop. LP preorders in North America through Sub Pop Mega Mart and in the EU and UK through Mega Mart Europe will receive the Loser Edition on Crystal Clear vinyl. The limited Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store (All vinyl colors available whilst stock lasts!).
 
Read more on Telehealth’s Green World Image at Sub Pop.
 

What People Are Saying About Telehealth:
“The follow-up to 2023’s Content Oscillator, Green World Image represents a great leap forward into punchier dance-induction (Trevor Spencer produces)…If Telehealth don’t become Seattle’s next medium-sized thing, I will slowly shake my head in disbelief.” The Stranger
 
“Much of Telehealth’s music (and really the band’s identity) is marked by a subversive sense of humor applied to the weight of living in a hypercommercialized society and social media feeds filled with doomsday headlines alongside cat memes.” [Green World Image] Seattle Times
 
  “With its propensity for shout-singing and ultra-tight instrumentals, Telehealth might immediately call to mind the B-52s and Talking Heads in sound. (Telehealth is well-aware it kind of sounds like DEVO, too, as evidenced by a winkingly explicit reference to the New Wave icons on Green World Image’s “Living, Laughing, Loving, Trying.”) But with its deadpan preoccupation with the cognitive dissonance of contemporary life, Telehealth is also lyrically and spiritually aligned with au courant acts like Dry Cleaning and Marie Davidson, who too are skilled at underscoring the whiplash-inducing absurdity one can feel from one social-media post or news story to the next.”  South Sound Magazine
 

Telehealth
Green World Image
 
Tracklisting:
1. [user onboarding sequence]
2. The Telehealth Shuffle
3. Kokomo 2
4. Donor Country (A gOoD cAuSe)
5. Age of Muralcide
6. Things I’ve Killed
7. Cost of Inaction
8. Silver Spoon
9. Cool Job
10. Yassify Me
11. Maria, Machine
12. Villain Era
13. Living, Laughing, Loving, Trying

Posted by Abbie Gobeli

NEWS : THU, MAY 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Sera Cahoone Returns To Sub Pop To Release Her New Music In 2026 And Beyond!

Today, Thursday, May 14th, 2026, Sub Pop is pleased to welcome (back) Sera Cahoone, the talented singer-songwriter, musician, and producer, to the label’s roster, with plans to release her new music in 2026 and beyond. To celebrate her return, Cahoone is sharing the official video for her new song, the twangy lover’s lament “Say Something,” which is out today on all streaming services.
 
“Say Something” was co-produced by Cahoone and John Morgan Askews at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, WA, mixed by Askews at Scenic Burrows in Vancouver, WA, and mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering.
 
Sera Cahoone also breaks a leg (literally!) and stars in the accompanying official video for the song, in which she portrays a worker at a local skating rink, singing about a past love as the patrons pass her by. The sweet new visual is directed by Bella Petro.
 
Cahoone says of the video, “Filming this video was an absolute blast, walking boot and all! If I had it my way, I would have had the skaters in the video the entire time. They were incredibly entertaining to watch. Bella and Brennan did a fantastic job.”

 Sera Cahoone has been a fixture on the Seattle music scene since relocating to the Pacific Northwest in 1998. She played drums with slowcore legends Carissa’s Wierd until they split in 2003. Cahoone joined her CW alums in Band of Horses, playing on their certified Gold 2006 album Everything All the Time

That same year, Sera Cahoone released a self-titled debut that established her as a singular songwriter and gifted guitarist. Cahoone signed with Sub Pop soon after, releasing 2008’s Only as the Day Is Long and 2012’s Deer Creek Canyon. She followed the Sub Pop run by self-releasing 2017’s rollicking and raucous From Where I Started.
 
In the 8 years following that album, Sera Cahoone experienced profound loss. She channeled the heartbreak into writing songs, playing shows, and developing her skills as a producer and drummer, producing three records for friends like Dean Johnson and Margo Cilker.
 
Now in 2026, Sera Cahoone reemerges with “Say Something,” a cathartic new song with a sense of lightness throughout – from the carefree piano to the electric guitar that revs it to life. It features contributions from longtime friends and collaborators Jeff Fielder (acoustic, electric guitar), Daniel Walker (piano, Hammond organ), Jonas Haskins (bass), and Aaron O’Neil (drums), with John Askew overseeing production (producer of Cahoone’s From Where I Started).
 
Sera Cahoone is currently putting the finishing touches on her new album, due out later this year from Sub Pop.

Posted by Abbie Gobeli