Sera Cahoone is announcing new headlining shows for September and October in support of her forthcoming new album, I’ve Missed You All These Years, out Friday, August 28th worldwide from Sub Pop.
 
On Saturday, September 5th, Sera will perform at Seattle’s Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. Later in the month, she’ll head out to the East Coast and Midwest US for a string of dates beginning Friday, September 18th in Nashville, TN with a show at Brown’s Diner during AMERICANAFEST (for the NITO Indie Spotlight, 4-8 pm). The tour will continue through Saturday, October 3rd in Medford, MA at Deep Cuts. The tour will include stops in Minneapolis, Chicago, Vienna (VA), Philadelphia, Ridgewood (NY), and Medford (MA). Additional live dates will be announced soon.
 

 
On I’ve Missed You All These Years, her sixth record, Cahoone is in full command of her powers. In its ability to hold loss and connection in the same hand, the album is triumphant, a celebration of life rooted in the knowledge of its fleeting nature. The product of a lifetime spent performing and producing music, the album traverses blues, folk, pop, and country, evoking Loretta Lynn in one song and Lucinda Williams in the next. It’s a testament to the strength that creativity and community brings, a portrait of an artist who knows herself completely.
 
I’ve Missed You All These Years includes the singles “Say Something,” “Pulling Up Roots,” and “Not How I Hoped,” and was co-produced by Sera Cahoone and John Morgan Askew at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, WA, mixed by Askew at Scenic Burrows in Vancouver, WA, and mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering.
 
I’ve Missed You All These Years will be available on CD/LP/Digitally 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 Metallic Gold vinyl (while supplies last).
 
Read more about Sera Cahoone here.
 

Today, Friday, August 14th, Sweeping Promises release their incredible new album, You Say I Romanticize, worldwide on Sub Pop. The band is celebrating the occasion with a new video for the song “Rapture, Or…” directed by Shawn Brackbill. Click HERE to watch. 
 
Caufield Schnug and Lira Mondal of Sweeping Promises share about the song: “‘Rapture, Or…’ we originally envisioned a sort of fallen monastic, mockingly devout, longing for a near-term judgment day (catch phrase: ‘I can’t wait for tomorrow’). The actual lyrics are scenario-adaptable, though, as apocalypse fantasies seemingly guide culture now, so you can’t blame us for finding a desire lane amid the ruins. It’s one of our poppier songs ever. We double-tracked Lira’s loud vocals in our tiled bathroom - our ‘cathedral’. A malfunctioning arp played the ascendant synth arpeggios, and the guitar on this one was improvised.” 
 
The band is also currently in the midst of a five-date run of FREE in-store performances at independent record stores across the Midwest. Starting August 12th at Old Love Garden at the Toy Store Upstairs in their hometown of Lawrence, KS; August 13th at Euclid Records in St. Louis, MO; August 14th at Goner Records in Memphis, TN; Feel It Records in Cincinnati, OH on August 15th; and Bric-a-Brac Records & Collectibles in Chicago, IL on August 16th. These in-store performances are FREE to the public, and you can grab a Loser Edition of the new record on Black and Yellow Confetti vinyl while supplies last. 
 
Sweeping Promises embark on a North American headline tour in the fall of 2026. The first leg begins September 9th in Oklahoma City, OK, and runs through September 29th, culminating in a hometown show at White Schoolhouse in Lawrence, KS. The second leg begins October 27th in Omaha, NE, and ends November 18th in Nashville, TN. Further live dates, including international touring, will follow soon. Tickets available at sweepingpromises.com. 
 

YOU SAY I ROMANTICIZE IN-STORES WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES 
Wed. Aug 12 - Lawrence, KS - Old Love Garden at the Toy Store Upstairs @ 7:00 PM 
Thu. Aug. 13 - St. Louis, MO - Euclid Records @ 6:00 PM
Fri. Aug. 14 - Memphis, TN - Goner Records @ 6:00 PM
Sat. Aug. 15 - Cincinnati, OH - Feel It @ 5:00 PM
Sun. Aug. 16 - Chicago, IL - Bric-a-Brac Records & Collectibles @ 4:00 PM 
 
YOU SAY I ROMANTICIZE 
NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR
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. Sep. 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. Sep. 29 - Lawrence, KS - White Schoolhouse
Tue. Oct. 27 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
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
Thu. Nov. 05 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
Fri. Nov. 06 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
Sun. Nov. 08 - Troy, NY - No Fun
Tue. Nov. 10 - New York, NY - Night 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 - The Masquerade (Purgatory)
Wed. Nov. 18 - Nashville, TN - DRKMTTR
 

“Rapture, Or…” follows the previously released singles “Accent,” “Cocoon,” and “Shooting Shadows.” You Say I Romanticize was recorded over an 18-month period and 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.  
 
Sweeping Promises, You Say I Romanticize, is out now on CD/LP/Digitally worldwide from Sub Pop.
 

What people are saying about Sweeping Promises You Say I Romanticize:
“‘Shooting Shadows’ is a post-punk riot with an audacious bassline”. - [Shooting Shadows] Stereogum
 
“Few contemporary bands have managed to make art-punk feel as immediate and alive as Sweeping Promises. - The Big Takeover
 
“Sweeping Promises manage to extol the importance of self-expression while advocating for a collective good.” - Paste

“The Kansas art-punk outfit tap into wall-of-sound maximalism and literary themes on their second album.”  - [HOT LIST SUMMER 2026] Bandcamp 
 
“The bass-driven post-punk spirit of the Slits, Ut and Au Pairs suffuses the brilliant latest single from the Kansas band, vocalist Lira Mondal coiled and prowling then letting go with high-pitched yells” - [“Accent”] The Guardian 
 
”You Say I Romanticize laughs at doing things the hard way and embraces the humanity of it all. It’s not searching for the perfect experience, but being present in one’s own life, art, and community.” - The Line of Best Fit 
 
“The power duo are back with their frenetic art punk style that will equally satisfy as well as leave you famished and craving more” - NARC

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

Sub Pop has signed the prolific and mythical Twisted Teens, the New Orleans band led by Caspian Halliwell and RJ Santos, to release their music throughout the known universe in 2026 and beyond. The band has already released two acclaimed albums in 2026: Blame the Clown on Chain Smoking Records (January) and Florida Water Blues on Going Underground (July). Watch the official videos for the Florida Water Blues title track and its second single, “Swamp,” now.
 
In its “Best New Music” review of Blame the Clown, Pitchfork says of the band’s music, “It’s garage punk with an old-school country twang; as their personality seeps through the sound like dye, it takes on the color of music’s sepia-toned past and technicolor present (8.2/10).”
 
The Guardian offers this: “Not one but two of the year’s best albums so far are authored by a ragtag, deeply charismatic band from Louisiana named Twisted Teens, who bear Pynchonian names – Caspian Halliwell and RJ “Razor Ramone” Santos – a console steel guitar and, in Halliwell case, one of rock’s greatest, most soulful voices in many years. Virtuosic when it counts, ramshackle when necessary…”
 
Twisted Teens will hit the road next week, starting with two Southern California shows supporting The Breeders and immediately followed by a headlining run up the West Coast. These dates begin and end in Los Angeles, first on Monday, August 24th, at the Hollywood Palladium, and ending Friday, September 4th, with a sold-out show at Zebulon.
 
Then in November, Twisted Teens will headline a sold-out show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday, November 3rd. Immediately after, they will join recent tour mates Kurt Vile and The Violators on their headlining run, beginning Wednesday, November 4th in Buffalo, NY, at Asbury Hall and running through Tuesday, November 24th in Baltimore, MD, at Ottobar.
 
Twisted Teens will also close out 2026 with a tour of Australia beginning Friday, December 11th, in Melbourne at Howler and ending Wednesday, December 16th, in Sydney, at Oxford Art Factory. The tour includes a stop in Meredith, Victoria, on Saturday, December 12th, 2026, for a performance at Meredith Music Festival. Tickets for these shows are on sale now.
 
For regular performance and ticketing updates, please visit TwistedTeens.com.
 

 
Twisted Teens’ Blame the Clown is out now on Chain Smoking Records. Florida Water Blues is available in North America through Going Underground Records, and on Friday, September 18th, Sub Pop will release the LP for the rest of the world.

Today, Friday, August 21st, 2026 – free from the shackles of timeliness, Sub Pop is belatedly sharing details about our two new retail locations here in Seattle: the recently opened Sub Pop Waterfront located, not at all coincidentally, on Seattle’s magnificent new waterfront, and Sub Pop in the KEXP Gathering Space at Seattle Center, in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood.

 
Sub Pop Waterfront, located in the Maritime Building directly across from Colman Dock (the WA State Ferries terminal) on the Seattle waterfront, features a dazzling array of t-shirts, hats, hoodies, various knick-knacks, trinkets, and objets d’art conspicuously emblazoned with the words “Sub Pop,” as well as a wide selection of actual records (vinyl LPs, CDs, probably some cassettes!), a bunch of really nice music and art-themed books, and fascinating Sub Pop Records ephemera on display throughout.

Our new home in the world-renowned KEXP Gathering Space has been expanded and redesigned, and now resides along the south wall of the space. In it, you’ll find a hand-picked selection of our expansive collection of the previously mentioned Sub Pop-branded merch (mostly shirts, hats, flannels, sweatshirts, and the like) and a wide array of vinyl records, both new and used, some released by Sub Pop or Hardly Art, and others that were not. Plus, there’s a Caffe Vita coffee shop in the KEXP Gathering Space and even public restrooms! 

 
On Saturday, August 22nd, Sub Pop in the KEXP Gathering Space will be open to ticket holders attending the sold-out KEXP BBQ 2026, which includes performances from Ty Segall, Arlo Parks, Angine De Poitrine, Los Mirlos, Packaging, and Sea Lemon. There will also be sets from KEXP DJs, activities for the whole family to enjoy, food from local vendors for purchase, exclusive merch for sale, and a bar (with ID). For more information, please visit https://www.kexp.org/bbq.

These new retail locations have opened in the wake of the closures of Sub Pop’s (we’re assured…) widely beloved former retail locations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and our former Seattle Belltown location on 7th Ave. The Sub Pop Waterfront Store is located at 908 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98104. Sub Pop in the KEXP Gathering Space is located at 472 1st Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 (both stores are open 10 am-6 pm daily).