Chastity will release a new full-length, I Built This Prison Myself, on November 13, 2026. The album is based on a story from the band’s hometown of Whitby, Ontario, focusing on the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital and a 1976 fire set by a 16-year-old patient who burned down a barn on the hospital grounds.

Written by Chastity’s Brandon Williams, the 10-song album uses the story as a starting point to explore themes of fear, powerlessness, control and identity. The album’s title reflects its focus on the ways external pressures can become internalized.

French alt-emo band Paerish will release their new album Rita on October 16 via SideOneDummy Records. The band has also shared “Vapor Cloud,” the second single from the record, following “Wait For Dark.”

“Vapor Cloud” reflects on the band’s years of writing and the desire to maintain a creative life over time. Vocalist and guitarist Mathias Court says the song grew from the question of whether the urge to create can fade as people move beyond their twenties and settle into other parts of life.

Ahead of their fall tour dates, acclaimed post-hardcore art rock pioneers Shudder to Think return with a new track and news of their first project in almost three decades. The three-song Who Sent You EP is due September 11th via Dischord Records, and its title track – a song that vocalist Craig Wedren notes, “unintentionally encompasses multiple eras of Shudder To Think” – is available now.

Jagger Holly has announced its fifth full-length LP, WET HOT EUROPEAN SUMMER.

Recorded at The Timber Room in Saalfelden, Austria, the album features 13 new tracks, engineered, mixed and mastered by Tombo of 7 Years Bad Luck, with cover design by Tommaso Eppesteingher.

Wet Hot European Summer track listing:

Japanese punk trio Dizzy Sunfist will be releasing their new album, OUR DREAM IS NOT DEAD, on September 18 via Fat Wreck Chords. 

Spike and the Gimme Gimmes have announced their new album Shit the Bed will be arriving October 23rd via Fat Wreck Chords. Along with the announcement, they shared their rendition of the Cyndi Lauper classic “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”.

Ska collective THE FAMILY BUSINESS LTD shares “Floor Burner,” the explosive first single from their debut self-titled album, out September 25 on Hellcat Records. Packed with grooving drumbeats and the infectious energy of two-tone ska, “Floor Burner” is the first taste of the collective.

The group shared, “’Floor Burner’ is the blueprint for THE FAMILY BUSINESS LTD. It was pieced together from three separate ideas and evolved into this pure party-starter. The whole point is simple: get on the floor and dance.”