Punk band The Overjoyed have announced their new self-titled album, set for release on 20 February. Blending a Bay Area punk aesthetic with an anthemic pop sensibility, the Athens-formed band channel melody through grit, capturing the restless energy of disenfranchised European youth with a sound that is as confrontational as it is infectious.

Emo punk/hardcore outfit SHORELINE have announced their new album Is This The Low Point Or The Moment After? The record is due for release on 13th March 2026 on Pure Noise Records and alongside the announcement come two singles, Sweet Spot and Out Of Touch.

"Sweet Spot explores the narrative of two people slowly drifting apart from each other without even noticing.  It channels the anger of misunderstanding each other in a fast but very melodic pop punk track." says Hansol Seung

Teenage Bottlerocket have announced pre-orders for their new EP The Invisible Man via Pirates Press Records. The EP is scheduled for release on March 06, and features the single “City at Night,” along with three more unreleased songs from the same sessions that produced their last year's album Ready To Roll.

London melodic hardcore/emo band Death of Youth are set to release their debut full-length album, Nothing Is The Same Anymore, on February 16, 2026. Recorded at Rogue Recording Studios between February and April 2025, the album was produced and tracked by Michael Kew and Rob Parnell, and mixed and mastered by Kew at Rogue Studios in July 2025.

Toronto's PUP have announced a live album, entitled "Megacity Madness (The Official Live Recordings)". Earlier this year, around the release of their latest album "Who Will Look After The Dogs?", PUP hosted a special tour de Toronto, where they performed a series of six shows across the city with special guests like Jeff Rosenstock and NOBRO joining them each night. Megacity Madness began with a house show, and continued with each show at a venue “bigger than the last”, as they performed at clubs they came up playing over the last decade as a band.

Brooklyn, New York-based emo punks Awful Din announces the release of its ANTI BODY LP via We're Trying Records on January 28. The album was recorded and mixed at Studio G with Jeff Verner and Ross Colombo, and mastered by Jon Markson.

 

Toys That Kill have released two songs from their upcoming album, “Triple Threat” which will be out on February 20th via Recess Records.

On January 2nd, 2026, New Jersey emo / alternative band Capillary will release their debut album, in remembrance, through 51st State Records.

Formed in 2023, Capillary are crafting emotive and powerful tracks sure to capture the attention of even the most staunch genre purists. Taking influence from bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral, and Title Fight, you’ll hear strong building melodies, compelling riffs, and poignant vocals. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered with Justin Bartlett at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, PA (All Under Heaven, Carly Cosgrove)