POISON THE WELL released the definitive album The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation in December 1999 and it went on to become a benchmark of the genre that has inspired a generation of bands. But the band is not content to rest on the laurels of its past achievements and announced the March 20 release of PEACE IN PLACE, their first album in 16 years.
New Bedford, Massachusetts’ trailblazers in A WILHELM SCREAM are back with their sixth full-length studio LP, “Cheap Heat”, out February 27th.
Los Angeles-based band The Pretty Flowers are excited to announce their new album Never Felt Bitter, out March 27 via Chicago’s Forge Again Records. Today, the band is sharing the album’s lead single, “Came Back Kicking.” The track debuted at The Big Takeover and is available now on all streaming platforms for playlist shares.
RVA’s steelboy announced their upcoming full-length album release, Thanks for the Invite…, set for release on March 13, 2026 from Punkerton Records. The songs on this album consist of a high-energy blend of pop punk, ska punk, and classic punk attitude. Over a year and a half in the making, the record was meticulously refined to deliver 12 explosive tracks filled with sharp riffs, soaring melodies, and unforgettable hooks.
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.
