The Daily Drop (March 16th 2026)

Welcome to The Daily Drop, your roundup of the latest news from the rock, metal, punk, emo, hardcore, and alternative scenes.

This round-up catches up on new tracks from Drug Church, As It Is, Sugar Horse, and Blood Command. There is also news involving Marmozets and sace6.

Drug Church Unveil New Single ‘Pynch’ & Autumn Tour Dates

Fresh off their recent tour supporting Deftones, New York punk outfit Drug Church has shared a new single. ‘Pynch,’ released via Pure Noise Records, is the closest the band have ever come to writing a love song, according to vocalist Patrick Kindlon. “This one is about meeting someone who won’t allow you to be a loser forever.”

With Kindlon’s distinct voice and Drug Church‘s overall muscular charge, ‘Pynch’ brilliantly builds on what 2024’s ‘PRUDE’ showed.

The track arrives alongside UK headline tour dates this autumn, with support from Liquid Mike and Downward..

September
4th Burn It Down Festival, Torquay
6th Brudenell Social Club, Leeds *
7th Gorilla, Manchester *
8th Slay, Glasgow *
10th Trinity Centre, Bristol *
11th Electric Ballroom, London *
* with Liquid Mike + Downward

Marmozets Confirm June UK Headline Tour

Marmozets have confirmed a seven-date UK headline tour for this June. It will follow the release of their third album, CO.WAR.DICE., which is due on 22nd May.

The Yorkshire quartet recently shared ‘Running With The Sun In Your Eyes’ from the record. The track is a swaggering electro-rock number with Becca Bottomley’s charismatic vocals.

As It Is Preview New Album with ‘Marilyn’

Transatlantic pop-rock quartet As It Is recently set a release date of July 17th for their new self-titled album.

Ahead of its release through FLG Records, they’ve shared a reflective cut called ‘Marilyn’. Taking shape in the form of a nostalgic alt-rock song, its bittersweet melodies and driving acoustic guitars make it a heartfelt track with plenty of sentiment.

“It’s never felt easier be a pessimist and nihilist, so writing a song about hope and humanity felt right. It’s about a near-stranger and their goodness making a big difference early on in your life, but how hindsight can make that difference even clearer,” shares frontman Patty Walters. “But it’s also about how people are never really gone – not while their words, actions, and values live on the people their lives have touched. Good people are everywhere, all around us, all the time. This song is about them, and it’s for everyone whose lives are better for knowing them.”

April
4th Guildhall, Portsmouth – Takedown Festival
June
13th Download Festival, Donington
July
13th O2 Academy, Bristol (w/ Boys Like Girls)
15th O2 Academy, Glasgow (w/ Boys Like Girls)
17th Academy, Manchester (w/ Boys Like Girls)
18th O2 Academy Brixton, London (w/ Boys Like Girls)
19th Resident Music, Brighton *
20th hmv, Birmingham *
21st Wax and Beans, Bury *
21st Brudenell Social Club, Leeds *
22nd Rough Trade, Nottingham *
23rd CIRCUIT, Kingston Upon Thames
24th Rough Trade, Bristol *
25th The Arundel Emporium, Sheffield *
25th Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool *
September
3rd Burn It Down Festival, Torquay
* In-store & signing

sace6 Detail Debut Album ‘Brutalist’ with New Track ‘Covet’

Having recently joined Sumerian Records, genre-bending R&B-metal duo sace6 have detailed their debut album ‘Brutalist’. It’s due for release on 8th May.

The announcement is accompanied by the release of a track called ‘Covet’. It highlights their use of R&B/pop melodies with crushing metal blasts and a steely undertone.

“‘covet’, remaining anchored to the definition of the word, is an audible representation for jealousy, wanting what/who someone else has to the point of being inept at moving within my own connection,” the duo stated.

Sugar Horse Tease ‘Not A Sound In Heaven’ with ‘Ex-Human Shield’

Bristol experimental outfit Sugar Horse are gearing up to release their new album, ‘Not A Sound In Heaven,’ on April 10th via Fat Dracula Records. The four-piece have shared its latest preview, ‘Ex-Human Shield’.

Never a band to hold back what they think, the track sees frontman Ash Tubb take aim at corrupt Governments.

“Britain is a country defined—and governed—by corruption. Our leaders are bought and paid for by corporations both homegrown and foreign,” Tubb explains. “Every few years we have the privilege of deciding which particular favour of corruption we want to vote for. Will it be the openly racist corrupt guy, or the one that hides it a bit better? Will it be the one who wants perpetual war or the one who will simply go to war reluctantly?”

“Regardless of how they seem to display themselves, they all seem to end up actioning the same life destroying policies, targeted at our society’s most downtrodden. ‘Ex-Human Shield’ is about that corruption. It’s about the perpetual cycle of Liberal Democracy and how it only ever seems to benefit those who already have everything anyway. They’d sell us all just to keep the machine running.”

April
14th Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
15th Star & Garter, Manchester
16th Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Glasgow
17th The Old Bus Depot, Nottingham
18th The Black Heart, London
19th StrangeForms Festival, Leeds

Blood Command Return with New Single ‘Wet Death’

Norwegian punk outfit Blood Command have returned with a fierce new single via Arising Empire. ‘Wet Death’ channels the band’s familiar intensity through relentless hooks, sharp guitars, and a chaotic energy.

The release arrives alongside a collaboration with guitar manufacturer Gretsch, with ‘Wet Death’ tied to the launch of their new ‘Jet’ guitar line.

Today’s New Songs

Here’s a rundown of the latest additions to our ‘Newish Music’ playlist.

Bilmuri and A Day To Remember – ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN
As It Is – Marilyn
Drug Church – Pynch
I Am The Avalanche – Laughing and Bleeding
Sugar Horse – Ex-Human Shield
The Pretty Reckless – When I Wake Up
Sabaton – Yamato
Arrows In Action – Stop Talking
Normandie – Mayday
Blood Command – Wet Death
Eville – Fetch
Good Kid – Cicada
All Them Witches – Starting Line
Lakeview – Matches
sace6 – covet
Marisa And The Moths – Nothing’s Getting Better
CENOBIA – MAKE US WHOLE AGAIN
Bad Juju – The Weight of Water
Big Ass Truck I.E. – Pushed Beyond The Brink
The Dollyrots – Attention Span
Flair – Nausea
Border – Don’t Lose Your Head
The Cocktail Slippers – Joyride
We Are Arya – Get Out
Pope! – Make You Feel
Coal & Crayon – Impending
falselove – like you used to
newshapes – falling away
MISSIO – Bleed
Shower Beers – Crash To Earth
Dirt Flirt – focus on u
Throatcut. – KILLTHENOISE
Renvoir – Red Ice
Hopsydian – Sight
DFL – Heavy Is The Head
Obey The Kraken – Netherworld
Olympus – Revenant

Keep up to date with all the latest rock, metal, punk, and beyond, by following AlreadyHeard‘s ‘NewishMusic’ Playlist.

Find the playlist on Spotify and Apple Music.