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Welcome to The Daily Drop, your roundup of the latest news from the rock, metal, punk, emo, hardcore, and alternative scenes. Tour news from Skindred leads today's round-up, with the Welsh rockers confirming a UK run alongside nu-metal veterans Alien Ant Farm, Spineshank, and Orgy. There are also details of new releases from Knife Bride, Exploring Birdsong, and Nashville ambient duo Hammock. On our 'Newish Music' playlist, you can hear new tracks from Terror, Cheekface, Big D and The Kids Table, and more. Here's everything you need to know from March 25th 2026. Skindred Announce 2026 UK Dates with Alien Ant Farm, Spineshank, and Orgy Skindred have confirmed a UK tour for this autumn in support of their album, 'You Got This'. Nu-metal veterans Alien Ant Farm join the band on all dates (besides Glasgow), with Spineshank and Orgy also on board for the Birmingham and London shows. The Halloween date at London's Alexandra Palace forms part of the band's annual 'Night of the Living Dred' event. "We wanted to do something really special to support the release of our new album 'You Got This'. After touring with our friends Alien Ant Farm in Europe last year, we had to bring them to the UK to join the Skindred party,!" Drummer Arya Goggins said. "Halloween is always such a special night, for both us and our fans, so this year our annual 'Night of the Living Dred' show will be its biggest ever at London's Alexandra Palace! Along with Alien Ant Farm we have Spineshank and Orgy joining us. It's going to be a really special night with loads of surprises." Tickets go on fan pre-sale Thursday, 26th March at 10am, with general on-sale from Friday, 27th March at 10am. 'You Got This' is released on April 17th via Earache Records 'You Got This' Knife Bride Preview New EP with 'crucify' Pop-metallers Knife Bride have announced their new EP, 'sorry about the plague', will be released on 24th April. The news comes as they share their latest single, 'crucify'. With its crunching guitars and frantic energy, it sees vocalist Mollie Clack have what she calls "a conversation with myself". She expands by saying, it is "a ruthless interrogation of a past version of me. A public trial of someone who made mistakes that I've struggled to forgive. The song attempts to expose how easy it is to obsess over appearances, to decorate the house and call it a home, while the foundations quietly crumble beneath us. At its core, it's a reflection on self-destructive behaviour and the ways we sabagotage parts of our lives. The line, 'life gave me lemons, I made poison,' aims to capture the idea that sometimes we don't just mishandle what we're given, we actively ruin it." Additionally, 'crucify' has a lyrical nod to Paramore's 'Misery Business' with the line, "I'm in the business of destroying everything." "That reference is intentional," Mollie explains. "It's a reminder that we can be flawed and messy and that reckoning with that truth is part of being human rather than self-censoring." As for 'sorry about the plague,’ the five-track EP looks to expand Knife Bride's world-building narrative, which began with the band's previous single, ‘alone at the altar’. https://youtu.be/fvNZlqiVRqA Exploring Birdsong Share Debut Album Details ('Every House We Built') Alt-pop trio Exploring Birdsong have shared details of their debut album. It's titled 'Every House We Built' and will arrive on 26th June via Long Branch Records. Consisting of 12 tracks, it sees the London-based band look inwards as they draw on lived experiences of complex relationships, whether family, friends, or romantic. While houses are used as a central metaphor, Exploring Birdsong reflects on how connections are carefully built with intention yet can unexpectedly collapse, leaving behind the lingering weight of something once thought permanent. The announcement coincides with the album's third single, 'You Like It Best When It Hurts'. It demonstrates their intricate songwriting, adding musical weight to Lynsey Ward's melodic vocals. "'You Like It Best When It Hurts' actually began its life as a completely different song, but easily found a way to take the shape that it has now. For as long as we've been a band, we've been proud that our sound has such broad shoulders, so we felt we could really push our influences from heavy music out into the open with this one and create the heaviest Birdsong music to date," explains Ward. "Lyrically, it is written about observing a type of person that we have all come across, self-sabotaging and self-destructive, almost to the point where it seems that they can't, or don't want to, break the cycle. More new territory for us, as we're now equipped to convey anger and aggression convincingly. It felt completely natural to write a bit of a love letter to heavy music whilst channelling our own frustrations." The release will be followed by a run of UK headline dates in September. https://youtu.be/vNOAC9BuBP4 Hammock Reveal New Album Details, including Collaboration with The Flaming Lips The stunning ambient duo known as Hammock will return with a new album, 'The Second Coming Was A Moonrise,' on May 22nd via their own label, Hammock Music. The records see the Nashville-based pairing of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson continue their exploration between ambient minimalism and cinematic scale. However, it promises to be paired with a sound that is equally intimate and expansive. The album is launched with two stunning singles. The first of these, 'Chemicals Make You Small', features Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips. It includes one of the album's rare vocal-led moments. The second offering, 'The Unsetting Sun,' leans into Hammock's meditative and harmonious sound that is easy to get lost in. The album's title and thematic core stems from a moment in Byrd's youth. One night, under the influence of LSD, he and a friend became convinced they were witnessing the Rapture, their imagination shaped by their fundamentalist upbringing. The light they saw was simply the moon rising. "If anyone grew up a fundamentalist, maybe this album can be a soundtrack for letting go of toxic shame and bad religion, while holding onto what is good, beautiful and true," Byrd explains. "Seeing and experiencing a moonrise is a miracle in itself. How many times do we miss what's there or what's being said by someone because we assume something else is happening?" Reflecting on the album, Byrd describes it as “a combination of what we’ve done through the years, with maybe a little more solidity”. Influenced by both personal change and a wider sense of global disquiet, Byrd adds, “So much is missed and looked over due to the tunnel vision created by politics, social media, algorithms, silos of misinformation, and perpetual distraction. I would hope this could be an album that sounds like sitting on the roof of a car, when being young was serious, and one night was like the end of the world. In a way, it’s the same old Hammock, but new, and maybe even incautious.” 'The Second Coming Was A Moonrise' will also feature contributions from longtime collaborators, including Christine Byrd (Lumenette), Matt Kidd (Slow Meadow), Matthew Doty (Deserta), Chad Howat, and Jake Finch. https://youtu.be/4IdFN2TaNkM https://youtu.be/RhdRlhpzde4 Today's New Songs Here's a rundown of the latest additions to our 'Newish Music' playlist. Terror - Destruction Of My Soul Exploring Birdsong - You Like it Best When It Hurts Cheekface - Black Site Big D and The Kids Table - Whiplash Hammock - Chemicals Make You Small (featuring Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) Hammock - The Unsetting Sun The Casualties - Allies And Assassins Siiickbrain - MURKY WATER breakkaway - Portrait set on fire alt. - They've Always Lived In The Castle Moonspell - Far From God Chief State - DAMN! Head North - So Sick Downstater - Cage Fight The Deadmans - Make Me Prey Laptop - Squirrel-A-Bug For Nina - Labour Of My Love Bolan - At War With Myself Keep up to date with all the latest rock, metal, punk, and beyond, by following AlreadyHeard's 'Newish Music' Playlist. Find the playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6uq9yITpdLIUKdNzPvJmxr?si=8cY6UeozSK6TYowE-u-wJQ

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