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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. Today's round-up features news on albums from Sublime and Lost In Kyiv (and a name change). PRESIDENT and Karen Dió share new music. The Darkness announce their biggest UK headline tour in two decades, and Thursday join the 2000trees Festival bill. Here's everything you need to know from March 26th 2026. PRESIDENT Share New Single, 'Mercy' PRESIDENT have shared a new single 'Mercy'. It sees the UK collective continue to ride a wave of momentum since making their viral debut last year. The new track sees them continue to merge electronic experimentation, cinematic atmosphere and an assured heavy sound. Lyrically, 'Mercy' serves as a visceral reckoning with blind faith and institutional betrayal. Built around the imagery of a host and parasite, the track pulls at the feeling of being consumed by something you once trusted completely. PRESIDENT says of the track: "Throughout history, religion has been tied to profound division and loss. This song is a reflection on that reality, and a way for me to come to terms with what it means on a human level." The release comes as PRESIDENT prepare to make their headline festival debut at the Takedown Festival in Portsmouth next weekend (April 4th). They will then embark on a sold-out headline tour, before appearing at the Slam Dunk Festival in late May. https://youtu.be/NhD3HC1jUeA April 4th Guildhall, Portsmouth (Takedown Festival) 12th Academy, Dublin – SOLD OUT 14th O2 Ritz, Manchester – SOLD OUT 15th SWG3 TV Studio, Glasgow – SOLD OUT 17th Project House, Leeds – SOLD OUT 18th Electric Bristol, Bristol – SOLD OUT 20th UEA, Norwich – SOLD OUT 21st O2 Forum Kentish Town, London – SOLD OUT May 23rd Slam Dunk Festival, Hatfield 24th Slam Dunk Festival, Leeds Sublime Set to Release First Album in 30 Years Sublime have announced their first studio album in 30 years. It's called 'Until The Sun Explodes' and will be released 21st June via Atlantic Records. It sees Jakob Nowell, the son of the band's late vocalist and guitarist Bradley Nowell, step up as the band's frontman. The album features guest appearances from FIDLAR, Skegss, H.R. of Bad Brains, G. Love, and Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise. Jakob reflected on what the record means to him. "The last Sublime record that will ever be made is Self-Titled. There's no replacing history, period. 'Until the Sun Explodes' the album is an epilogue, and 'Until the Sun Explodes' the single is the epilogue to the epilogue," he explains. "It is a tribute to the expansive works of Sublime, it is an acknowledgment for all that my father has done for me my entire life, and most importantly it is a thank you. I love you dad, and I owe you my life." https://youtu.be/9WhguJtzWuI Lost In Kyiv Confirm New Album ('We're All Going To Be Fine') French post-metal quartet Lost In Kyiv will return on June 19th with their new album, 'We're All Going To Be Fine'. It will be released through Pelagic Records. The record is their first with new drummer Jérémie Legrand, and coincides with a name change from Lost in Kiev to Lost in Kyiv. "We almost consider this album as the first record of a new version of the band. That's why we decided to use the name Lost in Kyiv now. We don't want to erase the past, but it really feels like a new direction. The choice of spelling Kyiv instead of Kiev felt natural to us," the four-piece explained. "We use this spelling more often now and feel it aligns better with our values and how we see the situation. We had been thinking about it for a long time, but we needed the right moment in the band's history to do it." On the album's themes, the band promises to hone in on a meditation on hope, self-destruction, and modern disconnection, drawing on the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung and the emotional weight of films such as 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'Melancholia': "'We're All Going To Be Fine' explores the tension between hope and inner collapse, and how modern life can disconnect us from ourselves and each other. The songs were inspired by personal experiences, societal pressure, and the idea that we often become our own worst enemy." As an introduction to this new chapter for Lost in Kyiv, they've shared a track titled 'Burst'. It demonstrates the raw, heavier sound that 'We're All Going To Be Fine' promises to go in. "The addition of our new drummer Jérémie and the use of lower tunings allowed us to create something more brutal and direct, while keeping the atmospheric emotion that defines us," said b>Lost In Kyiv on the track. https://youtu.be/fgN6jOg06_w The Darkness Announce December UK Arena Tour The Darkness have announced a UK arena tour for December 2026, their largest headline run in 20 years. The greatest hits and fan favourites tour is supported by American country rock outfit Brothers Osborne and British alt-rockers 'A', who recently announced their comeback album 'PRANG'. The band's frontman, Justin Hawkins, described the tour in typically extravagant fashion. "The very bestest of The Darkness! Imagine yourself, luxuriating in the warm sonic and visual embrace of the best ever Darkness songs, played by the best ever Darkness band, in the best ever rock music venues of mainland Great Britain! You will float with us on the soft whoopee cushion of undulating rock tones, swim with us in the warm seas of loquacious balladry, jump with us in the heady miasma of pop rock, and also do the head bang with us in the electrical thundery storm of HEVY METUL... Roll up, roll up, the Darkness Carnival is coming to town!" Thursday Added to 2000trees Festival 2026 2000trees Festival have added post-hardcore veterans Thursday to their 2026 lineup. The New Jersey outfit will play on Thursday (of course), 9th July, joining a bill that includes headliners Alkaline Trio, as well as Superheaven, PUP, The Bronx, and more. Karen Dió Unleashes New Track, 'Bexy' Brazilian punk rocker Karen Dió has released a new single, 'Bexy'. The track captures Dió's firecracker energy with a sound rooted in punchy punk rock, paired with fun melodic charm. Its unusual origins come from an improvised live on a Patreon video call between Dió and her husband, Dinosaur Pile-Up's Matt Bigland. "A few years ago, me and my husband had a Patreon page. We used to share about our lives and hang with our Patrons in live video calls quite often. In one of these live calls, we decided to grab the guitar and improvise a song live, to everyone that joined the call," Dió explains. "Bex, one of our OG beloved supporters joined the live call, so we immediately began writing Bex a song. Matt started to play the chord progression that you hear in the final song and I also started to sing basically the final version of the vocals, the words beginning to form as we messed around. We wrote the song right there, live, on the call. Instead of singing 'Bex', I sang 'Bexy', a sort of linguistic change that happens as my primary language is Brazilian Portuguese. In Portuguese, you add an 'ee' sound to every word that finishes with a consonant. So for instance, 'Facebook' becomes 'Faceybooky', 'Hot Dog' turns into 'Hotchy Doggy'... So 'Bex' ended up turning into 'Bexy'. And that was it, the song was almost completed right there on the call." https://youtu.be/hp31SGANpOg July 7th The Croft, Bristol 8th 2000trees Festival, Cheltenham Today's New Songs Here's a rundown of the latest additions to our 'Newish Music' playlist. PRESIDENT - Mercy Sublime - Until The Sun Explodes Karen Dió - Bexy Lost In Kyiv - Burst Long Distance Calling - Sinister Companion Dimmu Borgir - Ulvgjeld & Blodsodel Heave Blood & Die - Dog Days Negative Frame - New Lows ANKOR - DANZO · lying ghost (feat. MAH (SiM)) 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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