The Daily Drop: Weekend Edition (April 18th 2026)

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

The past few days have seen Electric Callboy, Waterparks, and Dance Gavin Dance announce new records. Meanwhile, members of TesseracT and Chimp Spanner shared details on their new project, Prince of Failure. There are also previews of new releases from The Cab and False Advertising. Additionally, Forlorn unveil their ‘Live at The Earth House’ session, and thrown return with a new single.

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Electric Callboy Announce New Album (‘Tanzneid’)

After much anticipation, Electric Callboy have announced their new album. ‘Tanzneid’ will arrive on 7th August via Century Media Records.

The announcement sees the German electro-metallers share a new single called ‘Hypercharged’. Its video was created in collaboration with mobile game Brawl Stars . The track serves as the theme for a new in-game character, Damian.

The band describe the record as a direct step beyond their 2022 album ‘Tekkno’: “We took what we loved about ‘Tekkno’ and pushed it further, adding new elements, new sounds, and new extremes. Heavy beats, explosive drops, and moments that hit you right in the chest.”

While a full tracklisting has yet to be announced, ‘Tanzneid’ will include Electric Callboy‘s past singles; ‘Revery’, ‘Elevator Operator,’ ‘RATATATA,’, the title track, and their cover of Sum 41‘s ‘Still Waiting’.

They are currently mid-way through their ‘Tanzneid World Tour’, with a performance at Download Festival among their summer dates.

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Waterparks Detail ‘JINX’ & Share New Single ‘PROWLER’

Waterparks have detailed their sixth studio album, ‘JINX’. It will be released on July 24th via BMG.

To mark the announcement, the Houston trio have shared lead single ‘PROWLER’. It sees them offer a harsher sound yet maintains their whirlwind electro-infused pop-rock sound. For frontman Awsten Knight, the track came during one of the loneliest stretches of the band’s career.

“I wrote ‘PROWLER’ at a time I felt the most isolated last year. I really hate change and for the first time since anyone knew who Waterparks was, we separated from (almost) all of our old team and our record label. This was one of the biggest changes we could’ve experienced and on top of that, when one is as busy as I am, your friends are naturally 99% work-related,” shares Knight. “So it felt like losing almost everyone I knew, even tangential friends, while also feeling like career-wise the floor was falling out from under me. I don’t mean to sound dramatic, but sometimes it is that deep. This song is a reflection of the extremely concentrated sadness I felt over those months while trying to rebuild my world.”

Throughout ‘JINX,’ Waterparks promises to equally look inwards and outwards, touching on existential dread, the cost of visibility, and all-consuming relationships. Alongside ‘PROWLER,’ the album includes past singles,  ‘Any Minute Now,’ ‘If Lyrics Were Confidential,’ and ‘Red Guitar’. Meanwhile, it’s opening track, ‘TELL ME WHY’ features Mark Hoppus of blink-182, Danny Elfman, Eric Nally of Foxy Shazam, and Dillon Francis.

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Dance Gavin Dance Announce ‘Tree City Sessions 3’

Fresh off last year’s ‘Pantheon’, Dance Gavin Dance have confirmed the third chapter of their live-in-studio series. ‘Tree City Sessions 3’ arrives digitally on 22nd May via Rise Records, with a full physical release following on 19th June.

The record features re-recorded tracks from across the Sacramento outfit’s catalogue, including a new version of ‘Need Money’, which gets its own music video to mark the announcement. On the new version, frontman Jon Mess says, “‘Need Money’ is an underrated song. It’s weird and fun, and you gotta love those horns.”

Dance Gavin Dance head to the UK this autumn as part of a wider European run:

September
1st Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2nd Trabendo, Paris, France
3rd Columbia Theatre, Berlin, Germany
4th Kantine, Cologne, Germany
6th O2 Academy, Birmingham
8th SWG3, Glasgow
9th Academy, Manchester
11th The Prospect Building, Bristol
12th O2 Forum Kentish Town, London

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thrown Return with ‘split’

Swedish metalcore outfit thrown are back with new single ‘split’, via Arising Empire. Arriving ahead of a June return to the UK, the quartet returns with a dense slap of modern metalcore, executed with plenty of purpose.

Lyrically, ‘split’ sits with losing control, self-doubt, and the weight of being stuck in your own head. The repeated line “split my head in two” lands as an expression of overload, a need to break free from spiralling thoughts. Sonically, the track rides down-tuned riffs, relentless drums, and breakdowns built to hit with purpose rather than excess.

thrown play the following UK dates this summer:

June
14th Download Festival, Donington Park
15th Concorde 2, Brighton
16th The Waterfront, Norwich

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Forlorn Unveil ‘Live at The Earth House’ Session

Southern UK folk-horror outfit Forlorn have unveiled a new Earth House Session’. Captured in a subterranean space and mixed by Dan Weller (Sikth, Bury Tomorrow, Enter Shikari, Holding Absence), the 15-minute session features live renditions of ‘Funeral Pyre’ and ‘Creatress’ from debut album ‘Aether’, plus their current single ‘Let Them Run’.

Vocalist Megan Jenkins says: “Just as the first signs of spring began to emerge this year, we were invited to record and film a live session at the Earth House. A sacred underground temple steeped in folklore and ancient history, this incredible space truly aligns with us as a collective and provided the ultimate setting for us to hold our circle” shares vocalist Megan Jenkins “A smoke cleansing ceremony heralded the beginning of the ritual and was followed by the performance of two singles taken from our debut album, ‘Aether’; ‘Funeral Pyre’ and ‘Creatress’. We felt this live session would be the perfect opportunity to honour that record and shine a spotlight on two of our favourite tracks. To mark the beginning of the next phase of Forlorn and to set our intentions for the year ahead, we closed the circle with a performance of our latest offering, ‘Let Them Run’.”

Ali White of Earth House Sessions adds: “Our aim with Earth House Sessions is to document live heavy music in a cinematic way that reflects the weight and atmosphere of the genre. In many ways, metal is a modern extension of British folk tradition, and Forlorn tap into that instinctively in what they do.”

‘Aether’ is out now on Church Road Records.

Forlorn have the following dates coming up:

April
18th Strangeforms Festival, Leeds
19th Strangeforms Festival, Leeds
May
17th Desertfest, London
August
22nd ArcTanGent, Somerset

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The Cab Preview ‘Chasing Crowns’ with ‘Sweet Kerosene’

Next Friday (April 24th), Las Vegas pop-rock band The Cab will return with their long-awaited comeback album ‘Chasing Crowns’. Ahead of its release, the quintet have shared ‘Sweet Kerosene’. The track follows previously released cuts ‘Back From The Dead’ and ‘Locked and Loaded’, with frontman Alex DeLeon’s vocals front and centre.

“This one has always felt like a movie. There are just some songs where the script just writes itself, and the imagery just paints itself. We have been dying for the world to hear this one, and we hope you love it as much as we do,” the band says. “Sometimes it’s better to let someone burn you to the ground then to never have felt the heat of their flames at all. Sweet Kerosene is one of those songs that truly set our creativity and hearts on fire.”

‘Chasing Crowns’ marks The Cab‘s first full-length in nearly 15 years, following 2011’s ‘Symphony Soldier’. The record takes cues from the Japanese philosophy of kintsugi, the art of repairing broken pottery with gold, so the cracks become part of the story.

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Daniel Tompkins and Paul Ortiz Form Prince of Failure

TesseracT vocalist Daniel Tompkins and Chimp Spanner‘s Paul Ortiz have come together for a collaborative project called Prince of Failure. They will release a self-titled album on June 19th through KScope.

Written and developed over several years, the twelve-track record promises to explore neurodivergence, masking, and the weight of living out of alignment with expectation. Lead single ‘Horizon’, featuring Kristyn Hope (Daedric), is out now.

They track stunningly combines Tompkins and Hope’s powerful voices, blending with an atmospheric brand of prog metal. “‘Horizon’ captures the moment where everything feels like it’s collapsing around you, but something inside is still pushing you forward,” Tompkins says. “Having Kristyn Hope on the track added another emotional dimension; her voice almost feels like a guiding presence cutting through the chaos.”

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False Advertising Previews ‘The Sorry Window’ with ‘Next Big Thing’

Manchester alt-rockers False Advertising have shared ‘Next Big Thing. It is the final single ahead of their first full-length in six years, ‘The Sorry Window’, released May 1st.

Produced by vocalist Jen Hingley and long-time collaborator Luke Pickering (Fontaines D.C., Sam Ryder, Arlo Parks) at The Church Studios, the track sets a driving post-punk sound against a more internal perspective: the pressure to present yourself as the next big thing, pulled apart by a voice that won’t stop second-guessing it. The video, directed by Hingley, puts a polished version of the band against a more realistic one.

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Today’s New Songs

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

Electric Callboy – Hypercharged
BabyMetal – from me to u (Major Lazer Remix)
Waterparks – Prowler
Dance Gavin Dance – Need Money – Tree City Sessions
False Advertising – Next Big Thing
The Flatliners – Pulpit
DevilDriver – Dig Your Own Grave
The Cab – Sweet Kerosene
Catch Your Breath – [Gen]inside feat. Kami Kehoe
Hawxx – Feral Mother
thrown – split
Big Special – ONLY FREE WHEN SLEEPING
Brightr – Stay Home, Keep Warm
Brightr – I hope Julien is ok
Bicurious – Magic Marker (Acoustic)
The Band CAMINO – Holly
Return to Dust – Hey Ya!
Fortune Teller – Lucid State
Promise Nothing – Empty
Frozen Soul – Deathweaver
Dirt Flirt – honest
Prince of Failure – Horizon
VOÏVOD – Forgotten In Space (Symphonique)
SPLIT – Better Alone
100%WET – Eleanor’s Escape
What Lies Below – Leech
Normundy – Corrupt My Code
Mad Honey – Moshfeghian
Deafkids – Reflexo
Self Deception – DON’T B E L O N G
Double XP – Hangman
Bucket – Memento
Vampires Everywhere! – All My Friends Think I’m Weird
Dieyoung – Crave
Castiel – Act I: Defile // Denounce
Glazyhaze – Do You?
The Arrivals – January 7th

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.