{"id":13768,"date":"2026-06-12T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=13768"},"modified":"2026-06-13T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:32:46","slug":"the-drowns-announce-fourth-studio-album-harsh-reality-and-share-lead-single-relentless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=13768","title":{"rendered":"The Drowns announce fourth studio album Harsh Reality and share lead single Relentless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the hardest-working punk bands around, The Drowns<\/strong>, have today announced the release date for their long-awaited fourth studio album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The street-punk heroes, from Seattle WA, have become firm IPA Music favourites over the last few years thanks to their incendiary live shows and working class values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their incessant touring has made them a household name on the international punk scene, and staples of the Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today they announced that their new album, Harsh Reality<\/em>, will be released on Pirates Press Records on 18 September, and shared its lead single, Relentless<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Singer-guitarist Rev Peters, singer-bassist Andy Wylie and drummer Jake Margolis laid down most of the songs on Harsh Reality<\/em> as a trimmed-down three-piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Relentless <\/em>could easily refer to The Drowns\u2019 non-stop touring regimen, it refers instead to something far more humanitarian: the crushing weight of capitalism on the working poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The song acknowledges the toll it takes on one\u2019s mental health, struggling day in and day out with no breaks only to be left farther and farther behind. \u201cI wish life would just give it a rest,\u201d laments Rev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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