Let’s be so real with each other….2025 was brimming with stunning album and EP releases, including Turnstile‘s Never Enough and Hayley Williams‘ Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party…both of which are up for Grammys. However, the fun isn’t ending when January hits because 2026 is also shaping up to be a big year for the alternative scene! The Maine is set to release their unnamed tenth album within the year, and many fans speculate that Bilmuri is gearing up for an album announcement soon, as well. Plus, artists such as Softcult, Poppy, and Joyce Manor are ready to unleash full records in the upcoming months. Here are the confirmed albums we are most looking forward to in the new year.
Paleface Swiss — The Wilted
Release Date: January 2, 2026
Label: Paleface Swiss GMBH
Notable Singles: “Everything Is Fine,” “Let Me Sleep”
Cavetown — Running With Scissors
Release Date: January 16, 2026
Label: Futures Music Group
Notable Singles: “NPC,” “Tarmac”
Vienna Vienna — Entertain Me
Release Date: January 16, 2026
Label: Pulse Records & DCD2
Notable Singles: “Buzz,” “Idle Hands”
Poppy — Empty Hands
Release Date: January 23, 2026
Label: Sumerian Records
Notable Singles: “Guardian,” “Unravel”
The Format — Boycott Heaven
Release Date: January 23, 2026
Label: Vanity Label
Notable Singles: “Shot In The Dark,” “Holy Roller”
Buzzcocks — Attitude Adjustment
Release Date: January 30, 2026
Label: Cherry Red Records
Notable Singles: “Queen Of The Scene”
Joyce Manor — I Used to Go to This Bar
Release Date: January 30, 2026
Label: Epitaph Records
Notable Singles: “Well, Whatever It Was,” “All My Friends Are So Depressed”
Softcult — When a Flower Doesn’t Grow
Release Date: January 30, 2026
Label: Easy Life Records
Notable Singles: “16/25,” “Naive”
Angel Du$t — Cold 2 the Touch
Release Date: February 13, 2026
Label: Run For Cover Records
Notable Singles: “Cold 2 The Touch,” “The Beat”
TX2 — End Of Us
Release Date: February 13, 2026
Label: Hopeless Records
Notable Singles: “The Rain,” “The End Of Us (feat. Black Veil Brides)”
Story of the Year — A.R.S.O.N.
Release Date: February 13, 2026
Label: Sharptone Records
Notable Singles: “Gasoline (All Rage Still Only Numb)”
New Found Glory — Listen Up!
Release Date: February 20, 2026
Label: Pure Noise Records
Notable Singles: “Laugh It Off,” “Treat Yourself”
Rob Zombie — The Great Satan
Release Date: February 27, 2026
Label: Nuclear Blast
Notable Singles: “Heathen Days,” “Punks And Demons”
Sweet Pill — Still There’s a Glow
Release Date: March 13, 2026
Label: Hopeless Records
Notable Singles: “No Control”
Footballhead — Weight of the Truth
Release Date: March 20, 2026
Label: Tiny Engines
Notable Singles: “Used To Be,” “Hesitate”
Tigers Jaw — Lost on You
Release Date: March 27, 2026
Label: Hopeless Records
Notable Singles: “Head is Like a Sinking Stone”
