Los Angeles outfit Dead Poet Society have released “Miami For The Weekend,” the final preview of their forthcoming album Monarch, out October 2 via Spinefarm.
It follows “Cold,” “Roach” and “Sinner Systems,” tracks that showcase the album’s balance of weight, melody and emotional intensity. The early reaction has been strong, with Revolver calling the material tense and knotted with danceable dread, Kerrang! describing the songs as seething, and Consequence hailing the tracks as a glorious success.
Monarch was produced by Mutemath frontman Paul Meany, whose credits include Twenty One Pilots and Pierce The Veil, mixed by Grammy winner Adam Hawkins (Turnstile, Yungblud), and recorded at Valley View Studios and The Park in Los Angeles.
“We wanted to carve out our own piece of territory,” says vocalist and guitarist Jack Underkofler of the band’s approach to writing the record. “I just wanted to swing for the fences with this one. All the things I felt made us, I wanted to see how much deeper I could go with them and try to boil down the essence of the feeling that makes Dead Poet Society who we are.”
The result builds on the foundation of 2021’s -!- and 2024’s FISSION, and stands as their most expansive and emotionally resonant collection yet. It embraces contrast, weight against melody, vulnerability against defiance, and works the tension between them.
Alongside the album, fans have been exploring The House, an interactive world inspired by the Monarch artwork, where a young girl sits ringed by phones. Phones that are ringing. It can be found at band.fans/thehouse.
Pre-order Monarch: https://deadpoetsociety.lnk.to/Monarch
Available on multiple limited edition vinyl variants, including a version with an expanded booklet, plus CD and digital.
Monarch Tracklist
- Hollywood On Fire
- Roach
- Die If You Don’t
- Sinner Systems
- Lost
- Cold
- Psalm 136
- Dead On The Inside
- Miami For The Weekend
- Get Hot
- The Park
- The Art Of Suffering
US Tour Dates
Co-headlining with Honey Revenge, plus Hunny and Broadside
- October 23 – San Diego, CA, House of Blues
- October 24 – Las Vegas, NV, House of Blues
- October 25 – Phoenix, AZ, Nile Theater
- October 27 – Dallas, TX, House of Blues
- October 28 – Houston, TX, House of Blues
- October 30 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Revolution
- October 31 – Tampa, FL, Orpheum
- November 2 – Nashville, TN, Eastside Bowl
- November 3 – Atlanta, GA, Masquerade Heaven
- November 5 – Brooklyn, NY, Warsaw
- November 6 – Baltimore, MD, Soundstage
- November 7 – Worcester, MA, Palladium
- November 8 – Allentown, PA, Archer
- November 10 – Sayreville, NJ, Starland Ballroom
- November 11 – Cleveland, OH, Globe Iron
- November 12 – Indianapolis, IN, Deluxe
- November 15 – Chicago, IL, Concord Music Hall
- November 17 – Denver, CO, Ogden Theatre
- November 18 – Salt Lake City, UT, Rockwell @ The Complex
- November 20 – Boise, ID, Treefort Music Hall
- November 21 – Portland, OR, Roseland Theater
- November 22 – Seattle, WA, The Showbox
- November 24 – Sacramento, CA, Ace of Spades
- November 25 – Anaheim, CA, House of Blues
European & UK Tour Dates
- January 21 – Lisboa, PT, LAV Lisboa Ao Vivo
- January 23 – Madrid, ES, Wagon
- January 24 – Barcelona, ES, Razzmatazz 2
- January 26 – Paris, FR, Alhambra
- January 28 – Bristol, UK, Electric Bristol
- January 29 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, Digital
- January 31 – Dublin, IE, The Academy
- February 2 – Glasgow, UK, The Garage
- February 3 – Manchester, UK, Academy 2
- February 4 – Birmingham, UK, O2 Institute
- February 6 – Camden, UK, Electric Ballroom
- February 9 – Antwerp, BE, Trix
- February 10 – Utrecht, NL, TivoliVredenburg
- February 12 – Munich, DE, Technikum
- February 13 – Winterthur, CH, Salzhaus
- February 14 – Milan, IT, Legend 54
- February 16 – Budapest, HU, Akvárium Klub
- February 18 – Vienna, AT, Simm City
- February 19 – Warsaw, PL, Proxima
- February 21 – Prague, CZ, MeetFactory
- February 23 – Berlin, DE, Metropol
- February 24 – Cologne, DE, Essigfabrik
- February 26 – Hamburg, DE, Gruenspan
- February 28 – Copenhagen, DK, Pumpehuset
- March 2 – Oslo, NO, John Dee
- March 3 – Stockholm, SE, Debaser Hornstulls Strand
- March 6 – Helsinki, FI, Tivistämö
Tickets: Wearedps.com
Dead Poet Society
- Jack Underkofler – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Jack Collins – guitar, backing vocals, drum programming, keyboards
- Dylan Brenner – bass, additional guitars
- Will Goodroad – drums
Photo credit: Darren Craig
