Dead Poet Society to release Monarch + Announce 2026 US Tour
Dead Poet Society release their third album, Monarch, on Oct. 2 via Spinefarm Records. The announcement arrives with the towering new single, “Cold”, and an accompanying video directed by the band’s own Jack Underkofler, with Blackwolf Imaging.
“People today are constantly performing for one another, competing for a place in social hierarchy,” drummer Will Goodroad shares. “We slowly reshape ourselves, cutting away parts of who we are to gain acceptance and validation. Over time, we lose touch with our passions, forget why we do what we do, and stop recognizing who we really are – or what we truly believe, if anything at all. ‘Cold’ is about recognizing that reality and choosing to indulge in it anyway.”
“Cold” follows the release of “Roach” and “Sinner Systems,” two tracks that offered an early glimpse of Monarch’s balance of weight, melody, and emotional intensity. The new music has drawn swift praise, with Revolver calling it “tense and knotted with danceable dread,” Kerrang! describing the songs as “seething,” and Consequence hailing the tracks as a “glorious success.”
Produced by Mutemath frontman Paul Meany (Twenty One Pilots, Pierce The Veil), mixed by GRAMMY Award-winning Adam Hawkins (Turnstile, Yungblud), and recorded at Valley View Studios and The Park in Los Angeles, Monarch finds Dead Poet Society digging deeper into the instincts that have always defined the band.
“We wanted to carve out our own piece of territory,” says vocalist and guitarist Underkofler of the band’s approach to writing Monarch. “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 established by 2021’s -!- and 2024’s FISSION, delivering the band’s most expansive and emotionally resonant collection yet. It’s an album that embraces contrast, weight, and melody, vulnerability and defiance, and exploits the tension between them.
Monarch is available for pre-order here on multiple limited-edition vinyl variants, including a version featuring an expanded booklet, as well as CD, and digitally. Arriving alongside today’s album announcement is The House, an interactive world inspired by the Monarch artwork, where a young girl sits ringed by phones. Some fans have already uncovered the first clue: a phone number curiously printed on a piece of merch in the band’s webstore. Fans are invited to stop by for a visit and see what they find.
Monarch Tracklist:
1. Hollywood On Fire
2. Roach
3. Die If You Don’t
4. Sinner Systems
5. Lost
6. Cold
7. Psalm 136
8. Dead On The Inside
9. Miami For The Weekend
10. Get Hot
11. The Park
12. The Art Of Suffering
Dead Poet Society 2026 US Tour Dates w/ Honey Revenge, Hunny, and Broadside:
10/23/26: San Diego, CA – House of Blues
10/24/26: Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
10/25/26: Phoenix, AZ – Nile Theater
10/27/26: Dallas, TX – House of Blues
10/28/26: Houston, TX – House of Blues
10/30/26: Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
10/31/26: Tampa, FL – Orpheum
11/2/26: Nashville, TN – Eastside Bowl
11/3/26: Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Heaven
11/5/26: Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
11/6/26: Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
11/7/26: Worcester, MA – Palladium
11/8/26: Allentown, PA – Archer
11/10/26: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
11/11/26: Cleveland, OH – Globe Iron
11/12/26: Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe
11/15/26: Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
11/17/26: Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
11/18/26: Salt Lake City, UT – Rockwell @ The Complex
11/20/26: Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
11/21/26: Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
11/22/26: Seattle, WA – Showbox
11/24/26: Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
11/25/26: Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
About Dead Poet Society:
Dead Poet Society is Jack Underkofler (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jack Collins (guitar, backing vocals, drum programming, keyboards), Dylan Brenner (bass, additional guitars), and Will Goodroad (drums). The Los Angeles-based band have released a pair of albums, 2024’s FISSION, and the band’s new album, Monarch, arrives October 2nd via Spinefarm Records.
