Before they join Foo Fighters and Queens Of The Stone Age for a pair of massive stadium dates later this year, Gouge Away are kicking off a new chapter – and they’ve brought a friend along for the ride.

Words by Felix Bartlett | 12 March 2026

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The Florida noise-rockers tracked the song live to tape at Portland’s Jackpot! studio with producer Larry Crane, and it marks something of a new configuration for the band, written and recorded with touring guitarist Theo Hartlett of Ovlov and Pet Fox.

Vocalist Christina Michelle says the song came together quickly while the band were out on the road last autumn, though its subject matter runs deeper than its easy origins might suggest. Writing the lyrics, she found herself circling back to footage she’d been digitising before the tour – home videos of herself as a kid, watched back from the outside for the first time.

“I knew I was shy, a people-pleaser and all these things,” she explains, “but it was different to watch it on film.” The song traces that self-recognition – the instinct to make yourself small, to stay inside the box, to work hard at being loved – and the slow unravelling of it. “I found people who love me, even when I am a messy train-wreck,” she says, “and that toppled my entire reality.”

It’s a strong opening statement for the band’s Run For Cover era. With stadium support slots alongside Foo Fighters and Queens Of The Stone Age in Vancouver and Las Vegas still to come, 2026 is shaping up to be a significant year for them.

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