Dead Poet Society announce new album, Monarch, listen to the first single, “Cold” now
Los Angeles-based rock band Dead Poet Society announced on Friday that their third album, Monarch, will come out 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.”
The album was produced by Paul Meany, mixed by Grammy winner Adam Hawkins, 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 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.”
Monarch is available for pre-order – HERE.
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.
Dead Poet Society will be on tour this fall and will stop at Palladium in Worcester, MA on November 7th, you can find tickets for that show – HERE.
Featured image by: John Hutchings (Aug. 2025)
