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Next year's Story of the Year

Posted by Loren on October 18, 2025

Next year's Story of the Year
photo by Ryan Smith

Long-running Story of the year announced a new album out in 2026 -- sharing the new single "Gasoline (All Rage Still Only Numb) this week to tide over fans and to capture the stream-o-sphere. 

The new record, A.R.S.O.N., comes out on Feb. 13 through Sharptone Records.

The new single/title track "is a song about hitting your breaking point and saying fuck everything,” guitarist Ryan Phillips says in a statement. “It’s about being wild and reckless, and giving into the impulse to burn it all down and start anew.”

As for the record, the band states:

In a lot of ways, A.R.S.O.N. picks up where Tear me to Pieces left off...We used the same team - Colin Brittain producing again, with the main objective of simply writing great songs. Nothing was forced, no trends were chased, it was simply about getting to the essence of what makes SOTY sound like SOTY: Big guitars, snappy drums, and Dan’s ability to seamlessly oscillate between screaming & singing songs about desperation, loss, and the complexity of relationships.

After a US tour, the band joins the traveling Park Waves Festival in Australia.

A.R.S.O.N. Tracklisting

  1. Gasoline (All Rage Still Only Numb)
  2. Disconnected
  3. See Through
  4. Fall Away
  5. 3 am
  6. Into The Dark
  7. My Religion
  8. Halos
  9. Good for Me / Feel so Bad
  10. Better Than High
  11. I Don’t Wanna Feel Like This Anymore

Story of the Year Tour Dates

October 17 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl

October 18 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival

October 19 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival

November 15 - 16 – Orlando, FL @ Warped Tour Orlando

November 17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern

November 18 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz

November 19 – Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall

November 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall

November 22 – New York, NY @ Palladium Times Square

November 23 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner

November 24 – Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Riverworks

November 25 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall

November 29 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre

November 30 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s

December 2 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave / Eagle’s Club

December 3 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore Minneapolis 

December 5 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall

December 6 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall

December 7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Rockwell

December 9 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

December 10 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall

December 12 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues Anaheim

December 13 – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium

January 22 - 26 – Miami, FL @ Emo’s Not Dead Cruise

February 14 – Perth, Australia @ Langley Park

February 20 – Wayville, Australia @ Adelaide Showground

February 22 – Breakwater, Australia @ Geelong Showgrounds

February 28 – Scoresby, Australia @ Caribbean Community

March 1 – White Hills, Australia @ Bendigo Jockey Club

March 5 – Fairy Meadow, Australia @ Thomas Dalton Park

March 7 – Eastern Creek, Australia @ Sydney Dragway

March 8 – South Maitland, Australia @ Maitland Showground

March 12 – East Toowoomba, Australia @ Queens Park Toowoomba

March 14 – Byron Bay, Australia @ Byron Bay Cavanbah Centre - Sports & Cultural Complex

March 15 – Sandstone Point, Australia @ Sandstone Point Hotel

 

Next year's Story of the Year
photo by Ryan Smith

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