Punksgiving Music Festival has announced its full line-up. This is the third edition of the fest that takes place every Canadian Thanksgiving in Red Deer, Alberta. This year’s mayhem is going down on October 11 and tickets are on sale now.
PG3 will feature a stacked line-up with Bad Cop Bad Cop headlining with Dead Pioneers, The Corps, PEST (featuring Jeff Ament), Church Fight, Trashed Ambulance and more joining them for the party.
Ticket link: Eventbrite
Seattle, WA – August 07, 2026 – Seattle punk rockers The Drowns have released an innovative lyric video for their new single “Have a Heart.” The song is the second single to be released from the band’s upcoming full length album Harsh Reality, which releases September 18, 2026 via Pirates Press Records.
Harsh Reality features 13 new songs produced by punk rock legend Bill Stevenson (Descendents, Black Flag) at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO. Pre-orders are available from Pirates Press Records, as well as Coretex Records in Europe & Plastic Head Megastore in the UK.
“Have a Heart” is now streaming on all major platforms plus Bandcamp. The lyric video was shot & edited by Brian Lewis of Digital Decay Films, and features the original artwork of Malwina Siedlecka of Old School Design incorporated into it.
Like all great political punk in the tradition of The Clash or Stiff Little Fingers, the lyrics to “Have a Heart” prioritize people over polemic, reaching out with compassion in an age where it is in distressingly short supply. “I’m sure that we could change it all if we only had a heart,” implores singer/bassist Andy Wylie in the chorus. This is life-affirming music for hard times, made for everyone that could sorely use it right now.
“Have a Heart” follows the album’s lead single “Relentless,” which features a music video created from the band’s personal footage shot on tour.
While the title “Relentless” could easily refer to The Drowns’ infamously non-stop touring regimen, it refers instead to something far more humanitarian: the crushing weight of capitalism on the working poor. The song acknowledges the toll it takes on one’s mental health, struggling day in & day out with no breaks only to be left farther & farther behind. “I wish life would just give it a rest,” laments singer-guitarist Rev Peters.
All in all, Harsh Reality, recorded by Stevenson and mixed by Jason Livermore (Teenage Bottlerocket), is an unapologetically political punk record.
Stevenson certainly got the best out of the band’s songwriting and playing. Rev, Andy, and drummer Jake Margolis largely bashed out the tracks themselves, with the exception of additional guitar work on “Vengeance” by Zach Blair (Rise Against, Only Crime, GWAR), and a touch of accordion on “3rd & Pike” courtesy of Matt Hensley (A-100s, Flogging Molly). This collection of 13 new songs fuses everything fans have loved about the band’s previous sonic experimentation and focuses it into laser-tight melodic songwriting firmly rooted in punk rock, but with the potential to reach listeners from all walks of life.
It is a record poised to give the band’s hard-earned position as a fan-favorite in the global punk scene an even greater trajectory. For a band that has won over fans around the globe, record by record and show by show, it is a big statement, but simply put: Harsh Reality is The Drowns at the top of their game.
Harsh Reality is now available for pre-order from the Pirates Press Records webstore on 12” Classic Black Vinyl (/100), 12” Iridescent Green Vinyl (/600), 12” Into the Deep Marble Vinyl (/600), or 12” Halloween Orange Vinyl with Blood Red Ripple (/1400)! 12” Stardust Torrent Vinyl (/100) has already sold out during pre-order. The album is also available on CD.
Along with the album, brand new merch is also available now, including T-shirts, hoodies, hats, enamel pins, and patches!
Fans in Europe can order from Coretex Records and get a Coretex Exclusive 12” Metallic Gold Vinyl variant (/100), while Seattle locals can inquire with Georgetown Records about their exclusive 12” Sea Blue Smoke Vinyl variant! Both of these limited edition variants are while supplies last! And finally, fans in the UK can order from Plastic Head Megastore!
The Drowns, 2026: (L-R) Jake Margolis (drums), Rev Peters (vocals/guitar), Andy Wylie (vocals/bass)
Photo Credit: John Gilhooley
08/14/2026 – Weinheim, DE – Café Central (w/ PULLEY, HORACE PINKER)
08/15/2026 – Volynê, CZ – Summer Punk Party 2026 (w/ H2O)
09/16/2026 – Spokane, WA – The Big Dipper
09/17/2026 – Yakima, WA – Bearded Monkey Music
09/18/2026 – Springfield, OR – Richard E Wildish Community Theater
09/19/2026 – Portland, OR – Dante’s
09/20/2026 – Seattle, WA – Clock Out Lounge
w/ THEBONES, MURPHY’S LAW
10/23/2026 – Hamburg, DE – Kasierkeller/Hamburger Musik Club
10/24/2026 – Essen, DE – Turock
10/25/2026 – Drachten, NL – Poppodium Iduna
10/26/2026 – Kortrijk, BE – De Verlichte Geest – Kortrijk
10/28/2026 – Winterthur, CH – Gaswerk
10/29/2026 – Schweinfurt, DE – Kulturhaus Stattbahnhof
10/30/2026 – Wien, AT – Szene Wien
10/31/2026 – Prague, CZ – Rock Café
w/ SHEER TERROR
11/02/2026 – London, UK – New Cross Inn
11/03/2026 – Huddersfield, UK – The Parish
11/05/2026 – Nuneaton, UK – Queens Hall
11/06/2026 – Newport, UK – The Cab
11/08/2026 – Stockport, UK – Holy Diver
11/09/2026 – Portsmouth, UK – Kola
