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New York’s Dirty Fences Bring Back the Racket on New LP Off the Rockers

New Album Off the Rockers Releases December 4, 2026

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Key Tracks: Tension, Marionette, Not a Place You Can Go, Expectations

Genre Tags: Garage Punk, Power Pop, Glam Rock, Rock ’n’ Roll, Punk Rock

RIYL: Sheer Mag, Redd Kross, The Lemon Twigs, Wine Lips, Cheap Trick, Johnny Thunders

New York City’s Dirty Fences make their long-awaited return on December 4 with Off the Rockers, their fourth full-length album and first in nine years, arriving via DIG! Records. Since bursting out of the city's underground with Too High to Kross in 2013, the quartet has spent years hauling its particular brand of high-octane rock ’n’ roll across the US and Europe, building a reputation for sweaty, full-throttle shows and an almost unreasonable devotion to the three-minute pop song. Now, following 2017’s Goodbye Love, they're back with ten new tracks that sound like somebody tossed Johnny Thunders, Cheap Trick, and Redd Kross into a cramped Lower East Side rehearsal room and turned every amp up to eleven. Blazing downstrokes, ’70s glam swagger, bubblegum power-pop hooks, and four-way vocal harmonies that sound way too polished for a subterranean beer dive. It's loud, loose around the edges, and unmistakably Dirty Fences, a band that still believes rock ’n’ roll ought to be a little dangerous and a hell of a lot of fun.

Nine years after 2017’s Goodbye Love, Dirty Fences sound exactly like the streets they’ve pounded for over a decade. It's all there in the grooves: shattered grip tape and curb wax at Coleman Oval under the rumbling metal belly of the Manhattan Bridge; delivery bikes weaving through the late-night chaos of Orchard Street; and the clatter of urethane wheels racing midnight gridlock across the Williamsburg Bridge footpath. While modern NYC keeps trading its grit for glass towers, Dirty Fences remain tethered to the city’s stubborn, beating pulse. Sweat-soaked denim, blown-out Vans held together by duct tape, hand-screened gig flyers peeling off green plywood sheds in Bushwick, and the lingering aroma of dollar-slice grease and stale draft beer. The city is in the record, not just surrounding it.

For all the scrappy charm and beer-soaked bravado, Dirty Fences are a remarkably tight outfit. Jack Daves and Max Roseglass trade breakneck, Chuck Berry-inspired guitar licks, with riffs and melodies ricocheting between them, while Max Comaskey (bass) and Max Hiersteiner (drums) keep the whole thing charging forward like a subway car off the rails. But it's the band's four-way vocal harmonies that really set them apart. Beneath the distortion and flying elbows, there's a genuine affection for classic pop songwriting, the kind where every chorus begs to be shouted back and every guitar break arrives exactly when it should. It's a glorious racket, equal parts precision and barely contained chaos, built for packed rooms, sticky floors, and kids in blown-out sneakers diving headfirst into the crowd.

To get the sound to tape, the band headed upstate to Old Soul Studio in the Catskills, knocking out all ten tracks in just five days with engineer Matthew R. Cullen. Mixed and mastered by Miles and Max Comaskey, the production keeps the room raw and the hooks massive. From the glitter-smeared guitar swagger of “Tension” and the soulful strut of “Marionette” to the pure pop precision of “Not a Place You Can Go,” Off the Rockers proves Dirty Fences understand how to write songs that linger in your skull well after the ringing in your ears fades.

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That relentless drive has made Dirty Fences one of the underground’s most road-tested outfits. Since dropping Too High to Kross (2013), Full Tramp (2015), and Goodbye Love (2017), the band has toured extensively across the US and Europe, at one point completing five tours in a single year, including three European runs, and spending roughly six months on the road. They’ve also tackled a 32-city US tour and hit festivals like Chicago’s Riot Fest. Along the way, Billboard premiered their video for “One More Step,” featuring Sheer Mag vocalist Christina Halladay, while BrooklynVegan, The Big Takeover, and other underground tastemakers have followed their exploits. They’ve also become staples across independent airwaves, from WFMU to KEXP. With an Australian headline tour underway and another European run planned for summer 2027, Dirty Fences aren't looking back. The venues might get shuttered, rents will keep climbing, and somebody is always ready to declare rock ’n’ roll dead. Off the Rockers is the loud, bloody-elbowed proof that it’s alive and kicking. Off the Rockers arrives December 4, 2026, via DIG! Records.

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