Windwaker are back at it and have announced the details of their new album, their first since 2024’s ‘HYPERVIOLENCE’
Titled ‘Smile, You’re On Camera’, it will be unleashed on October 23 via Fearless Records.
The artwork looks like this:
Whilst the tracklisting looks like this:
1. low
2. closer
3. click
4. do or die
5. dna
6. burn
7. victory lap
8. lie to me
9. wait for me
10. loser (With Mikaila Delgado)
11. overlord
12. some days
You can also hear a new taste of the album right now in the form of ‘closer’, a pulsating, neon-drenched, evocative slice of atmospheric post-hardcore. As timeless as it is tenacious, it’s a perfect summation of the beauty and brutality that lives within the band.
The band had this to say about what it represents:
“‘closer' is an allegory for the struggles of being in a band dealing with rejection, self-doubt, and the resilience in spite of that to keep going with something you’ve given everything to. It’s a message for all to keep trying and strive further toward their goals. This song is the first on the album to highlight a point in life where you have to make the heavy decision to either jump ship and pivot toward a ‘normal life’ or to keep sacrificing in favor of something you’ve invested so much into.”
Windwaker are set to hit the road with Beartooth and Don Broco across the US later this year. Here are all of the dates:
NOVEMBER
11 – BOSTON MGM Music Hall at Fenway
12 – NEW YORK Hammerstein Ballroom
13 – PHILADELPHIA Franklin Music Hall
15 – NATIONAL HARBOR The Theater at MGM National Harbor
18 – PITTSBURGH Stage AE
20 – CHICAGO Aragon Ballroom
21 – ST. PAUL Myth
22 – OMAHA Steelhouse Omaha
28 – NASHVILLE The Truth
29 – ATLANTA Coca-Cola Roxy
DECEMBER
01 – DECEMBER The Fillmore
02 – CHARLESTON The Refinery
04 – ST. AUGUSTINE St. Augustine Amphitheatre
05 – FORT LAUDERDALE War Memorial Auditorium
07 – NEW ORLEANS The Fillmore
09 – AUSTIN ACL Live — Moody Theater
10 – DALLAS South Side Ballroom
12 – DENVER The Fillmore
13 – SALT LAKE CITY The Union
15 – ALBUQUERQUE Revel Entertainment Center
16 – PHOENIX Arizona Financial Theatre
18 – LOS ANGELES Hollywood Palladium
19 – WHEATLAND Hard Rock Live
