Los Angeles six-piece The Sophs have ridden a wave of notoriety ever since signing to Rough Trade Records on the strength of their demos – which they cold-emailed to labelheads Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee before they ever even played a show. Following last year’s releases of stand-alone singles ‘I’M YOUR FIEND’, ‘SWEAT’, and ‘DEATH IN THE FAMILY’ and worldwide touring, the band are ready to unleash their debut album GOLDSTAR, out March 13, 2026.
The album’s title track is out today, a ferocious, explosive song with distinctly Latin backing sonics. It is accompanied by a video shot and directed by collaborator Eric Daniels. The Sophs’ frontman Ethan Ramon explains ‘GOLDSTAR is the worst person you know yelling at God to give them a sign that they are good. In a deliberately unserious way, we want the song to prompt the same question that the album raises, which is – if you are a good person for the wrong reasons, does that detract from your goodness?”
GOLDSTAR Track Listing
01) THE DOG DIES IN THE END
02) GOLDSTAR
03) BLITZED AGAIN
04) SWEAT
05) HOUSE
06) SWEETIEPIE
07) DEATH IN THE FAMILY
08) A SYMPATHETIC PERSON
09) They Told Me Jump, I Said How High
10) I’M YOUR FIEND
The Sophs will tour extensively throughout 2026, all announced tour dates can be seen below and tickets for all headline shows are on-sale now. In addition to headline shows throughout the US, UK and Europe, this includes a summer packed with festival bookings including SXSW, Bandland Festival, Code Orange Festival, Primavera Sound Festival Barcelona and Porto, Bergenfest, OpenAir St. Gallen, Roskilde Festival, Eurockéennes Festival, Pohoda Festival and Treefort.
TOUR DATES:
Thursday March 12 – Austin, TX @ High Road Showcase
Friday March 13 – Austin, TX @ SXSJ
Saturday March 14 – Dallas, TX @ Rubber Gloves
Monday March 16 – Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s
Tuesday March 17 – Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar
Wednesday March 18 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement
Friday March 20 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (Early Show)
Saturday March 21 – Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
Sunday March 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Tuesday March 24 – Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
Wednesday March 25 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Thursday March 26 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
Saturday March 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium
April 16 – Bristol, UK @ The Louisiana
April 17 – Manchester, UK @ YES
April 18 – Glasgow, UK @ McChuills
April 20 – Leeds, UK @ Oporto
April 21 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
April 22 – London, UK @ 100 Club
April 24 – Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef
April 25 – Brussels, BE – Botanique
April 27 – Nimegen, NE @ Code Oranje Festival
April 28 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow Club
April 29 – Berlin, DE @ Lark
April 30 – Munich, DE @ Live Evil
May 2- Cologne, DE @ Blue Shell
May 3 – Amsterdam, NE @ Pardiso
May 4 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
May 6 – Istanbul, TR @ Blind
June 4 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera
June 13 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound Porto
June 26-29 – St. Gallen, Switzerland @ OpenAir St. Gallen
June 27-July 4 – Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
July 4 – Belford, FR @ Eurockeennes Festival
July 8-11 – Trencin, Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
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