Boundaries will release their new studio album, “Yearning: the Unbeautiful After”, on July 17th, 2026, via Sumerian Records.
Today’s announcement comes with the release of “Death Will Follow Me” and its official video. The track follows last month’s single “Skies cast amber black”, which drew praise from Revolver (“awesomely pissed-off”), Knotfest (“unrelenting aggression”), and Consequence (“vicious”).
“This time last year was one of significant sorrow for this band and many others”, vocalist Matthew McDougal explains. “The tragic accident that took the lives of our friends so suddenly has since had us in a state of perpetual mourning. The evidence of such and of life’s unforgivable violence is found throughout this newest album. ‘Death will follow me’ merely begins to scratch the surface of this concept and its grief ripples throughout this entire record”.
Recorded in the fall of 2025 with producer Drew Fulk (Knocked Loose, Fit For A King), “Yearning: the Unbeautiful After” captures Boundaries at their most punishing, deliberate, and focused. The 14-track album features guest appearances from The Plot In You’s Landon Tewers (“Crowned and crucified”) and Make Them Suffer (“Torn wide open”).
“With the record, we aimed to be uncompromising and really plant our flag”, McDougal shares. “As more time passes, heavy music continues to lose its teeth. This genre is supposed to be threatening; it should have an edge and make you feel something. We tried to create an album with urgency”.
He continues: “The title, Yearning, is base level. What do you want from life, relationships, or whatever you spend time on? Time is the only resource with any real value; it’s the only thing you can’t get more of. You should deeply consider anything you choose to spend time on. The subtitle, the unbeautiful after, refers to the eventuality of what you’ve spent your time doing. The main questions are ‘What did you give yourself to? What is important to you? Where did it lead you?’”…
Album pre-orders and pre-saves are available here with the collection available on multiple limited edition vinyl variants, CD, cassette, and digitally.
Tracklist:
1. Malconscience
2. Skies cast amber black
3. May this pain never leave
4. Torn wide open (ft. Make Them Suffer)
5. Bitter ash, bitter love
6. Unequal whole
7. Death will follow me
8. The leper’s ball
9. Crowned and crucified (ft. Landon Tewers)
10. Wasted angel
11. Evidence of extinction
12. Nothing, gathered
13. Only endless
14. Yearning: the unbeautiful after
Boundaries will spend much of 2026 on the road, with the band currently touring with The Amity Affliction and August Burns Red, followed by a run of major European festivals including Rock Im Park, Rock Am Ring, Download, and Jera on Air. Boundaries is also confirmed for spots at Warped Tour and Louder Than Life.
North American Tour Dates 2026:
April 24 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
April 25 San Diego, CA Soma
April 26 Anaheim, CA House of Blues Gardenwalk Gear Shop
April 28 Sacramento, CA Channel 24
April 29 Garden City, ID Revolution Concert Hall
May 1 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center
May 2 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
May 3 Omaha, NE The Astro Theater
May 5 Minneapolis, MN The Fillmore Minneapolis
May 6 Milwaukee, WI The Rave/Eagles Club
May 8 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
May 9 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 10 Toronto, ON History
May 12 Montreal, QC MTelus
May 13 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount
May 15 Baltimore, MD Nevermore Hall
May 17 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore Philadelphia
European & UK Tour Dates 2026:
June 5 Berlin, DE Hole44 *
June 6 Nürnberg, DE Rock Im Park
June 7 Nürburgring, DE Rock Am Ring
June 8 Solothurn, CH Kofmehl **
June 9 Ljubljana, SI Center Urbane Kulture Kino Šiška ***
June 10 Hradec Králové, CZ Rock For People
June 11 Warsaw, PL Klub Hybrydy ****
June 14 Castle Donington, UK Download Festival
June 15 Belfast, UK Limelight #
June 16 Dublin, IE Academy #
June 17 Cardiff, UK Y Plas *
June 19 Norwich, UK Voodoos ##
June 20 Exeter, UK Cavern ##
June 22 Bremen, DE Aladdin Music Hall #
June 23 Karlsruhe, DE Substage **
June 25 Ysselsteyn, NL Jera on Air
June 26 Leipzig, DE Impericon Festival
June 27 Münster, DE Vainstream Festival
July 25 – 26 Long Beach, CA Warped Tour
September 19 Louisville, KY Louder Than Life
* (w/ Kublai Khan TX)
** (w/ Bury Tomorrow)
*** (w/ Kublai Khan TX & Malevolence)
**** (w/ Malevolence)
# (w/ The Plot In You)
## (co-headline w/ Heriot)
Boundaries is Matthew McDougal [vocals], Cory Emond [guitar], Tim Sullivan [drummer, vocals], Nathan Calcagno [bass, vocals], and Cody Delvecchio [guitar]. The Hartford-based band have become one of heavy music’s most talked about modern acts through a combination of crushing intensity, uncompromising vision, emotional weight, and relentless touring. The band also released a 55-minute documentary chronicling life on the road behind “Death is Little More”. Their catalog includes “Death is Little More” (2024), “Burying Brightness” (2022), “Your Receding Warmth” (2020), and “Hartford County Misery” (2017).
Weblinks:
boundariesct.com
facebook.com/boundariesct
