Photo by: Michael Dubin
Official press release:
Denver, CO punk upstarts Public Opinion have announced their upcoming sophomore album, The Curse of Public Opinion, arriving 7th August 2026 via SideOneDummy.
Clocking in at a mean 23 minutes, The Curse of Public Opinion is loaded with defiant anthems that plumb the depths of existential disappointment through a sneering cocktail of 2000s garage rock swagger, classic punk hooks, and hardcore ferocity. Plenty of albums provide the soundtrack for picking yourself back up, but Public Opinion are there for when you’re getting kicked while you’re down.
To celebrate the announcement, Public Opinion have shared the record’s raucous opener, “Balloon Man Running”. It’s a vitriolic cut of unfiltered frustration set to the kind of primal rock & roll riffs that few bands have the guts to try, let alone pull off.
Pre-order The Curse of Public Opinion now via this link.
Public Opinion will be touring heavily this year. This week the band kick off a lengthy run of North American spring tour dates supporting Drug Church and White Reaper, and they’ve also just announced run of summer shows with Squint in June. See full itinerary below.
The Curse of Public Opinion track listing:
- “Balloon Man Running”
- “Flowers By Irene”
- “I Pay Everyone I Still Talk To”
- “Lucky Me”
- “Closed Captioning”
- “When Kevin Gets Free”
- “Enhancement Talent”
- “Epitaph”
- “Modern Convenience” feat. Vinnie Caruana (The Movielife, I Am The Avalanche)
- “The Curse of Public Opinion”
4/24 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall *
4/25 Cleveland, OH – The Roxy *
4/26 Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall *
4/28 Toronto, ON – Opera House *
4/29 Troy, NY – No Fun
4/30 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw *
5/01 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
5/02 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
5/06 Richmond, VA – The Canal Club *
5/07 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 505
5/08 Asheville, NC – Eulogy *
5/09 Nashville, TN – The Basement East *
5/11 Jacksonville, FL – The Albatross *
5/12 Orlando, FL – The Abbey *
5/13 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum *
5/14 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West *
5/16 Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom *
6/02 Denver, CO – Hi Dive $
6/03 Kansas City, MO – recordBar ^
6/04 Des Moines, IA – xBk ^
6/05 Springfield, IL – Dumb Records ^
6/06 Evansville, IN – Fuschia ^
6/07 Indianapolis, IN – Healer ^
6/08 Milwaukee, WI – Anodyne Coffee Roasters ^
6/09 Chicago, IL – Subterranean Downstairs ^
6/10 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway ^
* = w/ Drug Church, White Reaper, Spy
^ = w/ Squint
$ = w/ Lip Critic