Fake Names Featuring Members Of Refused, Bad Religion, OFF & More Announce New Album Punk Ruins For October 2026 Release, Share New Single & Video “Until It’s Normal”

Punk mainstays Fake Names are back with their third studio album, Punk Ruins, which will be out on October 23. The album finds finds guitarists Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion) and Michael Hampton (S.O.A., Embrace, The Faith), vocalist Dennis Lyxzén (Refused, INVSN), bassist Johnny Temple (Girls Against Boys, Soulside) and new drummer Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket From The Crypt, OFF!) effortlessly merging D.C. post-hardcore with modern power-pop. Throughout, Punk Ruins dissects the political manipulation and social neurosis of modern life, while holding onto punk’s salvation.

Punk Ruins is Fakes Names’s  first new music in three years and today, they have shared their new song and music video for “Until It’s Normal,”  which is the guitar-driven album opener that airs frustration with those who believe in today’s Fascist propaganda. What  is even better, is how the viewers can read the relatable lyrics as the music video continues to fill the eyes and ears with the band’s soul – shaking music that is absolutely filled ear-bleeding sound.

Punk Ruins Track List

1. Until It’s Normal
2. Good Old Days
3. Punk Ruins
4. Cover The Distance
5. What I Tell Myself
6. Diamond Buzz
7. Language Lost
8. Beautiful Scars
9. If You Could See Me Today
10. The Little Wonders
11. Scream
12. Paradise