knitting Face Down Life on "Here Comes," Sophomore Album Out June 26

KNITTING SHARE ANTICIPATORY NEW SINGLE “HERE COMES”  WITH DREAMY, NOSTALGIA-LACED MUSIC VIDEO - WATCH EPHEMERAL SLACKER ROCK REIGNS ON ALBUM SOUVENIR  OUT JUNE 26, 2026, VIA MINT RECORDS - PRE-SAVE MONTREAL BAND FOLLOW UP THEIR  BUZZY 2024 DEBUT SOME KIND OF HEAVEN FORTHCOMING ALBUM WEAVES TOGETHER MEMORY AND EXISTENTIAL DREAD

Photo Credit: Celeste Midori  “While their debut leaned into a hazy, grungy cohesion, this record expands their sound — introducing more experimentation with texture, synths, and structure while keeping that introspective core intact.” — EXCLAIM “Souvenir sees knitting expand on the slacker rock sound established on Some Kind of Heaven with more depth, having drawn inspiration from the diversity of Montreal's DIY scene.” — THE LINE OF BEST FIT “We named knitting a Band To Watch back in 2024, coinciding with the release of their excellent debut full-length Some Kind Of Heaven. Today the Montreal indie rockers have announced its follow-up Souvenir, which they're teasing with the brooding, lightly grungy lead single ‘I Want To Remember Everything.’” — STEREOGUM  “A wonderful band” — NARDWUAR Montreal band knitting are excited to share “Here Comes,” a track previewing their forthcoming album Souvenir, out June 26, 2026 via Vancouver’s Mint Records. The song moves towards an unclear destination, with the sort of straightforward fearlessness that comes from feeling both not enough and way too much. And yet, an unnerving uncertainty remains. “I’ve made myself too many promises / When will I realize I’m not built for this? / So I could try to wake / At the same time every day / Make my bed, meditate / What a wash, what a waste / To be sweet but have no taste / Nothing round the decay,” sings front person Mischa Dempsey. It’s a laundry list of things to complete to supposedly help get one's life in better shape—but by what definition? Or whose? “Lyrically, the song plays around with the push and pull between trying to keep your head above water, and wanting to give up on that and just have fun,” says Dempsey. “Above all, it’s about knowing the period of recklessness in your early 20s has an expiration date, and seeing just how long you can push it.” The video, filmed and edited by Marlaena Moore, enters a colorful, layered landscape, textured by vague sensations, each image passing like a dream you can’t quite remember. Moore shares, “I love green screen music videos from the 80’s and 90’s. I wanted to imagine knitting as a kind of arty alternative rock band with a hot new single ready for MTV. In true DIY fashion, this video had a quick turnaround time so I figured it was best to just lean into the fun of shooting a video with your friends over the weekend. They put their full trust in me and with that I was able to play around with stop motion and compositing and truly just vibe it out until it felt right. I also felt very inspired by all the close ups I got of their sweet faces. I adore each of them so much as people and hope that shines through.” WATCH “HERE COMES” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO LISTEN TO “HERE COMES” As with the rest of the album, this track was recorded and produced in-house, fully engineered by guitarist Sarah Harris and with the rest of the band contributing bits and pieces to the production. For “Here Comes,” Dempsey commented, “‘Here Comes’ was the working title for this song, because the lead riff in the verse felt like it was in anticipation of something. I brought it to the band; we built the chorus and bridge in our jamspace, and then ended up restructuring the whole thing in the studio. I came to record vocals with only the chorus finished, and me and Sarah came up with the rest on the spot.” Free of typical recording studio schedule restrictions, songs were built on instinct and in the moment, culminating in a record that feels entirely true to the band that made it.

Photo Credit: Celeste Midori  The band recently announced Souvenir—which in French translates directly to "to remember." The record considers what we take with us in life—each song feels like opening a locket and looking onto a specific moment or memory, a world of feeling held in a few moments. Last month, the band released “I Want To Remember Everything,” a track about having been a weird kid, and trying to reconnect as an adult with all the parts of yourself you tried to deny in order to fit in. It’s a striking track that gets into your soft spots, while still finding an ease in its chiming chords and driving, focused guitars. It makes for a keenly empathetic listening experience, close to the surface without feeling overly tender.  “‘I Want to Remember Everything’ was one of the first songs that really came together for the album,” says Dempsey. “It draws inspiration from the movies, music and TV that made me feel really seen as a kid, but that maybe my friends weren’t so into. My dad had a lot of random songs and music videos on our family computer that he’d downloaded from Limewire, one of them being a fan video edit of a Linkin Park song that me and my siblings would watch on repeat. That was a big inspiration for the overall feel of this song, along with the 1996 movie ‘Harriet the Spy’. ‘I Want to Remember Everything’ is a love letter to the weirdo I was when I was a kid, and as a way to try to reconnect with the parts of myself I hid away as I was growing up.” The video is a campy, whimsical visual in which the band tries to track down a treasured missing object against the intense brutalist backdrop of Montreal in the winter. It takes a playful yet wistful approach, entering an imaginative world that has one foot in childhood and one in adulthood, and highlights the undeniable, guitar-forward catchiness of the track.  WATCH “I WANT TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING” MUSIC VIDEO LISTEN TO “I WANT TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING” After meeting on the Montreal DIY scene, knitting released their debut full-length Some Kind of Heaven in 2024 to great acclaim, a record with unflinching lyrics, gauzy sonic layers and brooding guitars. It garnered praise from Stereogum, FLOOD Magazine, Pitchfork, and even Nardwuar. In Canada and beyond, they've played with bands like Wishy, Preoccupations, Ribbon Skirt, and Wild Pink. For information on upcoming shows, see below and connect with them on Instagram at @knitting_band. KNITTING LIVE 2026 JULY 22-26 - West Nipissing, ON - River & Sky Camping & Music Festival