[Photo credit to Cory Marie Podielski to L to R: Dr. Cain ESQ aka Reid Cain, Stacy Binelli, Hayley Crusher Cain, and Ryan Deliso]
Melodic Punk band Hayley and The Crushers have released new single “Jewel Case” via Kitten Robot Records. It’s the first single and video off their forthcoming album, due out later this year.
Hayley Cain says of the track:
On the surface, “Jewel Case” is about everyone’s too-wild side… whether you left that party back in your 20s or you’re still living on the edge. I was inspired by a girl I took to a show once. I turned around for two seconds, and she had consumed enough liquor to get herself sent to the ER by ambulance. I spent the night in that hospital bed next to her while she slept it off, and what struck me was how completely unapologetic she was. She couldn’t wait to do it all over again. Everyone has that moment where they say, ‘yeah, that’s the line. I’m not crossing that one again.’ That’s what this song is about. That moment.
Long a fan favorite at their shows, “Jewel Case” has been finally captured in all its studio quality glory, alongside a the new video that shows off the band’s live energy.
Hayley Caine adds about the track:
I wrote it in 2016 – one of the first Crushers songs ever – and it never got a proper recording, and yet we’ve closed every live set with it since. Audiences know it. It became our signature. It felt like the right time to finally give the song what it deserves: all the power and presence we could muster. These days we joke that we’re ‘born to be mild’ – but ‘Jewel Case’ keeps proving otherwise.
Regarding the video, she adds:
There’s always been a gap between our more polished records and what we actually are live, which is pure chaos and sweat. Because ‘Jewel Case’ is always our closer, we wanted the video to capture that closing-set energy – what it feels like when we’re really going for it. Just us, in the flesh, going as hard as humanly possible.
The release of “Jewel Case” arrives as Hayley and the Crushers gear up for a packed Spring 2026 tour in support of their latest collection, Unsubscribe From The Underground. They will be taking their shows across the East Coast and Midwest.
Hayley and the Crushers Spring 2026 TourDates:
Opening for ScreechingWeasel and The Queers
Thu, Apr16 — Milwaukee, WI — Turner Hall Ballroom
Fri, Apr17 — St. Charles, IL — The Arcada Theater
Sat, Apr18 — St. Louis, MO — Red Flag
Hayley and the Crushers Headline Shows
Fri, Apr24 — Louisville, KY — Seidenfadens
Sat, Apr25 — Indianapolis, IN — Melody Inn
Opening for Screeching Weasel and Dwarves
Sat, May 23 — The Oriental Theater in Denver, CO
