[Cover photo credit to Chris Malchow]

After recent news of their signing to Hopeless Records, the Illinois-raised Punk Rock band Harrison Gordon has announced their forthcoming record, Bliss, set for release on September 4th, 2026.

They’ve also recently released a second single off the new LP, “Not Working! Not Working!” with an accompanying music video. 

Harrison Gordon says about the new single:

’Not Working! Not Working!’ was originally written to talk about my old experience working in food service and how I wasted a lot of my youth at a minimum wage job dealing with tons of bullshit. I think now the track is more so about my own relationship to capitalism, especially pursuing the band as my job now. There’s always this push to do more, any time I’m doing something for myself, like working out, seeing friends and family, or engaging in any of my hobbies there’s this creeping sense of dread that I’m falling behind. Being alive is like 500 times more expensive than it was for our parents and most of the people my age I know couldn’t even fathom buying a home. Grindset and side hustle culture has polluted us into thinking we should all be content creators and entrepreneurs. I don’t want that! I don’t want to be a fucking small business owner! I want to put a 6 pack down and rewatch movies I know I don’t like, not ‘hop on a quick call.’

The band has been playing larger stages alongside State Champs, Hot Mulligan, and Arm’s Length, but their DNA remains rooted in the DIY scene where they built their reputation. What began as a solo project for Harrison Gordon (the man) eventually evolved into an underground project, blending Punk, Emo and Indie Rock.

Following their 2023 self-released debut The Yuppies Are Winning and 2025 Spring Break EP, they have decided to “embrace imperfection at every turn.”