Austin-based Post-Hardcore band Porcelain will release their sophomore album, Today’s Minor Victories, on October 23rd, 2026. The track and video for “Apocalypse” are out now. The new track expresses a bigger sweep we see on the album, the idea that “Everything has changed/“Not for better but for worse.” This also ties into the idea of “youthful innocence fully giving way to grief and disillusionment.”

The members of Porcelain are all Austin scene veterans, having played in local bands such as Exhalants, Super Thief, Votive and US Weekly. Around the release of their self-titled debut album in 2024, Porcelain hit the road and also shared bills at home with Unwound, The Blood Brothers and Touché Amoré.

Songs that would end up on Today’s Minor Victories became staples of the live set, going through various lives as the band worked out their kinks together.

The band worked with Scott Evans at Estuary Recording in Austin, with the intention of capturing the energy of their live sound.

Frontman Steve Pike shares:

What has always appealed to me is music that touches on a very human level, that’s very real and very tangible. And it expands across many genres too — whether it’s folk music, blues, rock, punk, whatever. As long as there’s a human element involved, that’s what inspires me to write, especially on this record. The whole point of music for me is to connect with other people.

Today’s Minor Victories suggests that “it’s only by feeling the rage and the pain — igniting it and letting it burn its way through the bullshit — that we find true connection, and maybe forge a path through.”