[Cover photo credit to Lindsey Lutts]

Russ Rankin, frontman of the band Good Riddance, has announced his latest solo project, A Season In Hell. The EP arrives September 25, 2026, via Indecision Records. His Latest single from the project is “What Brand Of Hell.”

“What Brand Of Hell” deals with “feelings of isolation and the instinct to harden oneself against repeated disappointment.”The track intentionally “captures the tension between vulnerability and self-preservation.” The track also sets the tone for the rest of the release. 

Rankin explains:

It’s about generalized fear, frustration and anxiety. It deals with the tempered recognition of this as a lived, shared human trait more than an individual’s specific cross to bear.

A Season In Hell consists of three new original songs alongside three covers. The covers show Rankin’s own take on a handful of classics by The Records, The Avengers, and Leon Rosselson (arranged and popularized by Billy Bragg).  

Rankin explains about the EP:

Adam Gomez took care of the drumming, while I played all the other instruments and did all the vocals. I had written these songs that maybe didn’t suit Good Riddance, and then there were these cover songs I kept finding myself drawn to, so I decided to record all of it.