Gouge Away returned from a hiatus to release Deep Sage in 2024; it’s their best album yet, and one of our favorites of that year, so we’re excited to learn that they’ve signed to Run for Cover. They’ve also shared their first new music since Deep Sage‘s release, “Figurine.”
Vocalist Christina Michelle says it’s “the first song we finished with Theo Hartlett (Ovlov, Pet Fox), a friend of ours who has been touring with us on guitar. We wrote this song while on tour last fall and it came together so easily. I went into writing the lyrics with an entirely different idea in mind, but these spilled out of me on one of the drives. Before the tour, I was digitizing home videos, having to see myself as a kid from an outside perspective. I knew I was shy, a people-pleaser, and all these things, but it was different to watch it on film. I was always afraid of disappointing people so I made myself small and rarely acted outside of this little box I found myself in. Instead of getting into trouble like most kids, I didn’t really break out of my comfort zone until much more recently. I thought I had to work really hard to be loved. I stretch myself so thin to please everyone else that it winds up being the expectation. I found people who love me, even when I am a messy trainwreck, and that toppled my entire reality. And yet, there’s still this little kid inside of me who is afraid of upsetting her parents. We recorded this song live to tape in Portland at Jackpot! It was our first time working with Larry Crane and it was so much fun.”
“Figurine” is being released as a limited 7″ with a cover of Grauzone’s “Eisbär” on the b-side that’s only available on physical media. You can pre-order it now and hear “Figurine” below.
Gouge Away will be on tour with Wednesday and Ovlov through the spring, and also have a couple of shows supporting Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age in September. See all dates below.
GOUGE AWAY: 2026 TOUR DATES
03/13 Knoxville, TN @ Mill & Mine *
03/14 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
03/15 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl *
03/17 New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s *
03/18 Houston, TX @ The End
03/19 Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
03/20 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre *
03/21 Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City *
03/22 Lawrence, KS @ The Granada *
03/24 St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall *
03/26 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
03/27 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall *
03/28 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue *
03/30 Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs *
03/31 Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall *
04/01 Boston, MA @ Roadrunner *
04/02 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian %
04/04 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel *
04/05 Winston-Salem, NC @ Ramkat *
04/21 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall *
04/22 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall *
04/23 Seattle, WA @ The Moore *
04/24 Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue *
08/02 Saint Charles, IA @ Hinterland
09/09 Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theatre #
09/20 Vancouver, BC @ BC Place ^
09/26 Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium ^
* w/ Wednesday
^ w/ Foo Fighters, Queens of The Stone Age
% w/ Ovlov
# w/ Touche Amore