Self Defense Family have returned with new single “Reclusion,” the track is out today via Run For Cover Records. The group fronted by vocalist Patrick Kindlon (Drug Church) new track, is their first new music since 2020. Over the years, Self Defense Family have had a cast of revolving lineup, the band feels like a cross between a creative collective and one man’s deeply personal lifelong project. Aside from their 2023 live album, Self Defense Family have been laying low since the release of a two-song single in 2020.

Self Defense Family will be hitting the road for a handful of dates in July and August, playing shows with Fiddlehead and Ink & Dagger. The tour kicks off on July 30 in Philadelphia.

Patrick Kindlon on “Reclusion”: “I’ve been trying to write lyrics about family and animals instead of songs about being atomized and thinking everyone is crazy. But it turns out even my love songs are about being atomized and thinking everyone is crazy. Call it a creative through line, I guess.

We’ve been playing together forever, so meeting up to write and record some songs is just a natural thing that happens. We recorded last year, but I’ve been holding up the process. Typically I go into the studio and write while I record, and it’s only ever about conveying a moment. But this time I’m struggling with the idea of getting things ‘perfect.’ A silly idea. But some of these songs are about things I want to get right the first time. I’ve got a family I love but everyone is dying on me. I’d like to have lyrics that do it all justice.”

Self Defense Family 2026 Tour Dates

07/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Lithuanian Music Hall *
07/31 New York, NY @ Warsaw *
08/20 Chicago, IL @ Metro ^

* w/ Fiddlehead, Elliott, Posición Unida
^ w/ Ink & Dagger, Stress Positions, Slow Mass

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