Cold Court, recently announced their debut EP \ (^_^) / (aka HANDS UP) will drop June 19th, 2026. Ahead Of the album’s arrival, the band have shared new single “Burn,” along with previously released B-side “Nina.” The track arrives after playing shows with black midi, Geese, and Deerhoof. Cold Court includes siblings Mini Serrano and Jojo Lavina-Maldonado .

“Burn,” arrives alongside a self-directed video. Mini buries her voice in gravelly digital noise while the band curls and twists the circuit-bent verses into a dance-punk chorus ripped straight from the Lower East Side ca. 2002. Cold Court will play this April at Philadelphia’s Philly Style Pizza as well as headlining June EP release shows, including an early show at NYC’s Night Club 101 on June 16th.

Mini explains the new song: “‘Burn’ is our Frankenstein’s Monster. When Jojo moved out to go to college, we had been listening to and bonding over a lot of french house/sample-based stuff. Over winter break Jojo made a beat and we freestyled over it, since then we sent remixes of the idea back and forth over email. The song became an outlet for us to be in touch with each other, and an opportunity to try and impress one another by learning Ableton and ‘producing.’ We were always super excited by the idea of it being dubstep or electro because it really reminded us of our childhood and it didn’t sound like any of the songs we’ve worked on before. Bringing it to life–adding guitars and live drums and turning it into something unrecognizable–the song kind of took us in its own direction. When we listen back and perform it now, we’re reminded of the naivety that led to its creation from elements that maybe shouldn’t work, but also represents both of us in a song.”

Cold Court 2026 Live Dates:

04/30 – Philadelphia – Philly Style Pizza
06/16 – New York – Night Club 101 (Early Show)
06/17 – Washington – Songbyrd
06/23 – Boston – Middle East Upstairs

Pre-order (^_^) / (aka HANDS UP) by Cold Court HERE