Drain announce new album …Is Your Friend

Drain announce new album ...Is Your Friend

Drain have announced their new album ‘…IS YOUR FRIEND’, will arrive on November 7th via Epitaph Records. The album is the follow up to their 2023 LP living Proof. Ahead of the LP’s release, Drain have shared new single and video “Nights Like These.”

From Drain vocalist Sammy Ciaramitaro: “Over the last decade of doing DRAIN, I’ve been able to see the world, meet incredible people, experience all sorts of incredible highs and even a couple of lows – but most importantly, I got to do all of those things with my best friends. No matter how much we accomplish and how big we grow – we are still just a couple of friends who get to play music together, make memories all over the world, and we are SO aware of how lucky we are to do it. THAT is what “Nights Like These” is about.”

The Derek Rathbun-directed music video splits between footage of the band’s rowdy live show in 2025 and fast-forwards to them displaying the same onstage energy thirty years later but utilizing the members’ dads and uncle as stunt doubles. “When we were coming up with ideas for this video, I thought it would be so cool to try and make us look old and play a show as seniors,” Ciaramitaro explained. “We could have gone the route of using make-up and practical effects, but then it clicked in my brain…I am going to look just like my dad when I get old – I should just use him.”

Enthused about witnessing his 61-year-old father stage dive for the first time, he adds, “The fact that we got to share this special night with the people who shaped us to be the men we are today – means SO much to all of us. I hope that everyone enjoys watching it as much as we all enjoyed getting to make it happen. Shout out to Stu, Frankie, and Donny!”

Drain, includes (Ciaramitaro, guitarist Cody Chavez, and drummer Tim Flegal) formed back in 2014 and cut their teeth in Santa Cruz’s fertile DIY hardcore scene. With their third full-length album and second for Epitaph Records, …IS YOUR FRIEND, DRAIN had two primary goals in mind: to capture their quintessential live essence on recording, and to write new songs that’ll make their next shows even crazier. Their previous albums were written before DRAIN were on the road all year, and they spent the last few hundred nights onstage making note of which songs their fans respond best to. …IS YOUR FRIEND is designed to maximize their audience’s shit-losing abilities.

Drain
…IS YOUR FRIEND
Tracklisting
Epitaph Records

1. Stealing Happiness From Tomorrow
2. Living In A Memory
3. Scared Of Everything And Nothing
4. Nothing But Love
5. Can’t Be Bothered
6. Loudest In The Room
7. Nights Like These
8. Who’s Having Fun?
9. Darkest Days
10. Until Next Time

DRAIN 2025 Tour Dates

June 10 – Amityville, NY – Amityville Music Hall
June 11 – Syracuse, NY – The Song & Dance
June 13 – Reading, PA – Reverb
June 14-15 – Washington, DC – Warped Tour *
June 16 – Richmond, VA – The Warehouse
June 17 – Asheville, NC – Eulogy
June 19 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
July 18 – Mansfield, OH – Inkcarceration Fest *
July 26-27 – Long Beach, CA – Warped Tour *
Sept. 18 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life *
Sept. 20 – Worcester, MA – New England Metal & Hardcore Festival
Sept. 23 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo RiverWorks
Oct. 3-5 – Princeton, AL – Furnace Fest *
Oct. 12 – Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
Oct. 14 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
Oct. 15 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Oct. 17 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
Oct. 21 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
Oct. 23 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
Oct. 24 – San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic
Oct. 25 – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Oct. 26 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
Nov. 15-16 – Orlando, FL – Warped Tour *