SP’s Release New Single Nekrogeddon Ahead Of Debut Album

Los Angeles alt-punk garage band SP’s have released their new single “Nekrogeddon” today. The track opens with squalling guitar feedback before crashing into bombastic drums and provocative vocals, and it stands as the most political song on the band’s upcoming debut album.

The opening line, “Steady on the path to our own annihilation,” sets the tone for the track and doubles as the thesis for the whole record.

As the song barrels forward, bassist James Holland’s part takes centre stage, something guitarist Steve LaBate calls “the main character of the song,” hinting at a Black Sabbath undertone that runs through parts of the album.

“It feels like a dystopian future is right around the corner when it comes to the way people are treated,” says vocalist Steve Albertson, “where the systems that are supposed to be taking care of us, absolutely don’t.” SP’s juxtapose sharp political lines like “Praise artificial intelligence scams / Plagiarizing what it means to be a human” against a chorus that softens into “Won’t you come home with me tonight.”

Albertson explains the shift in tone. “I’m outlining all these horrific problems of the world, and it all feels so overwhelming. So it’s like, what can we do? Just throw our hands in the air and take someone home tonight. Find comfort where you can, to feel like a person once in a while.”

Ghost Cult Magazine praised the track ahead of release, writing that SP’s “meld punk’s snarling delivery with psych riffs and cool alt-rock vibes,” and calling “Nekrogeddon” the brand of protest commentary that music has been missing this decade.

“Nekrogeddon” arrives alongside confirmation of SP’s debut album, Dating at the End of the World, due out March 26, 2027 via Baby Robot Records. The record blurs the line between protest and introspection, moving between soul-crushing heartbreak, the confusion of modern dating, and the urge to stand up for what’s right in today’s political climate.

Heavy, layered guitars, thunderous drums and bold, fuzzy bass power the songs throughout the album, while Albertson’s voice and lyrics swing from cartoonish mania to naked vulnerability. SP’s swirling mix of arty indie-punk and chaotic power pop lands somewhere near IDLES, Viagra Boys and Amyl and the Sniffers.

SP’s is Steve Albertson on vocals, Steve LaBate on guitar, organ, piano and backing vocals, James Holland on bass and backing vocals, and Allen Kronenberger on drums, piano and backing vocals.

Dating at the End of the World was recorded at Savannah Studios in East LA and produced by Julia Kugel of The Coathangers. Grammy-nominated engineer Wyatt Blair handled the sessions, while fellow Grammy nominee Rob Kleiner mastered the record. Holly Parker and Allison Pons contributed additional backing vocals throughout.

Before SP’s, LaBate and Albertson had already spent years cutting their teeth in other projects. LaBate played guitar in the alt-metal comedy act Attractive Eighties Women, while Albertson fronted Chicago electro-nerd-punk band Dr. Killbot.

After meeting in Atlanta in 2011, the pair formed art-punk outfit SEX BBQ, which later spun off into the garage-punk project illiterates.

SP’s came together after guitarist LaBate and vocalist Albertson relocated to Los Angeles in 2016, where they met drummer Kronenberger and bassist Holland while queuing for beer at a Dangerbird Records party. The band’s sound took shape in the backrooms of Echo Park’s now-closed Bedrock LA rehearsal studio, inspired by punk, indie rock and 80s alternative.

SP’s released their debut EP, Rise/Fall, in 2019 via Baby Robot Records, earning praise from New Noise Magazine, Substream Magazine, Buzzbands LA, Grungecake, Ghost Cult Mag and LA Weekly, whose headline dubbed SP’s a band that would “never stop fighting Nazis.” Since then, members of SP’s have shared stages with Belle and Sebastian, Death Lens, Pile, Hospitality, Arrested Development and Single Mothers.

Elsewhere on the record, SP’s move between the breakneck horror-punk of “Spirit World” and the jangly heartbreak of “Ripper,” a song inspired by the end of a long-term relationship. Across ten tracks, SP’s thread political anger and personal vulnerability through the same fuzzed-out, guitar-driven sound that defines “Nekrogeddon.”

Dating at the End of the World is completed by stylised, occasionally gruesome cover artwork from Oh! Oozi, giving the record a look as rooted in 2026 as it is in the 1980s and 90s touchstones SP’s draw from. Fans of Pixies, The Black Angels, Ty Segall, The Chats, The Hold Steady and Jeff Rosenstock should find plenty to enjoy in the record.

“Nekrogeddon” is out now on all major streaming platforms, with Dating at the End of the World due March 26, 2027 via Baby Robot Records. The full tracklist for the album is below.

Dating at the End of the World tracklist:
1. Nekrogeddon
2. Spirit World
3. Ripper
4. Where’s My Cheer Squad
5. Dance of the Sea Org
6. We’re Werewolves, Not Swearwolves
7. Blood Red Compass
8. What They Do
9. 66.6% Devil
10. Lonely By The Sea (My Girl)