Sundots Release "Someone Else's Song" || From Upcoming Album 'On The Quay' - out 6 Nov

Today, sundots, the Connecticut indie rock band, share the third single and video for “Someone Else’s Song”, off their upcoming album, ‘On The Quay’, due 6 November.

Marking the band's first full-length written and recorded as a true five-piece, ‘On The Quay’ is a confident step forward as the first true full-band sundots record, and as a result, it’s a full-bodied and forceful level-up representation of the group’s sound, a record that feels timeless and in-the-moment all at once.

On the track, Drew Collins says, “Someone Else’s Song actually came about after we had thought we had finished the record. It was something I had started jamming on and felt pretty excited about. It definitely had a different energy from the other songs on the record. It was short and had super high energy right off the bat. It’s sort of a relentless song that doesn’t give much time to breathe, but I think that works in its favor.”

He adds:

“Lyrically, I was very inspired by 'The Dead' by James Joyce. I had recently finished Dubliners and had a ton of imagery from that floating around in my head, and naturally, I explored that headspace when approaching the lyrics for this track. It was about this same time that the album artwork idea had fully come to me, and it just made sense for us to go back to Kevin [S. McMahon] to record this last track for the record.”

Beginning next month, sundots will set out on their extensive fall tour with a run of East Coast dates supporting rehash, followed by a co-headline tour in the UK and Europe with Lots of Hands, including performances at Pitchfork Music Festival London and Paris. Tickets on sale now. All dates below.

Much of ‘On The Quay’ came together during a marathon weekend of creative kismet in a secluded Vermont Airbnb at the end of 2025, where the band retreated with one goal: to write and demo as much music as possible. Removed from distractions and immersed in the mountains, the five-piece emerged with the foundation for the record before enlisting Kevin S. McMahon (Real Estate, Widowspeak, Swans) to produce, engineer, and mix all twelve songs. Working closely with the band, McMahon helped translate the immediacy and chemistry of sundots' live performances into a record that feels both spacious and deeply lived-in, preserving the spontaneity that has become central to the band's identity.

European Tour Dates:

• November 5 – Pitchfork Paris Festival
• November 6 – Brighton, UK*
• November 7 – Pitchfork London Festival
• November 9 – Hebden Bridge, UK*
• November 10 – Leeds, UK*
• November 11 – Glasgow, UK*
• November 12 – Newcastle, UK*
• November 13 – Manchester, UK*
• November 14 – Dublin, Ireland (sundots headline show)
• November 16 – Liverpool, UK*
• November 17 – Birmingham, UK*
• November 18 – Bristol, UK*

*Co-headline w/ Lots of Hands

On the Quay Tracklisting

1. Birthday Song

2. Grassy Lawn

3. Moon, Moon

4. Getting Away

5. Idols

6. Distraction

7. Hazard

8. Someone Else’s Song

9. By The Water

10. Unfolded

11. This Life

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