San Diego’s Foxtide have never been the kind of band to sit still, and their sophomore LP Entropy — out today via Position Music — is proof that staying comfortable was never the plan. Trading in the sun-bleached surf-rock sound that first put them on the map, the trio of Elijah Gibbins-Croft, Oey James, and Ian Robles have leaned fully into something messier, more nostalgic, and honestly, more human. Celestial synths swirl over guitar-forward arrangements while unguarded lyrics keep the whole thing tethered to earth. It’s a record that sounds like adulthood looks: a little sprawling, a little undone, and all the better for it.

The album title isn’t an accident. “‘Entropy’ is sonically a look in the mirror. You never look the same in the mirror on any given day,” Gibbins-Croft explains. He borrowed the concept from his girlfriend — entropy being the tendency of systems to move toward higher disorder — and couldn’t stop hearing it in the music. “I think everything for me is definitely moving towards higher disorder, for better or for worse, it just is.” Recorded at Singing Serpent in San Diego, Entropy was self-produced by the band with support from Jordan Krimston (benches, Oso Oso) and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer (Panic! At The Disco, Tennis, Parquet Courts). The result is the sound of three musicians pushing each other into unknown territory and trusting what shows up.

Alongside the album, Foxtide are dropping a cinematic new music video for “Heart In The Ground,” directed by Bowen Moreno, which plays like a fever dream of hyper-masculinity colliding with unexpected tenderness — imagine if Nathan Fielder or the Safdie brothers got the keys to an indie rock set. And in true Foxtide fashion, the band turned their pre-save campaign into a stunt: bassist Oey James now owes the internet a full marathon run in a Canadian tuxedo, bass in hand, after the Make Him Run campaign sailed past 10,000 pre-saves. Stream Entropy here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4kG2BbRWZTMN0AWZCGBhKg

The Entropy Tour kicks off next week, and the demand is already deafening — Los Angeles and San Diego sold out so fast the band added second nights (also sold out), while Brooklyn, Carrboro, and Chicago are gone, and DC, Boston, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco are hanging by a thread. Along the way, Foxtide will hit the stage at Kilby Block Party in Salt Lake City. After more than 100 shows last year, the band clearly has no interest in slowing down — and if Entropy is any indication, the disorder is just getting started. Grab a ticket while you still can, put the record on loud, and go cheer Oey on when he starts jogging.