Southern California alt hard rock heavyweights Dead Poet Society are back, and they brought a mirror with them. The band — Jack Underkofler (vocals/guitar), Jack Collins (guitar), Will Goodroad (drums), and Dylan Brenner (bass) — just dropped the video for their new single “Sinner Systems,” a low-end, fretless-fueled slab of brooding alt rock that doubles as a quiet indictment of modern excess.

Produced by Paul Meany (Twenty One Pilots, Pierce The Veil) and mixed by Adam Hawkins (Turnstile, Yungblud, Twenty One Pilots), “Sinner Systems” leans into duality: detuned, angular riffs trading punches with melodic hooks, all wrapped around hedonistic lyrics about emotional numbness in the scroll-and-swipe era. The voyeuristic video matches the song beat-for-beat, ratcheting up the tension until it feels like you’ve walked in on something you weren’t supposed to see.

“‘Sinner Systems’ is a dark, brooding song that blends heavy, detuned fretless grooves with addictive, hedonistic lyrics that hold a mirror up to modern excess and emotional numbness,” the band explains. “We explored the duality of the detuned and the melodic and came up with a song that is a cinematic journey for the listener.”

Stream “Sinner Systems” here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/31M8EXHYtEqOqVb1X7JRVe

The new single arrives as Dead Poet Society gear up to hit the road with Highly Suspect, kicking things off with a few headline dates and a Welcome to Rockville appearance before joining the tour proper. Given the band’s reputation as a must-see live act — forged over runs with Badflower, Biffy Clyro, and Highly Suspect, plus festival stops at Sonic Temple, Reading and Leeds, and 2000Trees — this is not the kind of bill you sleep on.

DEAD POET SOCIETY ON TOUR

Headline:
5/9 — Daytona Beach, FL — Welcome to Rockville (Festival)
5/12 — Birmingham, AL — Wordplay
5/13 — Memphis, TN — Growlers
5/14 — Columbia, MO — Rose Music Hall

With Highly Suspect:
5/17 — Madison, WI — The Sylvee
5/19 — Grand Rapids, MI — The Intersection
5/20 — Cincinnati, OH — Bogart’s
5/22 — Buffalo, NY — Town Ballroom
5/23 — Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall
5/24 — Harrisburg, PA — XL Live
5/27 — Charlotte, NC — The Underground
5/28 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz
5/29 — Chattanooga, TN — The Signal
5/30 — Dothan, AL — The Plant
6/1 — Fayetteville, AR — JJ’s Live
6/2 — Tulsa, OK — Cain’s Ballroom

Since arriving with their head-turning 2021 debut -!- (aka “The Exclamation Album”) and following it up with 2024’s equally adored FISSION — both via Spinefarm — Dead Poet Society have racked up 200 million-plus global streams, multiple Top 10 radio singles, and accolades from the likes of The New York Post, Rock Sound, American Songwriter, New Noise, and Guitar World. With “Sinner Systems,” they’re carving even deeper into the lane they’ve built entirely for themselves.

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