{"id":2227340,"date":"2026-01-08T18:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2227340"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:29:46","slug":"vial-announce-new-album-hellhound-hear-never-been-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/vial-announce-new-album-hellhound-hear-never-been-better\/","title":{"rendered":"VIAL Announce New Album &#8216;Hellhound&#8217;: Hear &#8220;Never Been Better&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since their conception, VIAL have been politically outspoken, using punk music to advocate for what they believe in. Today, the Minneapolis-based band is announcing their new album <em>Hellhound<\/em>, but they&#8217;re also calling attention to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/renee-good-killed-ice-minneapolis-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">horrific killing committed by ICE<\/a> in their hometown yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, VIAL wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Today was supposed to be the day we were supposed to tell you about our new record\u00a0<em>HELLHOUND<\/em>, but our minds are now 100% on our neighbor who was shot and killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis yesterday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was NOT self-defense. This was MURDER. FUCK ICE!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please donate to the\u00a0Go Fund Me<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>if you have the means, and watch out for your immigrant neighbors. Love you all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"\/><p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Renee Nicole Good was 37. Proceeds from the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-renee-goods-wife-and-son?attribution_id=sl:3e89b5e8-c0e4-49a3-966a-fde7bbfde570&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1767839771&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_ta&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go Fund Me<\/a> will cover funeral costs as well as living costs for her wife and son. What appears to be her Instagram account says she was a poet, writer, and guitar player. Stereogum seconds VIAL&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n<p>Hear the new <em>Hellhound<\/em> single, &#8220;Never Been Better,&#8221; below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NEVER BEEN BETTER\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kz-174PflgA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TRACKLIST:<br \/>01 &#8220;Infected&#8221; <br \/>02 &#8220;Scorpio Moon&#8221; <br \/>03 &#8220;Creep Smoothie&#8221;<br \/>04 &#8220;Idle Hands&#8221; <br \/>05 &#8220;Sob&#8221; <br \/>06 &#8220;Never Been Better&#8221;<br \/>07 &#8220;Hellhound&#8221;<br \/>08 &#8220;Undermine Me&#8221;<br \/>09 &#8220;Blah&#8221;<br \/>10 &#8220;Puke&#8221;<br \/>11 &#8220;Talktalktalk&#8221;<br \/>12 &#8220;Boredom\/Combustion&#8221;<br \/>13 &#8220;Blood Red&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TOUR DATES:<br \/>03\/21 \u2013 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater<br \/>03\/25 \u2013 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival<br \/>03\/26 \u2013 Seattle, WA @ Barboza<br \/>03\/27 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Holocene<br \/>03\/28 \u2013 Oakland, CA @ Dollfest (Announced)<br \/>03\/29 \u2013 Santa Cruz, CA @ Atrium @ The Catalyst<br \/>03\/31 \u2013 San Diego, CA @ Casbah<br \/>04\/01 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo<br \/>04\/02 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ @ Linger Longer Lounge<br \/>04\/04 \u2013 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad<br \/>04\/07 \u2013 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger<br \/>04\/09 \u2013 Austin, TX @ 29th Street Ballroom<br \/>04\/10 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada<br \/>04\/11 \u2013 Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head<br \/>04\/14 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake<br \/>04\/15 \u2013 Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge<br \/>05\/07 \u2013 Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade<br \/>05\/08 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen<br \/>05\/09 \u2013 Hamtramck, MI @ The Sanctuary<br \/>05\/10 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Sound Garage<br \/>05\/12 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ L\u2019Escogriffe<br \/>05\/13 \u2013 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom<br \/>05\/15 \u2013 Boston, MA @ Warehouse<br \/>05\/16 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere: Zone One<br \/>05\/17 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Nikki Lopez<br \/>05\/19 \u2013 Washington, DC @ Songbyrd<br \/>05\/20 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @ Mahall\u2019s<br \/>06\/19 \u2013 Gilbert, PA @ Camp Punksylvania Fest<\/p>\n<p><em>Hellhound<\/em> is out 3\/6 via Trout Hole. Pre-order it <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/too.fm\/7mkkp4x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katy Kelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source stereogum.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since their conception, VIAL have been politically outspoken, using punk music to advocate for what they believe in. Today, the Minneapolis-based band is announcing their new album Hellhound, but they&#8217;re also calling attention to the horrific killing committed by ICE in their hometown yesterday. 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