LACK kündigen Comeback Album für September an
Copenhagen based HARDCORE/PUNK/INDIE Outfit LACK to announce comeback album!
Self-titled Full-Length to see release on September 11th through DREAM BUREAU; Pre-orders Posted at THIS LOCATION and Shows Announced Below.
Lack Returns with First Album in 18 Years
Nearly two decades have passed since Lack last released new music. Now, they are coming back with their first album in 18 years. The self-titled record arrives September 11 on the label Dream Bureau and will be followed by shows in Denmark, Germany, and the Czech Republic.
Over the course of eight years, Lack released three albums, played countless shows across Europe and the United States, and built a reputation as one of Copenhagen's most distinctive and explosive bands. Both within Denmark and internationally, they were genuinely genre-defining as a band whose sound moves effortlessly between post-hardcore, indie rock, and film noir, propelled by Thomas Burø's characteristic high-pitched vocals, perpetually pushed to the edge of breakup.
In 2008 – shortly after the release of Saturate Every Atom – the band went their separate ways and put Lack on hold. The members have since played in numerous bands, including Rising, Tvivler, Total Heels, Anchorless, and No Light.
Reformed as a live band in 2021:
In 2021, Lack reformed. At first for two sold-out shows in Denmark, and later for several others, including Denmark’s biggest metal festival, Copenhell, in 2024.
Without making promises to each other or the outside world, Lack quietly began writing new music. At first it was a patient inquiry into whether the collective still had artistic and personal relevance so many years later. It became clear that the tension between misanthropic resignation and defiant optimism, which was always the band's defining nerve, was still alive, and that it felt worth singing about more than ever.
An album that breaks expectations
The result is nine songs recorded live in one room at an old farmhouse in rural Zealand. The songs reckon with work as a fundamental human condition and as the basic compromise inherent in building a meaningful life.
Each previous Lack album marked a deliberate break from the expectations set by the one before it. Pleasing has never been Lack's raison d'être. The new album is no exception, yet it also builds on the band's uncanny ability to always sound unmistakably like Lack.
The nine songs are collected on a self-titled album, out on vinyl September 11, 2026 on the small Copenhagen DIY label Dream Bureau. The album was recorded by Jacob Bredahl, mixed by Jakob Reichert Nielsen, and mastered by Matthew Barnhart.
Concerts:
In connection with the release, Lack will play the following shows:
10. sep - Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (release party) - billetter
11. sep - Odense - Frølageret, m. Smertegrænsens toldere
12. sep - Århus - Headquarters, m. Smertegrænsens toldere, Worried Sick - billetter
25. nov - Leer - Zollhaus Leer, Germany - tickets
26. nov - Plzen - Hospoda Pod Kopcem, Chech Republic
27. nov - Berlin - Neue Zukunft, Germany
28. nov - Hamburg - Molotow, Germany
Credits:
Artist: Lack
Titel: Lack
Format: LP and digital
Composer: Jacob Johansen, Jakob Reichert Nielsen, Thomas Burø, Kasper Andersen
Author: Thomas Burø
Recording country: Denmark
Recording year: 2025
Engineer: Recorded by Jacob Bredahl
Mix: Jakob Reichert Nielsen
Mastering: Matthew Barnhart
Artwork: Jacob Johansen
Layout: Jakob Printzlau
Release date: Sep. 11th 2026 Digital: Sep. 11th 2026
Record label: Dream Bureau
Musicians:
Jacob Johansen, drums
Jakob Reichert Nielsen, guitar
Thomas Burø, vocals and guitar
Kasper Andersen, bass
Quelle: CZ Promotions