Stuck announce new album & tour, share “Instakill”

Chicago post-punk trio Stuck have announced their third album, Optimizer, which will be out March 27 via Exploding in Sound. They recorded the album at their hometown’s Electrical Audio studios with producer Andrew Oswald (Marble Eyed, Powerplant).

The first single from the album is the tightly-wound “Instakill” which takes aim at ads on social media. “I found myself in a bad way in 2024,” says singer-guitarist Greg Obis. “Reeling with financial stress and a deep sense of precarity with my career, I was desperate for answers. This led me down a deep hole of online self-help huckster gurus. Charitably, I think that many of these people mean well and a few genuinely have good advice. But even the best of them are trying to prey on your insecurities and circumstances in order to sell you a course or a health supplement, which I think is both dark and funny. ‘Instakill’ uses these huckster gurus to explore the futility of constant self-optimization. Is it possible to change who you are?” The video for “Instakill” takes these themes even further and you can watch that below.

Stuck will be on tour in April, including shows at Tubby’s Kingston on 4/7 and Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right on 4/8. All dates are listed below.

Optimizer
1. Totally Vexed
2. Instakill
3. Sicko
4. Deadlift
5. Less Is More
6. Fire, Man
7. Net Negative
8. It Isn’t
9. Punchline
10. GG

Stuck Live
Fri. Apr. 3 – Detroit, MI @ Outer Limits
Sat. Apr. 4 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Sun. Apr. 5 – Montreal, QC @ L’Esco
Tue. Apr. 7 – Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s
Wed. Apr. 8 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
Thu. Apr. 9 – Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts
Sat. Apr. 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Warehouse on Watts – Cambridge Hall
Sun. Apr. 12 – Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong