There’s a specific kind of punk band that stays interesting because they don’t try to be interesting. Scarboro have been doing their thing out of New York City since 2012 โ three people, short songs, no padding โ and their sophomore album “Hate Season” is due April 17th, 2026 via Sell The Heart Records in the US and WTF Records in Europe.
The second single ahead of the record is “Kintsugi,” named after the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by filling the cracks with gold. Not the most obvious reference point for a punk trio known for breakneck riffs and confrontational delivery, but it lands.
The song comes from the perspective of someone whose failures cracked a marriage apart. As the band puts it: “Long term relationships eventually hit bumps in the road that tests their strength.” Rather than bolting, the narrator commits to the repair work โ and what’s left afterward carries more weight because of what broke and how it got fixed. That’s the whole kintsugi idea applied to two people instead of a bowl.
Scarboro โ Shi on guitar and vocals, Jack on bass and vocals, Radhika on drums โ have always bounced between political frustration and personal stakes in their writing. “Kintsugi” sits firmly on the personal side, but it doesn’t soften the delivery. It’s still concise, still direct, still built to move fast and hit without warning.
“Rather than running away, is committing to doing the repair work and at the end of it you’re left with something that is more valuable because of the broken pieces and how they were mended,” the band explains. There’s no romance in that statement, just honesty about what staying actually costs.
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“Hate Season” follows as the band’s second full-length. Pre-orders are live now, with vinyl shipping on or around April 10th. The record is also available on CD and digital.
