Nopes Premiere ‘Smile Room’ From Upcoming Album ‘Djörk’

Nopes have premiered their new single ‘Smile Room‘, which is taken from the US noise punks’ forthcoming album “Djörk” which will be released on January 29th 2021. “Djörk” will see the angst-fueled quartet return bristling with angular riffs and glass-cutting hooks on their third album, one which shows the Bay Area foursome more than ready to bury one of the most disastrous years in recent memory in a cacophony of disaffection and feedback. True to their punk roots, Nopes bristle lyrically against work, class divisions, and the gentrifying soullessness of city life as youthful dreams are mercilessly stripped away.

“Djörk” can be pre-ordered here

You can stream ‘Smile Room‘ below

This one was originally going to be a YUPS song, our offshoot band on the lighter side, but this riff was too good to not use in the noisier heavier band. This track is about being stuck in a job you’re forced to work and feel like you’re living in a ‘smile room’, where you have to put on a fake front, and grin and bear it.