The Heat Inc. unveil Dead Pony Club ahead of March 2027 album
The Heat Inc. have released Dead Pony Club, a jagged new single that pairs abrasive guitar noise with a melodic, chorus-led pull. The track is out now through Tri-Tone Records and Republic of Music, offering an early taste of the band’s forthcoming album, due in March 2027.
Built from distorted guitars, a tight rhythmic charge and a hook that cuts through the fuzz, Dead Pony Club finds the band working in the space between grunge-edged abrasion and sharply shaped alternative rock. Its lyric turns towards past loves, regret and the sense that time eventually catches up with everyone.
Vocalist Jon Dodd says the song developed through repeated reworking in the rehearsal room and pre-production process.
“Marco had part of the verse for this and the chorus I think and we ended up workshopping it with a couple of run-downs, breaks, twists until it became what you hear on the record,” Dodd explains. “Pre-production was really helpful getting it to where it needed to be. I guess it could be about a love from a past life, those who were good to us, those we could have been better to, and how time catches up with us all. Like True Romance, it’s a great deal of fun to sing.”
A rough-edged video for a reflective new single
The accompanying video brings another visual layer to the track’s push-and-pull between full-throttle guitars and more inward-looking themes. Watch the video for Dead Pony Club here.
The single follows the band’s increasingly instinctive collaborative approach, with the members refining ideas together rather than sanding down the song’s rougher edges. Dead Pony Club keeps the distortion front and centre, but leaves space for its melody and Dodd’s vocal to do the heavier emotional lifting.
London dates on the way
The Heat Inc. will take the new material to London across three forthcoming shows, beginning with a Camden appearance at The Black Heart later this month. Tickets are currently available for the Camden date.
- 24 November 2026 – The Black Heart, Camden, London – Tickets are on sale now
- 21 January 2027 – Half Moon, Putney, London
- 22 January 2027 – Cart and Horses, Stratford, London
