Public Opinion tear into punk frustration with When Kevin Gets Free
Denver punk outfit Public Opinion have shared their latest single and video, ‘When Kevin Gets Free’, a serrated burst of rock-and-roll resentment taken from their forthcoming second album The Curse of Public Opinion.
Stream ‘When Kevin Gets Free’ everywhere HERE
The record arrives 7th August 2026 via SideOneDummy, with pre-orders available now.
Two minutes of bottled-up fury
Following recent single ‘Balloon Man Running’, which picked up attention from Stereogum, BrooklynVegan and Alternative Press, ‘When Kevin Gets Free’ sharpens Public Opinion’s volatile mix of garage-rock swagger, punk hooks and hardcore bite.
It is a song built for grudges, steam-blowing and clenched-jaw catharsis. Across its compact runtime, the band balance eye-bulging aggression with the kind of melody that makes the chaos feel strangely triumphant.
The Curse of Public Opinion arrives this August
Produced by Brett Romnes of Anxious, I Am The Avalanche and Hot Mulligan fame, The Curse of Public Opinion clocks in at a lean 27 minutes and pushes the band’s sound into bigger, nastier territory.
Public Opinion first emerged from the Denver hardcore scene in 2020, but their new material finds them growing into something broader and more anthemic. The result is a record that sounds bruised, bitter and alive, less concerned with tidy self-improvement than with the messy reality of being angry and exhausted.
Frontman Kevin Hart describes the band’s outlook as less polished and more human, with the album rejecting motivational slogans and social media therapy speak in favour of something much more direct.
The Curse of Public Opinion tracklist
- Balloon Man Running
- Flowers By Irene
- I Pay Everyone I Still Talk To
- Lucky Me
- Closed Captioning
- When Kevin Gets Free
- Enhancement Talent
- Epitaph
- Modern Convenience ft. Vinnie Caruana
- The Curse of Public Opinion
Upcoming shows
24 April – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall *
25 April – Cleveland, OH – The Roxy *
26 April – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall *
28 April – Toronto, ON – Opera House *
29 April – Troy, NY – No Fun
30 April – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw *
1 May – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
2 May – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
6 May – Richmond, VA – The Canal Club *
7 May – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 505
8 May – Asheville, NC – Eulogy *
9 May – Nashville, TN – The Basement East *
11 May – Jacksonville, FL – The Albatross *
12 May – Orlando, FL – The Abbey *
13 May – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum *
14 May – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West *
16 May – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom *
2 June – Denver, CO – Hi Dive $
3 June – Kansas City, MO – recordBar ^
4 June – Des Moines, IA – xBk ^
5 June – Springfield, IL – Dumb Records ^
6 June – Evansville, IN – Fuschia ^
7 June – Indianapolis, IN – Healer ^
8 June – Milwaukee, WI – Anodyne Coffee Roasters ^
9 June – Chicago, IL – Subterranean Downstairs ^
10 June – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway ^
- with Drug Church, White Reaper and Spy
^ with Squint
$ with Lip Critic
PUBLIC OPINION – ‘THE CURSE OF PUBLIC OPINION’
DUE OUT 7TH AUGUST 2026 VIA SIDEONEDUMMY HERE
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