Seven Crowns share new single 'Side Effects', taken from upcoming album 'Haunted Head'!
May 5, 2026
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Punk collective Seven Crowns are pleased to announce the release of their fourth studio album ‘Haunted Head’, which arrives on May 29th 2026 to limited edition vinyl via Pale Wizard Records.
Seven Crowns began in 2006 and has had a rich, yet less than conventional history. Their first gig took place in New York supporting Subhumans on a two week US tour. They then headed to South-East Asia for a six week tour taking in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Although hailing from the British West Country, Seven Crowns have only played in the UK on a very occasional basis. For the past twenty years, the band has toured relentlessly through North America, Central America, Mainland Europe, South-East Asia and New Zealand.
Seven Crowns were the first Western band to play the Indonesian island of Suluwesi since Kool And The Gang played a private gig there for then Indonesian President Suharto in 1981. Upon touring New Zealand, Seven Crowns decided they had “completed” touring, and became mainly a studio band. Seven Crowns were born of the European DIY hardcore punk underground, “We still hold the ethics and philosophy of that world. Always will”, Seven Crowns say proudly. The band are far more at ease in a German squat venue than an industry approved venue. Seven Crowns have long been active organisers of the bi-annual B.O.B. Festival - taking place in Bremen Germany, Oakland California, and Bath England on a rotational basis and see themselves more as a large world-wide sprawling like-minded family who make music as a leisurely hobby rather than their core five-piece unit.
Their fourth full-length album ‘Haunted Head’ was produced, mixed and mastered by Josh Gallop (Krooked Tongue, Phoxjaw, Sergeant Thunderhoof) at Stage 2 Studios in Bath, born out of a period of time where many of the band’s loved ones passed away. Whilst the album channels the band’s grief, rather than dwelling on their loved ones passing, ‘Haunted Head’ serves as a vessel to celebrate the relationships they shared with them. The album's second track 'Headstone' enforces this message, containing a short snippet of a voicemail from a beloved family member.
Whilst still rooted in the punk ethos the band are known and loved for, 'Haunted Head' brings with it a new, unpredictable and genre-blending approach to their songwriting. The album places greater emphasis on melodic instrumentation than their previous works, balancing intricate riffs and aggressive vocals with emotionally honest and deeply personal lyrics. It's their most visceral album to date.
Reflecting on the album’s subject matter, the band explain: “‘Haunted Head’ is heavy as fuck psychedelic punk. The album’s six songs represent a four year period when an alarming number of our family and friends died. This record is not lamenting their passing, but rather celebrates the fact that we had the incredible good luck to have shared our lives with them in the first place. Haunted Head is a love letter to those we have lost.”
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Ahead of the release of the album came its final single ‘Side Effects’, released May 1st 2026, on the Pagan festival of Beltaine, a celebration of rebirth, rejuvenation, and the start of Summer. To coincide with the single, the band filmed a music video with Kieran Gallop of GLK Media (Sleeptoken, Mesh, Ingested).
Discussing the single, the band state: “Unless you are a sociopath, grief is life’s great leveller. Irrespective of age, gender, politics, finances, religion - the enormity of grief brings every single one of us to the same level. There is no get-out-clause.”
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