After greater than twenty years with out releasing new materials, The Watchmen are again with “Gasoline,” their first new track since 2002.
Launched in the present day, Friday, November 13, 2026, “Gasoline” finds the longstanding lineup of Daniel Greaves, Joey Serlin, Ken Tizzard and Sammy Kohn making music collectively once more — not as an train in nostalgia, however as a band with one thing new to say.
The track was composed collaboratively by all 4 members, with lyrics written by Greaves. “Gasoline” was recorded at Serlin’s Vapor Music Studios, engineered by Julian Rudd and combined by acclaimed Canadian producer and mixer Brian Moncarz.
The arrival of recent music comes at a exceptional second in The Watchmen’s historical past. This fall, the band was honoured with the Slaight Household Polaris Heritage Prize for its 1992 debut album, McLaren Furnace Room. Decided by public vote, the award acknowledges Canadian albums from the period earlier than the Polaris Music Prize was established that proceed to have cultural resonance.
McLaren Furnace Room was recorded by Daniel Greaves, Joey Serlin, Sammy Kohn and Pete Loewen, with Ken Tizzard becoming a member of The Watchmen previous to the recording of the band’s second album, Within the Timber. Greaves, Serlin, Tizzard and Kohn would go on to kind the lineup behind the albums and songs that grew to become synonymous with The Watchmen all through the Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s.
Greater than three many years later, that very same lineup remains to be collectively — and “Gasoline” represents one thing they haven’t finished in 24 years: launch a brand new Watchmen track.
“There’s one thing fairly particular about being acknowledged for a report we made on the very starting of our profession whereas, on the
similar time, having a brand-new Watchmen track able to launch. The Slaight Household Polaris Heritage Prize has given us a possibility to look again and recognize what these data have meant to individuals. ‘Gasoline’ provides us an opportunity to look ahead.”
Moderately than making an attempt to recreate a selected period of the band, “Gasoline” grew naturally out of 4 musicians who’ve spent greater than three many years taking part in collectively.
“We didn’t go into this making an attempt to put in writing one thing that seemed like The Watchmen in 1995 or 2000. We simply wished to make one thing that felt like us now. As soon as ‘Gasoline’ began coming collectively, it grew to become fairly clear that we wished individuals to listen to it.”
The discharge leads into The Watchmen’s November 21, 2026 efficiency on the Danforth Music Corridor in Toronto, giving followers their first alternative to listen to the band on this new chapter.
From McLaren Furnace Room by means of Within the Timber, Model New Day, Silent Radar and Slomotion, The Watchmen constructed one of the vital distinctive catalogues in Canadian various rock, with songs together with “Stereo,” “All Uncovered,” “Boneyard Tree,” “Any Day Now” and “Completely Anytime.”
The band has continued to carry out collectively within the years since its final studio launch. With “Gasoline,” for the primary time in 24 years, The Watchmen are including a brand new track to that catalogue.
“Gasoline” is accessible on all main streaming platforms as of November 13, 2026.
The Watchmen
- Daniel Greaves — Vocals
- Joey Serlin — Guitar
- Ken Tizzard — Bass
- Sammy Kohn — Drums
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November 21, 2026 — The Danforth Music Corridor — Toronto, Ontario
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