Shudder to Think Announce First New Project in Nearly Three Decades

Shudder to Think are back with their first new EP in nearly 30 years. The post-hardcore vets will release the three-song EP Who Sent You? on September 11th via Dischord Records, and have shared its title track ahead of the release.

“Who Sent You?” reaches back to Craig Wedren’s teenage years in Cleveland before he relocated to Washington, D.C., with the singer describing the song as a reflection on being “young, horny, bored” in the 1980s. “It’s both a collage of memories, refracted through the prism of time, and a message back to my younger self,” Wedren said. “Above all, it’s a nocturnal THANK YOU to all of the girls, family, friends, music, and invisible hands that lit the path, angels and devils both. Who, indeed, sent you?” Sonically, “Who Sent You?” taps right back into the knotty, unpredictable sound Shudder to Think helped pioneer, proving that nearly three decades away hasn’t dulled their instincts or skill.

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The EP follows Shudder to Think’s return last year with “Thirst Walk” and “Playback,” their first new songs in decades, which arrived on a limited 7-inch through Dischord. The reunion also brought the band back to the stage for its first performances in more than a decade. Their last studio album, 50,000 B.C., arrived in 1997, followed by soundtrack work including High Art and First Love, Last Rites in 1998.

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Shudder to Think will mark the EP’s arrival with their only live dates of 2026, beginning September 11th at Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church before stops at New York’s Bowery Ballroom and the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever in Los Angeles.The current lineup reunites Pony Express Record-era members Wedren, Nathan Larson, and Adam Wade alongside guitarist Clint Walsh and bassist Jherek Bischoff. The band’s influential 1994 album celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024.

Tickets are on sale on the band’s website. Look for deals and sold-out tickets here, where fans can save $20 off their first order of $200 or more by using promo code CONSEQUENCE20 at checkout.

Listen to “Who Sent You?” and see the EP’s tracklist and Shudder to Think’s upcoming dates below.

Who Sent You? Tracklist:
Who Sent You?
Something To Do
Release The Ball

Shudder to Think 2026 Tour Dates:
09/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
09/12 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
09/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

* = w/ Miss Grit