Pool Kids share new track 'Sorry Not Sorry' and announce 2026 UK/EU tour
Tickets are available now.
Pool Kids are set to release their third album 'Easier Said Than Done' via Epitaph Records on 15th August 2025 and have shared new track 'Sorry Not Sorry'. They have also confirmed a UK/EU headline tour for early 2026.
Recorded in Seattle with producer Mike Vernon Davis (Foxing, Great Grandpa), the album was self-funded from years of touring and completed over five weeks in summer 2024.
Frontperson Christine Goodwyne says of the new track: “When you feel like you’re somebody’s second choice, or like you’re not as important to them as they are to you, it can send you into this desperate, embarrassing sort of spiral. In phases like those, it can feel very empowering to pick yourself up, take control of the situation and be like “whatever, I’m not going to tolerate this, I don’t need this person’s approval”. I used to get caught sort of in the middle of those two approaches, swinging back and forth between totally desperate and totally in-control.
It’s been many years since I’ve dealt with or felt anything like that, but it’s the kind of feeling that you never forget. Sometimes when I’m writing it can be inspiring to tap into those old, more potent emotions that I haven’t felt in a long time. It’s kind of an ode to an old version of myself that would’ve found a song like this very cathartic.”
Recorded in Seattle with producer Mike Vernon Davis (Foxing, Great Grandpa), the album was self-funded from years of touring and completed over five weeks in summer 2024.
Frontperson Christine Goodwyne says of the new track: “When you feel like you’re somebody’s second choice, or like you’re not as important to them as they are to you, it can send you into this desperate, embarrassing sort of spiral. In phases like those, it can feel very empowering to pick yourself up, take control of the situation and be like “whatever, I’m not going to tolerate this, I don’t need this person’s approval”. I used to get caught sort of in the middle of those two approaches, swinging back and forth between totally desperate and totally in-control.
It’s been many years since I’ve dealt with or felt anything like that, but it’s the kind of feeling that you never forget. Sometimes when I’m writing it can be inspiring to tap into those old, more potent emotions that I haven’t felt in a long time. It’s kind of an ode to an old version of myself that would’ve found a song like this very cathartic.”
“We tried out new ideas on the fly, wrote and reworked songs, keys, chord progressions, and runs together,” says Alvarez. “We looked at everything as a collective through an even more powerful microscope than before.”
“There’s a lot of Florida imagery and a lot of really specific glimpses from tour on this album,” she says. “By letting myself get specific, I feel a lot more emotionally connected to the songs. It's a very personal record for me and for the whole band, too. I was writing about what life has been like for all of us over the last few years. I feel like all of us can relate to a lot of the songs.”
The band’s debut, 'Music to Practice Safe Sex To', arrived in 2018, followed by a self-titled album in 2022.
Pool Kids will take 'Easier Said Than Done' on the road across the UK and Europe next year. The run begins on 17th February in Southampton and wraps on 6th March in Eindhoven. UK dates feature Sydney Sprague, with European shows joined by Swain. Tickets are available now.
The dates read:
FEBRUARY
17 The Joiners, Southampton, UK
18 Exchange, Bristol, UK
19 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
20 The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
21 Stereo, Glasgow, UK
23 Hare & Hounds V2, Birmingham, UK
24 Patterns, Brighton, UK
25 The Garage, London, UK
27 Supersonic, Paris, FR
28 Birmingham, Brussels, BE
MARCH
1 Blue Shell, Cologne, DE
3 Hebebühne, Hamburg, DE
4 Berghain Kantine, Berlin, DE
6 Altstadt, Eindhoven, NL
The tracklisting for 'Easier Said Than Done' reads:
'Easier Said Than Done'
'Tinted Windows'
'Bad Bruise'
'Leona Street'
'Last Word'
'Sorry Not Sorry'
'Not Too Late'
'Which Is Worse?'
'Dani'
'Perfect View'
'Exit Plan'
“There’s a lot of Florida imagery and a lot of really specific glimpses from tour on this album,” she says. “By letting myself get specific, I feel a lot more emotionally connected to the songs. It's a very personal record for me and for the whole band, too. I was writing about what life has been like for all of us over the last few years. I feel like all of us can relate to a lot of the songs.”
The band’s debut, 'Music to Practice Safe Sex To', arrived in 2018, followed by a self-titled album in 2022.
Pool Kids will take 'Easier Said Than Done' on the road across the UK and Europe next year. The run begins on 17th February in Southampton and wraps on 6th March in Eindhoven. UK dates feature Sydney Sprague, with European shows joined by Swain. Tickets are available now.
The dates read:
FEBRUARY
17 The Joiners, Southampton, UK
18 Exchange, Bristol, UK
19 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
20 The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
21 Stereo, Glasgow, UK
23 Hare & Hounds V2, Birmingham, UK
24 Patterns, Brighton, UK
25 The Garage, London, UK
27 Supersonic, Paris, FR
28 Birmingham, Brussels, BE
MARCH
1 Blue Shell, Cologne, DE
3 Hebebühne, Hamburg, DE
4 Berghain Kantine, Berlin, DE
6 Altstadt, Eindhoven, NL
The tracklisting for 'Easier Said Than Done' reads:
'Easier Said Than Done'
'Tinted Windows'
'Bad Bruise'
'Leona Street'
'Last Word'
'Sorry Not Sorry'
'Not Too Late'
'Which Is Worse?'
'Dani'
'Perfect View'
'Exit Plan'
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