Canadian heavy fuzz rockers Gnarwhal announce new album »Lucid Machines«; share crushing new single »Wherewithal«!

Yellowknife, Canada based heavy fuzz rockers Gnarwhal have announced their sophomore full-length album, »Lucid Machines«, which will be released on March 19th, 2026.

Listen to the second single »Wherewithal«, available now for streaming on all major digital platforms!

Courtesy of Small Fry Music:

Today, Yellowknife heavy alternative fuzz-rock band Gnarwhal return with »Wherewithal«, the second single from their forthcoming sophomore album »Lucid Machines«, out March 19, 2026.

»Wherewithal« is a slow-burning surge of psychic unrest – equal parts crushing and meditative. Gnarwhal pull listeners from the safety of repetition into darker terrain, layering tidal riffs, spectral melodies, and trance-like rhythms that echo with unease. Lyrically cryptic and sonically massive, the track pulses with buried code and whispered resistance.

“It’s the sound of stillness waking – ominous, unrelenting, and impossible to ignore,” the band explains.

Following the release of the album’s first single, Circuits, »Wherewithal« offers a deeper look into »Lucid Machines« – an album that expands Gnarwhal’s world of Northern sludge into something more intricate and unnerving. Built from fuzz-drenched riffs and tectonic grooves, the record explores the friction between organic and synthetic life, reality and repetition, decay and renewal.

»Lucid Machines« arrives March 19, 2026, and is available to pre-order on vinyl and pre-save on digital platforms now.

Pre-save now: ffm.to/lucidmachines
Pre-order vinyl now: gnarwhalband.com/lucidvinyl

Formed in 2022, Gnarwhal have been carving out a distinct voice in Canada’s heavy underground. Their 2023 self-titled debut album earned a Western Canadian Music Award nomination, while 2024’s »Altered States« EP pushed their sound into spacier, experimental territory without losing the low-end punch and emotional weight that defines their music. DIY to the core, the band has toured extensively across Canada, transforming basements, bars, and proper stages into sweat-soaked sonic assaults.

All music written and performed by Gnarwhal.
Produced by Dan Ponich and Gnarwhal.
Recorded in Yellowknife, NT at The Penalty Box.
Mixed by Dan Ponich at Park Sound Studio.
Mastered by Stuart McKillop at Rain City Mastering.
Single art by Aaron Bonogovski.

Gnarwhal is:
Mark Kilbride – Vocals
Benji Straker – Guitars
Jeremy Straker – Bass
Layne Rybchinski – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well