Sweet Pill announce new LP & tour, share “No Control”

Philly/NJ band Sweet Pill announced their sophomore album, Still There’s a Glow, due out March 13 via Hopeless. It’s the follow up to their great 2022 debut Where The Heart Is (and last year’s Starchild EP), and it was produced by Matt Weber. Vocalist Zayna Youssef says, “I went through some depression last spring, and then I went into therapy. It was also a big turning point in my life as I was about to turn 30, while I’d written our first record when I was graduating from college – that’s a big change. I could’ve kept making bad choices because they’re easy, but I had to come clean to myself. Half the album was written before and the other half after, so the songs are kind of hard on myself but some are also hopeful, with a light at the end of the tunnel. You put out a fire, there’s still an ember that’s still glowing – that’s the record. It’s about being at a low and climbing out of it.”

“A lot of the album is about the hurdle of being kind to yourself, making good choices for yourself,” Youssef adds. “This was our first time writing as a band and to an audience, and it’s so honest and vulnerable. I hope it makes people feel like they can be honest with themselves in the same way.”

The lead single is “No Control.” Johnny Komar directed the accompanying video, and Youssef says, “This is the first song we completed for Still There’s A Glow. At that time, I was feeling a bit…indulgent. Taking what I want, whenever I wanted it, and disregarding the world all at the same time. I felt like my self worth was cheap, and that I had no boundaries as a healthy person. I quite literally had no self control. This song is sort of my way to rock bottom. It is my fancy way of calling myself a pushover, unconfident, and ungrateful. I had this ‘grass is always greener’ kind of mentality and wanted more when I already had it and then some.”

Sweet Pill also announced a North American tour in March and April, including a Brooklyn show at Warsaw on March. Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday, December 12 at 10 AM local, with various presales starting Wednesday, December 10 at 10 AM local. See all dates below.

SWEET PILL – STILL THERE’S A GLOW TRACKLIST
1. Sunblind
2. Shameless
3. No Control
4. Glow
5. Slow Burn
6. Smoke Screen
7. What the Devil Is Selling
8. Makes Me Sick
9. Rotten
10. Jinx
11. Tough Love
12. Holding On
13. Letting Go

SWEET PILL: 2026 TOUR DATES
3/13/2026 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit Hall
3/14/2026 – Cleveland, OH @ Roxy at Mahall’s
3/15/2026 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
3/17/2026 – Boston, MA @ Royale
3/19/2026 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
3/20/2026 – New York, NY @ Warsaw
3/21/2026 – Washington, DC @ Atlantis
3/23/2026 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell)
3/24/2026 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
3/26/2026 – Dallas, TX @ Ferris Wheelers
3/27/2026 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
3/28/2026 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
3/29/2026 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
3/31/2026 – Mesa, AZ @ Rosetta Room
4/2/2026 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
4/3/2026 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
4/4/2026 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
4/6/2026 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
4/7/2026 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
4/9/2026 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
4/11/2026 – Denver, CO @ Marquis
4/13/2026 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
4/14/2026 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
4/15/2026 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
4/17/2026 – Columbus, OH @ King of Clubs
4/18/2026 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church