Sweet Pill announce new album, Still There’s A Glow

Sweet Pill have announced their new record, Still There’s A Glow.

Album number two – the follow-up to 2022’s Where The Heart Is – is due out on March 13, 2026 via Hopeless, and vocalist Zayna Youssef explains that, “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.”

Speaking of being hard on yourself, Sweet Pill have shared new single No Control, which Zayna describes as “my way to rock bottom”.

“This is the first song we completed for Still There’s A Glow,” she says. “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.”

Watch the video for No Control now:

Catch Sweet Pill live at Download Festival 2026 in June.

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