California ska-punk band Sublime announced its first new album in 30 years March 25, called “Until The Sun Explodes.” The album is set to release on June 12 via Atlantic Records, and the announcement came with an accompanying single, titled after the album, and a music video.
The band’s last full album, the self-titled “Sublime,” was released in 1996 and was the last album recorded by late frontman Bradley Nowell, who died of a heroin overdose two months before it came out. Sublime’s new frontman, Bradley Nowell’s son Jakob Nowell, does not want to erase the legacy his father left behind with the self-titled album.
“The last Sublime record that will ever be made is Self-Titled,” Jakob Nowell said in a statement on Instagram. “There’s no replacing history, period. ‘Until the Sun Explodes’, the album, is an epilogue, and ‘Until the Sun Explodes’, the single, is the epilogue to the epilogue. It is a tribute to the expansive works of Sublime, it is an acknowledgment for all that my father has done for me my entire life, and most importantly, it is a thank you. I love you dad, and I owe you my life.”
These announcements and drops come two years after Sublime’s return to the stage in 2024, first at a benefit concert and then making its larger return at Coachella that same year. The new lineup includes Jakob Nowell and original members, bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh. The band stayed true to its 90s origins with these new releases.
The single “Until The Sun Explodes” is a groovy, retro Sublime track, and Jakob Nowell’s vocals keep the memory of Bradley Nowell alive. “It's crazy how much he sounds like his Pop,” YouTube user moongrime said under the music video.
With lyrics like “And I only hope that you know I owe you my life” and “Should have been for you, you instead of me,” Sublime is truly paying tribute to Bradley Nowell and the Sublime of the past.
The music video itself, which amassed over 125,000 views as of March 27, has a quintessential 90s feel. It strays from the trippier aspects of some of Sublime's older music videos, like the video for “Doin’ Time,” but keeps a smaller aspect ratio, vintage Southern California vibes and creative film-like edits.
The video was shot on four formats using a Canon EOS R5, an 8mm Canon 1014 XL-S, a 16mm Krasnagorsk-3 and a Canon XL2 MiniDV camcorder to achieve the vintage look. It was shot in the band’s home base in Long Beach, California, and features professional skateboarders Omar Hassan and Christian Hosoi.
The tracklist for the album includes “Until The Sun Explodes” and 2025 track “Ensendada,” which won Alternative Song of the Year at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 26 and was the band’s first Billboard Alternative Airplay number one since 1996’s “What I Got.”
Unreleased tracks on the album include “Wizard,” “Can’t Miss you,” “Backwards,” “Maybe Partying Will Help…Pt.1,” “Favorite Song,” “Personal Hell,” “F.T.R.,” “Evil Men,” “Trey’s Song,” “Casino Toarmina,” “The Problem With That Is It Makes Me Stoked…,” “Gangstalker,” “Figueroa,” “Froggy,” “Come Correct,” “What For,” “247-369,” “Maybe Partying Will Help… Pt. 2,” “No Breakfast” and “Thanx Again.”
Sublime has shows coming up through November in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. Fans of Sublime are hyped for its studio return, and some are so ready that they are pre-saving the album on streaming platforms, and pre-ordering CDs and vinyl discs for $14.98 and $34.98, respectively, on the Sublime official store.
“Preordered mine today!!” user deep_sea_casey said on the Instagram announcement. “So stoked for this album and will be the album of the summer for sure.”
Future success with “Until The Sun Explodes” may be in the cards for Sublime as people experience a 90s revival. As 90s fashion took platforms like TikTok by storm in 2025, Sublime’s “Wrong Way” went viral as well, and “Santeria” reached one billion streams on Spotify. If a throwback to the 90s is what people want, Sublime is ready to give it to them. “Dude… this just hits me like I was a kid again.. listening to sublime for the first time with my pops.. and now it’s like I’m listening to them for the first time all over again!” user chandlerjhardy92 said under an Instagram post promoting the music video. “I can not wait for the new album!!!”
