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New Album Born To Break Even Releases July 31, 2026
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Public Stream Single July 10, 2026
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Toronto’s Doghouse Rose return July 10 with “It Gets Worse,” the second advance single from their upcoming album Born To Break Even, due July 31 on Stomp Records. Where the album’s title track leaned into the band’s skate-punk roots, “It Gets Worse” turns the spotlight toward one of Doghouse Rose’s greatest strengths: songwriting. Packed with towering harmonies, razor-sharp hooks, and enough power-pop charm to make Tsar, The Muffs, and No Doubt proud, the track proves that the band’s biggest asset has never been speed. It’s their ability to write choruses that stick around long after the last guitar chord fades.
Founded by best friends Sarah Beth and Jefferson Sheppard and rounded out by Gregory Laraigne and cousins Jordan and Garrick Zagerman, Doghouse Rose have spent more than a decade building their reputation one show at a time. From festival stages and packed clubs to community halls, dive bars, and even prisons, the Toronto five-piece has toured relentlessly across North America and Europe while sharing stages with Lagwagon, Teenage Bottlerocket, Strung Out, Belvedere, The Planet Smashers, The Creepshow, and countless others. Through it all, they’ve remained fiercely committed to the DIY ethos, chosen-family spirit, and sense of community that have defined the band from day one.
“It Gets Worse” arrives as the latest glimpse into Born To Break Even, Doghouse Rose’s third full-length album for Stomp Records and their most vulnerable release to date. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Scott Komer (Boys Night Out, Silverstein), who also helmed the band’s previous album Unlearn, the record finds Doghouse Rose pushing beyond the boundaries of their signature sound while holding tight to everything that made fans fall in love with them in the first place. Touching on themes of grief, frustration, depression, resilience, and personal growth, Born To Break Even explores heavier emotional territory without sacrificing the joy, humour, and positivity that have always been at the band’s core. It’s a record that acknowledges life’s hard truths while refusing to let them have the final word. Older, wiser, and more self-aware than ever, Doghouse Rose continue to find ways to turn uncertainty into connection and hardship into celebration.
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There’s a confidence running through “It Gets Worse” that only comes from a band comfortable in their own skin. The hooks are bigger. The harmonies are stronger. The songwriting is sharper. What remains unchanged is the chemistry between five musicians who have spent years sharing stages, highways, triumphs, setbacks, and countless late-night conversations along the way. As Born To Break Even approaches its July 31 release, Doghouse Rose aren’t interested in reinventing themselves. They’re interested in becoming a better version of who they’ve always been. “It Gets Worse” is proof that after more than a decade of melody and mayhem, they’re still finding new ways to surprise themselves and everyone listening.
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