Held. have officially released their debut album, GREY, today via MNRK Heavy. The band has also confirmed an opening slot on Underoath’s U.S. Summer tour, with additional performances scheduled for Neverender Festival and Furnace Fest later this fall.
Recorded with producer Jon Markson—known for his work with Drug Church, Drain, and The Story So Far—at The Animal Farm in Flemington, N.J., GREY arrives with the urgency of a debut and the seasoned confidence of veteran musicians operating at the peak of their creative powers. Across eleven tracks, the band, featuring Douglas Robinson and Salvatore Mignano of The Sleeping alongside Josh Eppard of Coheed and Cambria, balances crushing intensity with deeply personal songwriting. The project has already garnered significant praise from outlets such as Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Revolver, Vice, and Rock Sound.
Reflecting on the formation of the group, Josh Eppard shared in a recent interview with Rock Sound, “I’ve had opportunities over the years and been asked to play in things, and I never bit. It just never felt right. This felt right. And a big ingredient of that is that it’s something new. We’re carving out a place together, and nobody knows what it is, and there’s something really exciting about that.”
Douglas Robinson also offered insight into the thematic weight of the album title, noting, “Our emotions flow and often crash throughout the channels of our mind, body, and spirit. Sometimes, there is complete darkness and sometimes there is beauty and vibrance. This record acknowledges all frequencies while reluctantly existing in the space between.”
Held. 2026 Tour Dates
The band will hit the road this summer, with most dates supporting Underoath:
- June 8 – Jacksonville, FL – The Albatross
- June 9 – Savannah, GA – Victory North
- June 10 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room
- June 11 – Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
- June 14 – Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
- June 15 – Asheville, NC – Eulogy
- June 18 – Albany, NY – Empire Live *
- July 13 – Gainesville, FL – The Wooly
- July 14 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
- July 15 – Baton Rouge, LA – Chelsea’s Live
- July 17 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
- July 18 – Corpus Christi, TX – House of Rock
- July 20 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Sports Café
- July 22 – El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace
- July 23 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
- July 27 – Flagstaff, AZ – Hotel Monte Vista
- July 28 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
- July 29 – Roswell, NM – The Liberty
- July 31 – Tulsa, OK – Vanguard
- August 1 – Springfield, MO – The Riff
- August 2 – Memphis, TN – 1884 Lounge
- October 4 – Santa Ana, CA – Neverender Festival
- October 10 – Birmingham, AL – Furnace Fest
* denotes dates with Thrice and Hey Mercedes.