The Drin share Prophets Of Doom from a 23 song album

The Drin have shared Prophets Of Doom, the second song to surface from I Lost My Way For Centuries. The Cincinnati group's new album is a deliberately unwieldy object: 23 songs across 74 minutes, arriving next month.

Stereogum's Tom Breihan described the record as blown out maximalism made on a do it yourself budget, and predicted it would knock a lot of people sideways once they hear the whole thing rather than one single at a time. That framing matters for a band whose reputation rests as much on volume of output as on any one release.

Prophets Of Doom is a towering riff rock stomp with harmonica pushed high in the mix, which is not where most underground guitar bands are putting harmonica in 2026. It sits closer to a heavy blues rock lineage than to the post punk end of what The Drin have done before.

The first taste of the album was Haven't Lived It Yet, built along different lines. Between the two songs the band has now shown enough of the record's range to make the 74 minute running time look like a decision rather than an accident.

A 23 song album is an awkward shape for a streaming market that rewards short records and a constant drip of singles, and this band has gone the other way on purpose. The release date sits alongside the rest of the autumn slate on the release calendar.

The Drin work in the same crowded American underground rock lane as punk duo the Garden, who turned aging into a badge of honor on Bootleg and Telehealth, the Seattle indie band behind Green World Image. None of them are working to a schedule set by a major label.