NYC post-punk act Frenchy and the Punk will deliver their eighth studio album this summer.

Midnight Garden is slated for a June 28 release on EA Recordings. The nine-track album was recorded & mixed by Jason Sarubbi at Split Rock Studios in New Paltz, New York. To celebrate the announcement, a new single titled “Hypnotized” has been released today alongside an accompanying music video, which can be seen below.

Vocalist Samantha Stephenson said this about the song’s origin:

"Scott [Helland, guitarist] came up with the guitar riff for 'Hypnotized' back in 2017. We were staying in a hotel in Atlantic City in-between tour stops. The hotel dated back to the 1930s with beautiful art-deco style decor. It was completely deserted and had an eerie presence - it was definitely haunted. We stumbled upon a lounge area looking over the ocean with a grand piano and spent the afternoon, with the place to ourselves, playing and coming up with song ideas. I didn’t like any lyrics that I was coming up with for that particular riff and it got shelved.

Once in a while, I’d go back to it but it wasn’t until this past January, seven years later, that it finally took shape. We went to an art opening where photographer and mixed media artist Alice Teeple was showing her ‘Solve Et Coagula’ exhibit. I was very drawn to a book she had created with photographs and French text that she told me was inspired by the French Hypnotist Jean-Martin Charcot and I ended up falling down the Charcot rabbit hole. We were in the middle of working on the new album and I was revisiting that guitar riff, and the hypnosis theme found its way into the song, fitting perfectly after all those years. The theme of hypnosis is a double-edged sword. In one respect, it’s something that feels peaceful and sensual; in another, it feels unnerving in its ability to placate and overpower into subjugation."

Scott Helland said this about the tune:

"The song sprung from the opening grungy bass line that I played with an electro-acoustic hybrid guitar through octave and distortion pedals. The groove pulses beneath Samantha’s soaring vocals and lets up occasionally to allow me to growl the word "Hypnotized". I love that it’s a confounding track in that it hypnotizes you to move. We love to work with contrasts.”

Frenchy and the Punk are currently running a Kickstarter campaign for Midnight Green, which can be found here. The campaign ends next Tuesday (April 30) at 6:00 p.m. PDT.

Frenchy and the Punk will be on the road with a slew of headlining shows and festival appearances in the United States and the U.K. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now here.

Frenchy and the Punk tour dates

APR 25 Greenbelt, MD - New Deal Cafe

APR 27/28 Holly Springs, NC - Festival of Legends

APR 30 Richmond, VA - Black Iris Social Club

MAY 4 Washington, NJ - Rock n Roll SteamFest

MAY 18 Milton, PA - Reign of Terror Presents: World of Fae

MAY 19 Berkeley Springs, WV - Bringing in the May

MAY 21 Bristol, UK - The Exchange (with Miranda Sex Garden)

JUN 1 Wareham UK - Alice’s Wicked Tea Party

JUN 7 Morecambe, UK - A Splendid Day Out Festival

JUN 8 Newcastle, UK - Little Buildings

JUN 9 Edinburgh, UK - Banshee Labyrinth

JUN 14 Leicester, UK - Firebug

JUN 15 London, UK - Dublin Castle

JUN 17 Oxford, UK - Botley Taproom

JUN 22 Salem, MA - Darq Salem

JUL 11 Pomeroy, OH - Starwood Festival

JUL 13 Pittsburgh, PA - TBA

JUL 14 Columbus, OH - Dirty Dungarees Alt Music Space

JUL 17 Cincinnati, OH - The Comet

JUL 18 Detroit, MI - Corktown Tavern

JUL 19 Akron, OH - Buzzbin

JUL 20 Maple Heights, OH - Maple Grove Tavern

JUL 21 Dayton, OH - Blind Bob’s

JUL 23 St Louis, MO - Crack Fox

JUL 25 Cleveland, OH - Wizbang Theater

JUL 26 Sherman, NY - Sirius Rising Festival

SEPT 6 Pittsburgh, PA - Pitts Art Fest

SEPT 22 York, PA - Enchanted Festival

SEPT 26 Dark Castle Festival, Louisville, KY

OCT 5/6 Attleboro, MA - Jewelry City Festival

OCT 12 Upper Lake, CA - Hexenfest

OCT 25 Shepherdstown, WV - TBA

NOV 16 Baltimore, MD - Fairy Scary Ball