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Dreamwell Reveal New Album "Hymns For The Denial Of God," Share First Single

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Brooklyn Vegan·Jun 23, 2026·via Brooklyn Vegan

Providence screamo/post-hardcore band Dreamwell have announced new album Hymns For The Denial Of God which will be out August 28 via Prosthetic Records. It’s their follow-up to In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You which made our list of Best Punk Albums of 2023 .

“The title embodies the theme,” says vocalist Keziah “KZ” Staska. “In the past, I was so inwardly focused; most of our songs were about myself and whatever I was emotionally dealing with. I wanted to make a record that wasn’t extremely introspective. The album interrogates the negative impact of organized religion when it’s misused to justify violence, genocide, and hatred of others. It’s not a purely atheistic statement either. I’m choosing not to believe in a God who’s invoked to validate evil. The prevailing narrative in heavy music is often, ‘If you believe in God, you’re stupid.’ This isn’t our narrative. Believing in God isn’t wrong. I don’t think the mainstream God in the political landscape is the one we should be looking for though.”

“Plath Vs. Kafka Vs. Romance” is the first taste of the new album. “We wanted to embrace the more mosh-y early two-thousands style we’d been ignoring for a while,” says KZ. “We hit it here. I wrote ‘Plath Vs. Kafka Vs. Romance’ at a time in my life when things were going pretty well for me. If I discussed being miserable in the lyrics, it would’ve been disingenuous. I don’t know how to write the songs I’ve come to be known for when things are okay though. It was scary to not know what my creative process was going to look like. I’m basically saying, ‘I wish I knew how to write songs about being happy, but I don’t. I don’t know what to do with my writing when I’m not miserable.’”

Listen below.

Hymns For The Denial Of God:

1. Hypercrucifixation

2. Sissy Hate Machine

3. Anti-Christ’s Testimony

4. A Crisis Of Realization

5. Apostates & Gentiles

6. Plath Vs. Kafka Vs. Romance

7. I Dreamt I Survived An Extinction Event

8. Carrion Birds On The Ark

9. Your Ichthys Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore

10. Cherub Rock Of Gibraltar