It’s got nod, it’s got heavy riffing, but what’s really drawing me in on the new Gnarwhal single is the melody that comes through and adds so much to the spaciousness. The Yellowknife, Northwest Territories-based four-piece will release their new album, Lucid Machines, on March 19 next year, and “Wherewithal” is the second single from it. It’s a banger, whatever gets you there, and between the compact nature of their efficient delivery and the voidward reach they encompass aesthetically, you don’t have to strain hard to find appeal. Lucid Machines will be the band’s second album behind 2023’s self-titled debut.

There’s a pre-save link for those of you who like to manage your digital collections thusly, and vinyl preorders are available through their website. Both of those links and the below info came down the PR wire:

Gnarwhal Announce New Album Lucid Machines, Share Crushing New Single “Wherewithal”

Yellowknife heavy alternative fuzz-rock band Gnarwhal return with “Wherewithal,” the second single from their forthcoming sophomore album Lucid Machines, out March 19, 2026.

Wherewithal is a slow-burning surge of psychic unrest—equal parts crushing and meditative. Gnarwhal pull listeners from the safety of repetition into darker terrain, layering tidal riffs, spectral melodies, and trance-like rhythms that echo with unease. Lyrically cryptic and sonically massive, the track pulses with buried code and whispered resistance.

“It’s the sound of stillness waking—ominous, unrelenting, and impossible to ignore,” the band explains.

Following the release of the album’s first single, Circuits, Wherewithal offers a deeper look into Lucid Machines—an album that expands Gnarwhal’s world of Northern sludge into something more intricate and unnerving. Built from fuzz-drenched riffs and tectonic grooves, the record explores the friction between organic and synthetic life, reality and repetition, decay and renewal.

Lucid Machines arrives March 19, 2026, and is available to pre-order on vinyl and pre-save on digital platforms now.

Pre-save now: https://ffm.to/lucidmachines

Vinyl preorder: https://www.gnarwhalband.com/lucidvinyl

Following the release of the album’s first single, Circuits, Wherewithal offers a deeper look into Lucid Machines—an album that expands Gnarwhal’s world of Northern sludge into something more intricate and unnerving. Built from fuzz-drenched riffs and tectonic grooves, the record explores the friction between organic and synthetic life, reality and repetition, decay and renewal.

Lucid Machines arrives March 19, 2026, and is available to pre-order on vinyl and pre-save on digital platforms now.

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Gnarwhal, “Wherewithal”