Nonpoint Frontman Details Rigorous Recording Process
WHAT THEY SAID
"It took till song number 27 for us to go, 'Okay, this is what we wanna do.'"* Nonpoint frontman Elias Soriano explained the band's exhaustive approach to their upcoming album 'The Last Word,' arriving late summer 2026.*
THE DETAILS
- The band wrote 27 songs before finding the album's artistic direction — their first full-length in nearly four years.*
- New single "Is It" dropped May 8 and explores guilt when making decisions with no clear right or wrong answer.*
- The album features new guitarist Jason Zeilstra and incorporates keys and strings similar to their 2018 'X' record, with Soriano describing the overall vibe as "very, very heavy, very, very new feeling."*
- "Red Yeti," another new track featuring Sumo Cyco's Skye Sweetnam, debuted live April 25 at Ritz Ybor in Tampa.*
- The pencil-themed album cover pushes back against assumptions about creative longevity: "If this is the pencil we're being handed, we're going to use it — and make sure the words written with it still matter."*
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
The band continues touring while fans wait to see if the rigorous writing process pays off when 'The Last Word' drops later this summer.*