THE ANNOUNCEMENT
P.O.D. just wrapped a 13-song album in 12 days at Will Yip's Philadelphia studio — their first time recording outside California *. The band knocked out vocals, guitars, and bass with the Grammy-winning Turnstile producer, and they're planning to drop the first single in August, though there's no album release date or title yet *.
THE DETAILS
- Recorded at Memory Music Studios in South Philadelphia's Whitman neighborhood with producer Will Yip, who won Grammys for his work with Turnstile *
- 13 to 14 tracks total, written starting in October 2025 and tracked in a 12-day sprint *
- First single planned for public release in August 2026 *
- Album title and full release date still TBD *
- Yip's resume includes Quicksand, Code Orange, Title Fight, and Circa Survive *
- Follows 2024's *Veritas*, which hit Top 10 across U.S. Billboard hard rock and alternative charts *
WHY IT MATTERS
COMEBACK: This is P.O.D. betting on a producer who respects what they already do instead of chasing trends, and 12 days in the studio suggests they showed up locked in rather than searching for songs *. Yip refusing to reshape them into a hardcore band — just enhancing what P.O.D. already sounds like — is the most surprising move here, because most producers would've pushed them toward whatever's currently winning Grammys.