Gouge Away sign to Run For Cover, drop new single Figurine

Gouge Away have unleashed a brand-new single, Figurine.

The track is the Florida noise-rockers’ first for their new home of Run For Cover Records, and it arrives in advance of a busy 2026 on the road – including supporting Foo Fighters and Queens Of The Stone Age in Vancouver and Las Vegas later in the year.

Vocalist Christina Michelle shares of their new single: “Figurine is the first song we finished with Theo Hartlett [Ovlov, Pet Fox], a friend of ours who has been touring with us on guitar. We wrote this song while on tour last fall and it came together so easily.

“I went into writing the lyrics with an entirely different idea in mind, but these spilled out of me on one of the drives. Before the tour, I was digitizing home videos, having to see myself as a kid from an outside perspective. I knew I was shy, a people-pleaser and all these things, but it was different to watch it on film. I was always afraid of disappointing people so I made myself small and rarely acted outside of this little box I found myself in.

“Instead of getting into trouble like most kids, I didn’t really break out of my comfort zone until much more recently. I thought I had to work really hard to be loved. I stretch myself so thin to please everyone else that it winds up being the expectation. I found people who love me, even when I am a messy train-wreck, and that toppled my entire reality. And yet, there’s still this little kid inside of me who is afraid of upsetting her parents. We recorded this song live to tape in Portland at Jackpot! It was our first time working with Larry Crane and it was so much fun.”

Watch the video for Figurine:

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