9 July 2026 – God Of War Announce 'molly picture' With 'mickey don't pose'

<a href="/tags/god-of-war">God of War</a> have announced their new album <i>molly picture</i>, due on 7 August 2026, and shared the single and video 'mickey don't pose'.

The project brings together Douglas Dulgarian of They Are Gutting A Body of Water with Hooky's Scott Turner and Sam Silbert, which already tells you this is unlikely to be polite background music for a dinner party unless your guests enjoy feedback, abstraction and someone asking what the bass is doing in an excited whisper.

The new single suggests a world where pleasure, ambition and image are all chasing one another through a cracked mirror.

'mickey don't pose' is described through its video as a study of the never-ending pursuit of worldly pleasures, with winning treated almost like a fever. That gives the song a sharp conceptual spine: it is not just noisy for the sake of noise, but noisy because the subject demands friction.

In a culture where everyone is encouraged to pose, perform, optimise and look spiritually moisturised at all times, a title like 'mickey don't pose' feels like both advice and accusation.

The album follows the band's 2023 debut <i>serotonin</i>, and the listed tracks point toward a jagged, personality-heavy record with titles that sound like overheard messages from a basement show flyer found in someone else's jacket. That is a compliment.

<i>molly picture</i> appears ready to inhabit the strange zone between shoegaze damage, indie-rock looseness and experimental pop mutation. The thing to watch is how the band balances texture and songcraft. With players connected to some of the most interesting corners of the current left-field guitar scene, there is plenty of potential for beautiful mess. The best kind, ideally. The kind where everything sounds like it might collapse, but then does not, because underneath the chaos somebody secretly did the engineering. 'mickey don't pose' makes the album feel worth circling in red.