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8 October 2026 – Soup Activists Announce Where The Rubbish Goes and Make Power Pop Out of Beautiful Nonsense
By Editorial Team - October 8, 2026
Summary
St. Louis musician Martin Meyer announces new Soup Activists album Where The Rubbish Goes on Feel It Records, sharing scruffy power pop lead single Johnny.
Key Facts
- Martin Meyer announces eleven-track Soup Activists album Where The Rubbish Goes arriving November 13 on Feel It Records.
- Lead single Johnny was inspired by rock history's countless songs named Johnny and written on a European tour.
- The album was self-recorded inside a historic Masonic lodge in Dayton, Kentucky.
- Entities: Soup Activists, Martin Meyer, Feel It Records, Where The Rubbish Goes, Johnny, Lumpy And The Dumpers, Lumpy Records, St. Louis, Dayton Kentucky
- Tags: soup-activists, martin-meyer, where-the-rubbish-goes, feel-it-records, power-pop, garage-rock, punk
St. Louis musician Martin Meyer has announced a new Soup Activists album called Where The Rubbish Goes, arriving November 13 through Feel It Records. The first preview, "Johnny," is a brisk and wonderfully scruffy piece of power pop that sounds as though somebody has discovered an extremely catchy song beneath several layers of basement dust. Meyer previously fronted Lumpy And The Dumpers and operated Lumpy Records before beginning Soup Activists in 2020.
The new eleven-track album follows 2024's Mummy What Are Flowers For? and was recorded inside an old Masonic lodge in Dayton, Kentucky. Meyer handled most of the instruments himself and created the artwork, keeping the project firmly within the independent tradition of doing practically everything yourself because apparently sleep is optional. "Johnny" was written for a friend during a European tour, inspired by the enormous historical supply of rock songs featuring people called Johnny. Meyer decided his particular Johnny deserved one too.
The record reportedly lasts around twenty-five minutes, a sensible duration for music that values hooks over unnecessary architectural extensions. Where The Rubbish Goes promises playful songwriting, rough-edged charm and a refusal to confuse sophistication with expensive production. In an era of painstakingly engineered pop campaigns, Soup Activists remain refreshingly willing to sound like actual humans having fun.