Get ready for the most epic announcement ever, folks 🤩! Los Angeles-based hard rock band STITCHED UP HEART will release a new full-length album, “Medusa”, on June 12 via Judge & Jury Records, the powerhouse record label founded by esteemed producer Howard Benson and THREE DAYS GRACE drummer Neil Sanderson 🎸. I mean, who doesn’t love a good Medusa reference, right? 🐍 It’s not like it’s been done before or anything 😏. The album is set to feature 10 tracks, including “Love & Death”, “Sick Sick Sick”, and “Beast”, which is featuring NONPOINT’s Elias Soriano – because who doesn’t love a good collaboration? 🤝
The official lyric video for the LP’s latest single, “Beast”, can be seen below 📹. Because, you know, who needs actual music videos when you can just have lyrics on a screen? 🤷♀️ It’s not like it’s lazy or anything 😴. But hey, the song is actually pretty cool, so I guess we can forgive them for the lack of effort 🤔. Formed in 2010 by powerhouse vocalist Alecia “Mixi” Demner, STITCHED UP HEART is known for blending heavy riffs, anthemic choruses, and introspective lyrics 🤘. Yeah, because that’s not every other rock band ever 🙄.
In a recent interview with The Luna Collective, Mixi stated about STITCHED UP HEART’s decision to work with Benson and Sanderson: “We were in a crazy, weird place before we started working with them 🙃. We were in a transition with labels and things like that 🤯. We worked on a feature with DEAD RABBITS, Craig from ESCAPE THE FATE’s band, and they’re on Judge & Jury 🤝. He asked if we wanted to sing this on the tour coming up, so we did, and it was really cool to meet him 😎.” Wow, what a fascinating story 📚. I bet you’re all on the edge of your seats 🛋️.
She continued: “Howard’s a freaking legend 🤩. I’m still a little intimidated 😳. I told him already, ‘Some of the songs that you were in the studio writing got me through so many breakups 💔. Some songs that are staples in my life 🙏.’ He’s an incredible person, you can just tell 🤗, and Neil as well — [he is] super cool and super awesome 😎. We have a lot of cool stuff in store 🎁. The whole team, the whole Judge & Jury camp — there’s Melody, she’s my new bestie 👯, and Graham, he’s working on socials, and just a huge team of awesome people 🤝.” Oh, great, because what we really needed was a whole paragraph about how much Mixi loves the people she works with 🙄. It’s not like we’re here for the music or anything 🎵.
Regarding how “Medusa” compares to STITCHED UP HEART’s previous work in terms of style and sound, Mixi said: “We had so much freedom to do whatever we wanted 🤪, because we wrote it without anybody except our management and Monster Energy 📈. At the time when we were writing the record, we wrote it with the producers with nobody to answer to, really 🙅♀️. It was just so easy to do 🎉. We tried jump scares and time change signatures and just a little more quirky, cutesy stuff 🤪, but I just wanted to have fun and make it a crazy psycho vibe 🤯 and just good times 🎉.” Wow, that sounds like a real challenge 🤔. I mean, who wouldn’t want to write an album with no restrictions or pressure? 🙃 It’s not like that’s every artist’s dream or anything 🎨.
“Medusa” track listing:
01. Love & Death 💀
02. Sick Sick Sick 🤒
03. Glitch Bitch 🤖
04. Cannibal 🍴
05. Meet Me After Life 👻
06. Medusa 🐍
07. Beast 🦁
08. Dead To Me 💔
09. Devilicious 😈
10. Ex-Termination 💀
Yeah, because these song titles aren’t trying too hard to be edgy or anything 😂. I mean, who needs subtlety when you can just be obvious? 🙄
STITCHED UP HEART wrapped its tour with EYES SET TO KILL, Lauren Babic and LYLVC in December 2025, and returned to the road earlier this spring with Sebastian Bach 🤘. Because, you know, touring is all about playing the same songs over and over again 🎸. It’s not like the fans get bored or anything 😴. Photo credit: Tony Aguilera (courtesy of Judge & Jury Records) 📸. Thanks for the exciting news, guys 📰! We can’t wait to hear the album and see the band live 🎟️. Or not 🙅♀️.
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