Kalamazoo, MI emo band saturdays at your place have announced their sophomore LP titled "These Things Happen" set for release on September 12, 2025. The album will contain 10 brand new tracks including lead off single "waste away" now streaming.

In a music scene that often leans on irony to make its points, saturdays at your place choose sincerity instead––and that's exactly what makes them stand out. Whether it's about unpacking tour burnout or the shame of outgrowing your past, the Kalamazoo, MI band write with the kind of emotional clarity that feels almost alarming in its transparency. On their upcoming second full-length, these things happen (out September 12), saturdays at your place take everything that made their early material resonate—twinkly guitars, heart-on-sleeve songwriting, a distinctly Midwestern ache—and stretch it into something even more resonant. It’s a record about growing up without growing cold, and it’s also a testament to where they’re from, both literally and musically; proof that a band with strong hometown roots can still shake the ground.

First single "waste away" is out today, and it's a slow-burn stunner that captures the quiet devastation of watching as time passes by, and the hope that you're not too far gone to make a change. It's a perfect example of what saturdays at your place does so well. One listen and you'll practically hear crowds of fans screaming back: "remind me, to remember, that this won't last forever."

The video out today was co-directed by Michael Herrick and Hot Mulligan vocalist Tades Sanville, who also makes a cameo.

Formed by three friends who met at Western Michigan University, the band—Esden Stafne (vocals/bass), Gabe Wood (vocals/drums), and Mitch Gulish (guitar)—have always used music as a way to map the wretched trajectory of growing up. But on these things happen, they’ve stopped asking for directions and started finding their own way through the chaos. A lot of inspiration for the record came from Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 film, Magnolia. In the movie, strangers' lives collide in a grand way, for no reason. There’s no greater meaning to unfold, just happenstance, and similarly, the album doesn’t offer listeners any new information on what to do once you’ve ascended into adulthood; it simply provides a more relatable cushion.

RIYL: Modern Baseball, Hot Mulligan, Origami Angel, Free Throw, Carly Cosgrove, Pup