Iceage announces its sixth studio album, For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (Mexican Summer), will be out on May 29, 2026, and release the new single “Ember.” For Love of Grace & the Hereafter is Iceage’s tightest album to date, even glossy at times, but not tight enough to dull its pulse. With wordless howls, nastily detuned riffs that bend into harmony, breakdowns, handclaps, and a chaotic choral break seemingly played on pennywhistles, For Love of Grace & the Hereafter is a showcase of the band’s fundamental curiosity and trust in their instincts. There is no affectation or prescription to this record—no palette of curated influence or sought sound. It is the sum total of inspirations, shared openly in the name of playing and playing’s pleasures.

Following lead single “Star,” today’s single and album opener “Ember” formally introduces For Love of Grace & the Hereafter. The track begins as a louche warmup, a sliding run-through of chords without particular direction follows while a glockenspiel picks out a lead line. Suddenly, we’re off, barrelling down the street. The song is an extended hand with a raised eyebrow, inviting its subject to race through the city in love, catching breath in an alley and then going again. Vocalist Elias Rønnenfelt’s “I love you in an ominous way” is a direct moment of clarity, until the rose-tinted melody spills into controlled mayhem. The accompanying video was directed by the band and Ira Rønnenfelt.