With ‘Growing Underground’, iconic queercore pioneers Team Dresch have shared another track and video from Furthermore, their first album in thirty years, out September 18, 2026 on Jealous Butcher Records. Following the album announcement single ‘One Song’, ‘Growing Underground’ is an anthemic call to continued resistance, a call to collective, intersectional values and a vision for a future free of hegemonic, hateful systems. The track is accompanied by a stunning shadow-puppet video filled with references to meaningful historical places and things, created by Jason Thibodeaux (Coraline, ParaNorman), Cynthia Star (Coraline, ParaNorman), Ponyboy, and Team Dresch’s own Kaia Wilson. 

‘Growing Underground’ begins with a moody vibe and spellbinding bass line before transforming into a fiery distorted scream of sound which dissolves and then builds to the tsunami-like force of the chorus. The song’s final crescendo is a whirlwind of frenzied, chaotic guitars, heartbeat drums, grounding bass and plaintively delivered vocals.

“Boiled down to its core, ‘Growing Underground’ imagines a future rooted not in fear, but in love,” Team Dresch explain. “It’s a place of germination. It’s the root system. The mycelial network. The place where growth begins long before anyone above the surface realizes it’s happening. The music mirrors the song’s message: the Right can try to erase us, but it will never extinguish the people who believe in the inviolability of all life and our planet. The closing images become increasingly expansive: ‘We become the ocean / We become trees’-these aren’t simply symbols of survival; they’re ecosystems. Trees provide shelter. Oceans sustain life. The song imagines shared communities becoming the very thing that nurtures future life. Love is embodied through chosen families, interconnection, and the networks that have always sustained one another.”

TOUR DATES

August 18 – The Square – Portland, OR^
August 20 – Zootunes, Seattle, WA^
September 19 – Bern, Switzerland – YEAH Fest @ Reitschule
September 20 – Mainz, Germany @ Schon Schön
September 21 – Oberhausen, Germany @ Druckluft
September 22 – Berlin, Germany @ Neue Zukunft
September 24 – Bremen, Germany @ Tower
September 25 – Karlsruhe, Germany @ Alte Hackerei
September 26 – Köln, Germany @ Blue Shell
September 27 – Hamburg, Germany @ Betty
September 30 – London, UK @ Downstairs at The Dome
October 28th – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall w/ Heavens to Betsy & Altar Girl
November 4&5 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill w/ Longstocking & The Third Sex
November 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon w/ Longstocking & The Third Sex
November 12th – Tacoma, WA @ Spanish Ballroom%

^ = w/ Breeders

% = w/ Neko Case