Cartel Releases First Full Length Album in Thirteen Years

Alternative rock legends, Cartel, recently released their fifth studio album, Learning How to Cope, which is their first full length album since 2013. After a few fall festival performances, the band will celebrate with a US tour featuring openers State Champs and Taylor Acorn, which starts in November. You can grab tickets here.

Frontman Will Pugh shares: “It’s been 13 years since I’ve had this feeling. Learning How To Cope is a journey that officially started 21 months ago, but in a lot of ways, it feels like it took the whole decade plus to be ready to write these songs. Life is funny in that way. It wasn’t that long ago that I would’ve told you that Cartel was a part of my past, and I’m incredibly grateful that my past self was dead wrong. I’m forever indebted to everyone who has helped bring this record to life and to everyone who now will experience it with us. Thanks for sticking around. We can’t wait to enjoy the journey from here.”