Brandon Boyd Reveals Tentative Release Plans for Incubus’ Completed Ninth Studio Album

Last November, multi-platinum alternative rockers Incubus revealed that they were “rounding the corner” on finishing their ninth studio album. As expected, the band is targeting a 2025 release, with the album in the final stages of preparation. In a recent interview with FluxFM, lead vocalist Brandon Boyd provided an update on the album and the singles that will precede its release. Boyd confirmed that the album was produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer Brendan O’Brien (Rage Against The Machine, Korn) and shared some details about the album’s timeline and creative process.

Boyd explained:

“We actually finished the album, I guess about, a little over two months ago. And it’s like mastered, it’s mixed, it’s just ready to go. We’re working on the artwork for it. The sad part about finishing the album in this day and age is that, as much as I would like to just put it out; I would love to put it out tomorrow, and we could put it out tomorrow, but it would get just lost in the shuffle of the internet, you know what I mean?

“And even if… we’re gonna do like setup work for it and it’s probably gonna come out in October. So there will be a single that’ll come out before October, probably in the next few months, there’ll be a single. …Even with all of the setup that we’re gonna do, it most likely will still get lost in the internet [laughs]. Because it’s the internet.”

Boyd continued, reflecting on the overwhelming presence of the internet and the challenges of releasing music in today’s digital landscape:

“Just now I had this image of comparing putting out an album onto the internet in this day and age to introducing a new star in the sky. It’s like, ‘It’s a special thing. It’s a new star in the night sky.’ ‘Where is it?’ ‘It’s somewhere up there.’ You know, it’s, ‘Which one is it?’ ‘I don’t know, but isn’t it pretty?’ You know, we like sent something into the universe. So personally, I think it’s a really great record, and I’m really proud of it, and all of us in the band are really proud of it. We had a wonderful time recording it.”

The album was produced by O’Brien, who has previously worked on Light Grenades, …A Crow Left of the Murder, and other albums with the band. Boyd praised O’Brien as his favorite producer to work with and expressed his happiness at reuniting with him for this project.

Boyd also discussed the creative flow of the album, saying:

“It happened really fast, which is always a good sign for us. When an album comes together, like quickly, it means that we have gotten into a flow state of sorts.”

He also touched on the addition of new bassist Nicole Row, who joined the band following the departure of Ben Kenney. Boyd shared:

“That, and also it’s the first album we recorded — first new album — we recorded with Nicole Row, who is our new bass player. And she just, she knocked it out of the park. We’re all totally in love with her, and she’s become a very fast asset to the band. We’re really, really happy that she jumped on board. So, yeah, it’s, it’s a lot of fun.”

When asked if Row contributed creatively to the album, Boyd responded enthusiastically:

“Yeah, for sure. We wrote the record with her. She has amazing ideas. She’s an incredible team player. She’s fantastic. You know, we were really heartbroken to lose Ben Kenney, but he’s… I think he’s happier with what he’s doing now, and that’s the most important thing. As artists, we never want to feel like we’re trapped anywhere. And not that, you know, I’m saying that he felt trapped. That’s more a question for him.

“But I know that he just put out solo record, I think it came out yesterday, and he seems very happy, which I’m so, so thrilled for him about. But Nicole just fit right in. And she’s a breath of fresh air. So we wrote the record with her, and recorded it with her, and yeah, I’m excited for people to hear it.”

Ben Kenney left Incubus in 2023 after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor. The procedure left him permanently deaf in one ear and caused partial facial paralysis. In addition to his recovery, Kenney’s father passed away, which led him to reevaluate his career. Following his exit, Kenney released his debut solo album Powerful Buttcheeks on March 3rd through Ghetto Crush Industries.

Incubus is set to tour throughout 2025 and has the following dates currently scheduled:

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