Dark, brooding and built with a clear sense of identity, Noir Addiction are stepping into 2026 with the release of their new single, Serve Me Some Crime, available now across digital platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. The release acts as the first major preview of the band’s forthcoming full-length album, Pretty Things Don’t Last, which is set to arrive on 16 July via SoulPunx Records.

“Serve Me Some Crime” started from a really simple feeling: sometimes life gets too serious. Too structured. Too polite. The word “crime” in the song isn’t literal it’s more about breaking small, invisible rules. It’s about those moments when you don’t want to behave exactly how you’re expected to. A regular Sunday can feel predictable, almost scripted, and the song plays with the idea of shaking that up adding a bit of danger, irony, or mischief to something ordinary,”

Sonny Lanegan

Noir Addiction are a dark, hard-hitting trio blending industrial textures with classic rock ’n’ roll grit. Fronted by Sonny Lanegan, who takes on vocals, guitar, synths and programming, the band is completed by drummer Roberto Catanzaro and keyboardist/percussionist Nessie Zorba. Lanegan brings years of experience as both a musician and producer, with his sound shaped during his time in Los Angeles’ fast-moving music scene, where he developed his more experimental edge through projects including White Pulp and The Dead Good.

For a project still in its earlier stages, Noir Addiction already feel fully formed. Their sound pulls from darker corners of alternative rock and modern heavy music, with a cinematic edge running through it. There’s weight to it, but also a sense of atmosphere and intention that stops it from becoming one-note. It feels moody, sharp and self-aware without trying too hard to be mysterious.

At the centre of the project is Sonny Lanegan, whose creative path has already taken him into some unexpected spaces. Having had previous work licensed across American television, he has steadily built a presence that reaches beyond underground circles, while collaborations with other artists and producers have helped refine his sound and push his writing in a more focused direction.

“At its core, the song is about freedom, not the peaceful, inspirational kind, but the messy kind. The kind where you allow yourself to be contradictory, to not have it all figured out, to embrace a bit of chaos instead of pretending you’re always in control. It’s me saying: if life insists on being absurd, I might as well play along.”

The six-track EP includes: “Serve Me Some Crime”
“How She’s Got It”
“Toxic Twins”
“Cold Habit”
“Money For The Honey”
“Radio Funeral”
If the EP is any indication, Pretty Things Don’t Last looks set to lean into Noir Addiction’s strongest qualities: tension, mood, grit and a clear sense of character.

The release also arrives via SoulPunx Records, the independent label and media production house founded by producer and composer Konstantin Dellos. Since launching in 2017, SoulPunx has developed a reputation for championing modern rock and alternative music while also working across short films, documentaries and music videos, with a clear emphasis on strong visual storytelling alongside the music itself.

“There’s a lot of contradiction in the lyrics on purpose. Lines like “I don’t need forgiveness right now” or “I wear the joke to fight” reflect that push and pull between being sincere and hiding behind humor. I think many of us do that… we joke when things get uncomfortable, we act cool instead of saying what we really feel. The song lives in that space. Writing it felt like letting myself misbehave creatively. I didn’t overthink it, I followed the impulses that felt a little reckless. The lyrics came out in bursts, almost like I was arguing with myself. There’s tension in the song because that’s how I felt: torn between wanting to stay composed and wanting to blow everything up,”

To support the release, Noir Addiction will also be heading out for a pair of live dates in Prague this spring, playing Subzero Prague on 14 May and Chapeau Rouge on 15 May.

With Serve Me Some Crime, Noir Addiction are not just teasing a bigger release to come. They’re laying out the mood, the identity, and the intent behind it.

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Words by Amy Showell