Beartooth Drops New Single 'Bullshit' Ahead of Pure Ecstasy Album

Beartooth just dropped "Bullshit," and if the title alone doesn't tell you everything you need to know about the energy on this one, the song definitely will. It's the third single off their upcoming album Pure Ecstasy, following the title track and "Free," and it might be the most unfiltered of the bunch.

Caleb Shomo put it pretty simply. He said the song is an exercise in letting the truth out about what you're sick of in your own life, and that sometimes the easiest way to deal with something is to yell about it as loud as you can. He also said he wanted to revisit the musical style that was the catalyst for so much of his healing and discovery in the early years of Beartooth. That rawness is what made this band connect in the first place, and hearing him tap back into it while carrying everything he's learned since then hits different.

A New Chapter on Fearless Records

Pure Ecstasy drops August 28 on Fearless Records, marking the band's sixth studio album and their first release on the label. That's a big move. Coming off The Surface in 2023, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Alternative and Hard Music charts and produced back-to-back No. 1 rock radio hits with "Might Love Myself" and "I Was Alive," the pressure to follow that up is real. But from what we've heard so far, Shomo isn't playing it safe.

The album features 11 tracks and is the most collaborative Beartooth record to date. Skyler Accord, who's worked with Twenty One Pilots and Bilmuri, contributed to early songwriting. Jordan Fish, known for his work with Bring Me the Horizon and Architects, worked closely with Shomo throughout the sessions. And for the first time ever, drummer Connor Denis performed drums across the entire record at NRG Recording Studios instead of Shomo handling every instrument himself. That's a significant shift for a project that started as one guy in an Ohio basement in 2013.

The Full Tracklist

Here's what we're getting on August 28:

1. Pure Ecstasy
2. Eyes Closed
3. Bullshit
4. Beautiful Again
5. Stadiums
6. Free
7. Sorry
8. Lose You To Find Me
9. You
10. For Me By Me
11. Made It

The Pure Ecstasy World Tour

I'll be real, the tour routing on this one is massive. Beartooth is taking Pure Ecstasy across three continents, starting with a European leg on September 17 in Frankfurt, Germany. That run hits 15 cities through early October, including London's O2 Academy Brixton on October 3 and Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom on October 6. Silverstein and Kingdom of Giants are supporting on select European dates.

The North American leg kicks off November 11 at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston and runs 23 shows through December 19 at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, California. The lineup for every U.S. date is stacked: Don Broco, Magnolia Park, and Windwaker are on all dates. Honestly, that support bill alone is worth showing up for.

North American Dates

Nov. 11 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Nov. 12 — New York, NY — Hammerstein Ballroom
Nov. 13 — Philadelphia, PA — Franklin Music Hall
Nov. 15 — Washington, DC — The Theater at MGM National Harbor
Nov. 18 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
Nov. 20 — Chicago, IL — Aragon Ballroom
Nov. 21 — St. Paul, MN — Myth
Nov. 22 — Omaha, NE — Steelhouse Omaha
Nov. 28 — Nashville, TN — The Truth
Nov. 29 — Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy
Dec. 1 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore Charlotte
Dec. 2 — Charleston, SC — The Refinery
Dec. 4 — St. Augustine, FL — St. Augustine Amphitheatre
Dec. 5 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL — FTL War Memorial Auditorium
Dec. 7 — New Orleans, LA — The Fillmore New Orleans
Dec. 9 — Austin, TX — ACL Live at The Moody Theater
Dec. 10 — Dallas, TX — South Side Ballroom
Dec. 12 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
Dec. 13 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union
Dec. 15 — Albuquerque, NM — Revel Entertainment Center
Dec. 16 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
Dec. 18 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium
Dec. 19 — Wheatland, CA — Hard Rock Live Sacramento

The tour also continues into January 2027 with an Australian leg featuring Fit For A King and Volumes as support, hitting Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.

Why This Album Feels Different

For years, Beartooth was essentially Caleb Shomo's solo project with a live band around it. He wrote everything, played everything, produced everything. That approach built something special, with over 1.3 billion streams globally, platinum and gold singles, and sold-out tours all over the world. But Pure Ecstasy represents the first time Shomo truly opened the process up. Bassist Oshie Bichar, guitarists Zach Huston and Will Deely, and Connor Denis all played larger roles than on any previous record. That kind of evolution, from one person's catharsis to a full band's creative vision, is what separates good bands from ones that stick around.

Forbes has called Beartooth a band "inching towards a tipping point of becoming the latest arena headliner." Looking at the venues on this tour, with rooms like Hammerstein Ballroom, Hollywood Palladium, and Aragon Ballroom, they're not far off. If you haven't seen them live yet, this is the cycle to fix that.

Tickets are on sale now. Grab them through Ticketmaster or check beartoothband.com for all options. Don't sleep on this one.

Photo courtesy of Ashley Osborn