Bilmuri announces new album, KINDA HARD

Bilmuri has announced details of his next studio album, KINDA HARD.

Following 2024’s mega AMERICAN MOTOR SPORTS, Johnny Franck will release KINDA HARD on April 10. He’s already shared the absolutely impeccable album artwork (check that out below), and revealed the record’s 13-song tracklist – however two of them, WHERE TO FIND ME and ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN, feature secret collabs that Johnny’s scrubbed out on the back cover. Hmmmm!

Back in October, he revealed that he was in the studio with A Day To Remember’s Jeremy McKinnon, Bad Omens’ Noah Sebastian, Wage War’s Cody Quistad and producer/engineer Will Carlson. Could any of those frontmen be appearing?

Anyway, watch this space, and stay tuned for new single TWICE which is arriving tomorrow (Friday, February 6).

See the KINDA HARD tracklist:

1. KINDA HARD
2. TWICE
3. WORST PART OF YOU
4. ROCK BOTTOM
5. MORE THAN HATE
6. HARD2TELL
7. WHERE TO FIND ME (feat. ???)
8. ST4RF1SH SPR34DR
9. SHYT FYST
10. ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN (feat. ???)
11. BACK, THEN
12. HONEST
13. WAVES

Speaking to Kerrang! in 2025 about his absolute love of songwriting and making music, Johnny enthused, “It’s my favourite thing in the world. You can sit in the same basement every day and you’ll never know what’s going to happen. It’s the greatest adventure. I was talking with my buddy yesterday about how a lot of people slow down once they get financially stable from music and I’m like, ‘What else am I gonna fucking do with my time that's as enjoyable as this? Nothing.’ I’ll be writing music the same way when I’m 50 years old. I’m just obsessed with it. Every day I wake up and I can do it. It’s a gift.”

Catch Johnny live at the following:

BILMURI – KINDA HARD TOUR 2026

April

17 Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
18 Salt Lake City, UT — The Union Event Center
20 Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium
21 San Diego, CA — SOMA
24 Dallas, TX — South Side Ballroom
25 San Antonio, TX — Boeing Center at Tech Port
26 Houston, TX — Bayou Music Center
28 Oklahoma City, OK — The Criterion
30 Minneapolis, MN — The Armory

May

1 Chicago, IL — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
2 Madison, WI — The Sylvee
3 Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit
5 Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy
7 Charlotte, NC — Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
8 Raleigh, NC — The Red Hat Amphitheater
11 Moon Township, PA — UPMC Events Center
12 Cincinnati, OH — The Andrew J Brady Music Center
13 Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle
15 New York, NY — The Rooftop at Pier 17
16 Washington, DC — The Anthem
17 Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway
18 Grand Rapids, MI – Upheaval Fest

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