Liverpudlian fourpiece STONE have today shared their second album ‘AUTONOMY’ via V2 Records alongside focus and title track ‘AUTONOMY’. Having further sealed themselves as a vital force on the global punk scene with their debut album in 2024, the band make their return today with a follow-up that’s loaded with their most reflective and bruising work to date.

STONE made their return last year releasing new singles ‘NEVER AGAIN’, ‘MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO’, ‘SWEET HEROINE’ and ‘STACK UP THE REASONS’ over the last few months. With their new album, the band were able to revel in the freedom they had to make the record they really wanted to create; a self-reflective and autonomous body of work that is an honest time capsule of life. Written during the aftermath of their first album, the band unified together to create their most collaborative, personal and real music yet - whilst learning to have fun again. ‘AUTONOMY’ comes as a fierce testament to the band’s resilience, fighting spirit and togetherness.

Largely recorded on home soil at Liverpool’s Whitewood Studios and produced by Rob Whiteley (The Night Cafe, The Wombats, Courting), aside from ‘Hope Ain’t Gone’ which was produced by Rich Costey (Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance, Muse)
sonically, the album delivers some of their heaviest, hard-hitting works so far. From the life-affirming and reflective ‘ROCKMOUNT’ to the direct and outspoken ‘MOULIN ROUGE’ and the meaningful and euphoric focus and title track ‘AUTONOMY’, the album is a more grown-up version of STONE, whilst still keeping clarity and brutal
decisiveness at play.

“’AUTONOMY’ is us taking back our power and saying this is us. This is our music and everything that is on this album is intentional and it’s exactly the way we want it to be. The energy in the room whenever we were playing was just electric and that’s what we
wanted to get across on the album. We just want people to have a great time, enjoy it, see the energy and take that home with them.”

STONE have built a loyal community with their fans through their wild and energy- driven live shows and their spontaneous, bursting at the seams house party performances. After a recent packed-out festival performance at Pukkelpop (and a post-show secret house party on a bus), last month they took their house parties on the road with four small sold-out shows in London, Newcastle, Manchester and Sheffield and a support tour with South Arcade. They recently announced a headline 10-date UK and European tour in April, kicking off in Liverpool on 2nd April and ending in Paris on 17th April, with a sold out melkweg show on the way.

Listen to “autonomy” here