Blondie’s first album in nine years arrives next February — and it carries the last recordings of drummer Clem Burke, who played the whole thing.
Some albums are comebacks. This one is also a goodbye. Per Stereogum, Blondie have announced a new LP called High Noon, set for release on February 26, 2027 via BMG. It will be their last album with longtime drummer Clem Burke, who passed away from cancer last year at the age of 70.
The timeline tells you how much this record meant to finish. Shortly after Burke’s death, bandmate Chris Stein told fans on social media that Blondie were completing a new album, and when a fan asked whether Burke played on it, Stein replied that Burke “played the whole thing,” per Stereogum. The album was first eyed for late 2025; it now lands in February 2027, the band’s first new LP since 2017’s Pollinator — nearly a decade after their self-titled debut arrived in December 1976, when, as Stereogum notes, the world was just catching on to punk rock.
Blondie have never been shy about collaborators, and High Noon keeps the guest book open. Stereogum reports appearances from the Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock, Beirut’s Zach Condon, and Lucius’ Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, with production from John Congleton, who also worked on Pollinator. The opening track and lead single, “Spectral Eyes,” is a gleaming chug driven by Debbie Harry‘s wearily cool growl and shimmery guitars from Johnny Marr, who also wrote the song and previously worked with the band on Pollinator.
The 13-song tracklist runs from “Spectral Eyes” through “Heartbreak Kid,” “Come Back Home,” “Tambo Tambo,” “Man Who Had No Face,” “The End,” “Little Metal Drummer,” “Sleepwalking,” “Whistle Into The Wind,” “Antifreeze,” “East Of Eden” and “Bad Underwear,” closing with “Ah, Sunflower, Weary Of Time.”
Here is the part the announcement coverage cannot give you: what it will feel like to hear Burke’s drums on a brand-new Blondie record in 2027, knowing there will not be another one. Burke was not a hired hand — he was a founding heartbeat of the band from the CBGB days through “Heart of Glass” and “Call Me.” Every legacy act eventually releases a last record with a lost member. Few get to make it sound this alive on the first single.
The 247 Take — High Noon is not a tribute album wearing a new record’s clothes; “Spectral Eyes” struts like a band still writing its story. But every spin will carry Clem Burke’s final performance with it, and that makes February 26 a date rock fans should circle in ink.
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Sources: Stereogum (Oct. 15, 2026 — Blondie announce High Noon, share “Spectral Eyes”)
