Blondie announce High Noon, their first album in nine years

Blondie have announced *High Noon*, their first studio album since 2017's *Pollinator*. BMG will release the 13-track record on February 26, 2027, and the opening track, “Spectral Eyes,” is available now. Johnny Marr wrote and plays on the single, immediately putting a distinct guitar partnership at the front of the campaign.

The album also features Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock and Beirut's Zach Condon, with Lucius singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig among the additional contributors. John Congleton, who produced *Pollinator*, returns as producer, while David Wrench provides additional production and mixing. Debbie Harry describes the result as a synthesis of Blondie's different eras rather than a retreat into nostalgia.

*High Noon* is also the final Blondie album to feature co-founding drummer Clem Burke, who died in 2025. That makes the record both a new chapter and a document of the group's long-running core. Its title and track list range from “Heartbreak Kid” and “Little Metal Drummer” to “Ah, Sunflower, Weary of Time,” suggesting a broad frame rather than a single stylistic concept.

For guitar audiences, Marr's role on the lead single is more than a guest-credit footnote: he contributes both the writing and the playing that introduces the whole album. The collaboration links two bands with very different but equally distinctive approaches to concise pop guitar, while Congleton's return offers continuity with Blondie's most recent studio period.