Beloved 2000s Rock Band Releases Surprise New Track
Popular 2000s rock band The Maine is putting the finishing touches on their recently released 10th studio album, Joy Next Door.
The Arizona emo band - John O'Callaghan, Kennedy Brock, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelsen, and Pat Kirch - quietly dropped Parking Garage Song #5, an acoustic-forward song that honors the five-piece's almost two-decade-long career.
Formed in Tempe in 2007, the group has enjoyed a string of commercial successes. Their second album, Black & White, reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, while several records, including 2017's Lovely Little Lonely and 2019's You Are Okay, reached the top ten in the Billboard Top Rock Album chart.
The band said that the recording of Joy Next Door felt like "a marathon," and they spent months on end trying to "perfect" every song to create an album that they are extremely proud of.
"During that process there was a tune we kept circling back to, that for whatever reason wouldn't quite fully materialize even though we all felt it's magic," they explained in a press release. "The song spoke to what those obscure and ever-evolving four numbers in 8123 have meant to all of us for well over 20 years now. We were certain we couldn't release it into the world until it was exactly how we heard it in our heads, so over the past few weeks on tour we finally realized and finished Parking Garage Song #5."
The AP Magazine Readers' Award winners emphasized that this would not be a deluxe edition of the album with an additional bonus track, but instead, the fully-evolved album that they had intended to create and share with their fanbase - the 8123 family.
Having recently wrapped up the mammoth "I Love You, But I Chose The Maine" tour across North America, with special guests such asMikey Way of My Chemical Romance and Charlotte Sands, the rockers announced that they will be heading back on tour across summer and fall on the "The Tour Next Door" tour, which will feature a two-set format.
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This story was originally published May 15, 2026 at 5:50 AM.