Dirty Honey are returning with their third full-length album, Catch My Butterfly, arriving January 15, 2027. The announcement comes alongside the release of the album’s first two singles, Lights Out and Butterfly, kicking off the next chapter with a dynamic, dangerous sound that proves Dirty Honey aren’t slowing down.
Produced by John Feldmann (Yungblud, Blink-182, Korn),Catch My Butterfly represents the next evolution of Dirty Honey. Members Marc LaBelle (vocals),John Notto (guitar) and Justin Smolian (bass) expand the band’s sound while maintaining the grit, energy, and authenticity that has defined their rise.
“I’m very proud of our perseverance. Any band has to really survive to make a third record,” said LaBelle. “We’ve made mistakes in the studio, gotten over past regrets, lived more, and become better songwriters. All of those things snowballed into Catch My Butterfly.”
“Catch My Butterfly shows the width of what we can do as musicians and songwriters. We’re no one-trick pony,” added Smolian.
Like a roller coaster climbing and clinking towards the top of a hill, the single Lights Out kickstarts the record in dramatic fashion punctuated by open chords, delay-drenched staccato, toe-tapping bass, and a steady beat. This anthem turns on a dime as it’s whipped into the undertow of corkscrew riffing and an existential warning, “I’m standing out on the edge. You better get ready ’cause they’re gonna turn the lights out.” Topping off the tune with a bang, the solo practically leaves Notto‘s fretboard in flames.
“Lights Out was the first banger,” said Notto. “It’s one of those rare times when I got the solo right on the demo! It’s only one flavor of the album though. There’s so much more.”
Wistful acoustic guitar and gentle strings give Butterfly its wings. Leaning into the soulful side of his register, LaBelle wonders, “Where’d you go butterfly?” The tune’s sunny instrumentation belies the intensity of the subject matter, “Searching for answers in the alleyways where the junkies are getting high.”
“There are addiction issues in my family,” the frontman revealed. “I tried to write from a different perspective — either that of a father to an addicted child or the family member of an addict. In this scenario, you’re so overcome with worry about whether or not your loved one is alive or dead at any given moment. My thought was, ‘If you don’t get high, there’s no way that you’re going to catch this person who is so beautiful in your eyes, but so broken at the same time’.
These two singles give fans a taste of what they can expect from the band’s most dynamic album to date.
Catch My Butterfly track listing:
1. Lights Out
2. If It’s Over
3. Numb
4. Wanderlust
5. Good For You
6. Butterfly
7. Good Times Gone
8. American Lies
9. Poison
10. Sweeter
11. No Way Out
12. New Blood
13. Lullaby
14. I Should’ve Known
Dirty Honey never play it safe. Rather than ever get comfortable, the Los Angeles trio — Marc LaBelle (lead vocals),John Notto (guitar) and Justin Smolian (bass) — adrenalize rock ‘n’ roll by breaking all of the rules, defying expectations, and forever going against the grain. Instead of re-tracing a pre-paved path, the group zig, zag, and blaze a trail of their own. Back in 2019, Dirty Honey rolled right into the fast lane at high speed. The group claimed a place in rock history with their breakout smash When I’m Gone, which took flight as “the first song by an unsigned artist to reach No. 1 on the BillboardMainstream Rock chart.” Years later, a recharged version of When I’m Gone appeared in 2025’s record-breaking blockbuster A Minecraft Movie.
In between, they unleashed Dirty Honey (2021) and Can’t Find The Brakes (2023),which bowed at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums chart. The boys notably hit the road with everyone from Gusn N’ Roses to The Black Crowes in addition to selling out successive headline tours. Beyond praise from Loudwire, Classic Rock, Spill and more, Rolling Stone marveled at how the band “harken back to the days of the rock gods but add a modern twist.” The sold-out headline tours, No. 1 radio impact, widespread critical acclaim, and streaming success have merely lit the fuse for them to explode on their third full-length LP, Catch My Butterfly.
