# Knox Releases “After the After Party” Single & Video

Source: https://www.popfiltr.com/press-releases/knox-releases-new-single-music-video-after-the-after-party
Published: 2026-07-09T16:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-07-10T20:05:55.857Z
Language: en

> Ohio alt artist Knox releases new single and music video “After the After Party” and announces his sophomore album My Midwest Best, out October 2, 2026.

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## Knox Releases New Single & Music Video “After the After Party”

![Knox – “After the After Party”](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64e632e1a07b9b35364590b5/6a51409a3c2647ae22f59800_vcsPRAsset_3371073_153370_4752940a-61f4-4849-a9a1-363aae0d7282_0.png)

**Knox releases new single & music video “After The After Party.”**

Announces new album *My Midwest Best* out on October 2, 2026.

On the fast track towards a breakthrough in 2026, acclaimed Ohio alternative singer, songwriter, and phenomenon Knox kicks off his next chapter with the release of a new single and music video entitled “After The After Party” out now via Atlantic Records. Listen here and watch the music video here. It heralds the arrival of his anxiously awaited sophomore full-length album, *My Midwest Best*, on October 2, 2026. Pre-order/Pre-save here.

“After The After Party” opens with a softly plucked electric guitar melody awash in reverb and echo. During the verses, unfiltered emotion seeps through the cracks of his vulnerable delivery. An acoustic chord progression accelerates the momentum until guitar boosts the heartbroken hook, “‘Cause after the after party, I’ll walk myself home, one more drink and stare at the phone, hoping you’ll call, knowing you won’t.” It climaxes with one last chantable crescendo that’s as sticky as it is sharp.

![Knox – “After the After Party”](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64e632e1a07b9b35364590b5/6a51409b3c2647ae22f59890_vcsPRAsset_3371073_153371_3c19804e-2477-4c4f-a276-702039b43e98_0.png)

*Knox – “After the After Party”*

He notably shot the accompanying visual in his hometown of New Carlisle, OH, reconnecting with where he came from and welcoming everyone into his world all at once.

For *My Midwest Best*, he mined some of his earliest influences, rediscovering classic pop-punk and emo such as Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, The All-American Rejects, and more. At the same time, he filtered this inspiration through his own individual lens, striking up a sound that’s undeniably Knox.

He initially teased this chapter with “Long Story Short.” Beyond cracking 1 million total streams and counting, it earned critical acclaim. [Rock Sound](https://rocksound.tv/news/knox-shares-nostalgic-new-track-long-story-short) praised, “Viciously catchy and brilliantly heartbroken, it is everything that makes Knox the storyteller and emotion merchant that they are.”

***My Midwest Best* Tracklisting**

1. Go For Broke
2. What Do I Know
3. After The After Party
4. Better Than Me
5. Long Story Short
6. 4.3 Forty
7. Mixed Feelings
8. I Think You Should Leave
9. Ready Or Not
10. Gone Missing
11. Vultures
12. Sad Song

**Connect with Knox:**
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