Winona Fighter announce debut album ‘My Apologies To The Chef’

October 16, 2024 James Weaver

WINONA FIGHTER have announced their debut album!

Titled My Apologies To The Chef, the upcoming album from the Nashville-based punk rock band is their debut full-length album, and is scheduled to be released in February next year, via Rise Records.

Speaking about the upcoming debut album, frontman and multi-instrumentalist Coco Kinnon says, “we cannot believe we finally get to announce our Debut LP My Apologies To The Chef is on the way. This has truly been a long time coming. Our amazing label Rise Records allowed us to take our DIY approach to the recording of the album. Every song was either written or co-written by us. It was just me (Coco) and the boys (Dan and Austin) in our home studio from pre-production to sending it off for mastering.

I couldn’t think of a better introduction to the band. 14 hard hitting tracks straight from a guest bedroom or garage. It’s raw. It’s got emotion. It’s got a little satire. Mostly, it’s uniquely us. It’s three punks obsessed with music, making tunes for people obsessed with music. It is a punk-rock record, period. We are so proud of this album and we hope fans old and new love it as much as we do. To finish this off we’d like to thank our ENTIRE team for believing in us and helping us create something incredibly special. All we ever said when we were grinding with no one on our side was ‘we just need ONE person to believe in us’ and now we have all of you… so thank you for allowing us to create, play, and live our dream! 2025 here we come.”

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, WINONA FIGHTER have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming debut; ATTENTION. The new song is the latest single to be released from the upcoming debut album, following on from Swear To God That I’m (FINE), Wlbrn St Tvrn, Subaru and I’M IN THE MARKET TO PLEASE NO ONE.

Speaking about the new song, Kinnon says, “it is our most political song to date, but not in a super black and white way. It’s about the issues I personally find important. It’s about watching the rise in methamphetamine usage and fentanyl poisoning while growing up in New Hampshire. It’s about having to pay out of pocket for life changing or life SAVING medications and women getting denied coverage for birth control that won’t completely wreck their hormones. It’s about shelters consistently being at capacity while puppy mills are still unethically producing millions of dogs a year.

I hope listeners hear this song and get passionate about something. I think we’re all a little pressured to feel like we have to change the world and be vocal about every cause ever, but if we all focus on something we genuinely care about then those small steps will make a world of difference.

There is something a little jarring about a song like this coming out around a pretty important election. We challenge every U.S. citizen to not only vote in this coming presidential election but in your local elections as well, it’s a privilege we get to do so.”

Watch the official music video for ATTENTION here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming debut album below:

Track List:

1. JUMPER CABLES
2. You Look Like a Drunk Phoebe Bridgers
3. Subaru
4. HAMMS IN A GLASS
5. TALK
6. Swimmer’s Ear
7. R U FAMOUS
8. I Think You Should Leave
9. I’M IN THE MARKET TO PLEASE NO ONE
10. ATTENTION
11. Wilbrn St Tvrn
12. Swear To God That I’m (FINE)
13. Johnny’s Dead
14. DON’T WALLOW