New Megayacht EP “I Don’t Want To Be Buried” comes out January 8, 2027

We’re excited to announce we’re releasing a new EP called I Don’t Want To Be Buried. It’s four new tracks we love, but that just didn’t fit our second album Out Of Bright.

The first single is “Pet Sematary,” our cover of the Ramones’ insane synth-y late-’80s titular romp from the soundtrack of the Stephen King movie. Its chorus is where the EP got its name, and it makes us happy. It came out early on September 25 and is streaming now.

Next up is “Tongue Long,” one of our favorites from Metal Flake Mother’s 1991 release Beyond the Java Sea. That Chapel Hill band made a 100% perfect album that somehow never got the attention it deserves. The album is 35 years old this year, and it’s our way of telling people about our crush on Metal Flake Mother whether they want to hear it or not. The track comes out on all streaming services November 20.

On January 8, the whole I Don’t Want To Be Buried EP will come out on streaming, including two new original Megayacht songs from the Out Of Bright sessions recorded at Biltroy Studios between 2025 and 2026. “16 Days” is a spacey alt rock number about getting home the hard way, and “Literally” starts with an acoustic singer-songwriter feel that erupts into a ’90s grunge-y gallop. We’re excited to put them out there and hope you’ll be glad they’re not buried (in a pet sematary).

Interview: Blank Tapes

Justin Blau came out to the Biltroy for Blank Tapes, North Carolina’s local music webzine, and the four of us talked through Out Of Bright — how the songs came out of phone recordings made mid-practice, the guests who played on it, the six months it took to land on a band name, and the photo of Frank’s dad that ended up as the cover. He calls the record “a study in collaboration, ideas discovered together and refined together.” Read the whole thing Interview: Megayacht - Blank Tapes

Live & Local with Megayacht

We stopped by 97.9 The Hill WCHL to talk with Aaron Keck about Out Of Bright — how the record came together at the Biltroy, our practice space — and to play three tracks: “20B,” “When the Wave Comes Down,” and “Putting on a Show.” Listen to the whole session Stepping ‘Out of Bright’: Live and Local with Megayacht - Chapelboro.com