SOS are back with a new single, entitled “Yumi & The Apocalypse.” The upbeat yet poignant track explores the end of a relationship, told from the perspective of someone with “less spite and more acceptance.” It sees the alternative rock band “blending old, familiar sounds with new, experimental production,” backed by the band’s signature lyricism that balances cynical tendencies with a “more mellowed maturity.”
In a press statement, the band revealed that “Yumi & The Apocalypse” was “originally written with a different chorus” by frontman Roberto Seña, with the quintet keeping “the older production and incorporated standout rearrangements” from keyboardist Ram Alonzo and drummer King Puentespina — both of whom also dabble in synths. In addition, the track features trumpet-playing courtesy of Kiddo Cosio, the owner of the El Union coffee shop and roastery in La Union.
“It was rewarding hearing the music come together. It always is… A lot of artists are too concerned to make a pop hit, but sometimes you just want to let some angst out,” the band expressed in a collective statement. With this, the quintet also noted that they are “always just trying to amuse [themselves] at this point” and are “never fully concerned” about what listeners today want to hear from them. “If it lands, it lands. We’re just happy to be in the studio and bring life to whatever stories we have to tell.”
“Yumi & The Apocalypse” or, simply, “Yumi” serves as SOS’ first release of 2025. The band initially teased the new song last March 5, 2025 (Wednesday) and described it as “another expression of angst and loss, served in classic SOS fashion but with a hint of the new.”
In addition, the new song serves as the carrier single of the quintet’s forthcoming long-awaited sophomore album It Was A Moment, due to come out on March 28, 2025 (Friday). It will be their first full-length record in eight years since their debut album Whatever That Was came out in 2017 and their first since Alonzo joined the band in 2023.
Listen to SOS’ “Yumi & The Apocalypse” below: