My Chemical Romance Shares First New Song Since 2014: Stream the Six-Minute “The Foundations of Decay”

Surprise: Here’s “The Foundations of Decay,” a brand new song from My Chemical Romance that marks the first new material from the iconic punk/emo band since 2014:.

This surprise-release track landed on streaming platforms Thursday, and marks the band’s first material since MCR announced its return in late 2019 with a one-off show in Los Angeles. As the sprawling track shows, the group — vocalist Gerard Way, guitarist Ray Toro, bassist Mikey Way and guitarist Mike Iero — clearly still has a knack for that signature sound, the song swelling and bursting with Way’s emotive vocals set to urgent alt/punk energies.

After scrapping various global tour dates multiple times due to the pandemic, My Chemical Romance is set to finally start up that run later this year — next week, in fact, with a slew of U.K./European dates before the North American leg kicks off in late August.

As of yet, the group had not officially announced plans for a new album, which would be the first since 2010’s Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, but a new song showing up out of nowhere ought to spark more speculation on that front.

The reunion tour dates:

Aug 20th – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center

Aug 21st – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center

Aug 23rd – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

Aug 24th – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center

Aug 26th – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena

Aug 27th – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena

Aug 29th – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

Aug 30th – Albany, NY – MVP Arena

Sept 1st – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

Sept 2nd – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell

Sept 4th – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena

Sept 5th – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena

Sept 7th – Boston, MA – TD Garden

Sept 8th – Boston, MA – TD Garden

Sept 10th – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

Sept 11th – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

Sept 13th – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

Sept 15th – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

Sept 16th – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest

Sept 20th – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center

Sept 21st – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center

Sept 23rd – Dover, DE – Firefly Music Festival

Sept 24th – Sunrise, FL – FLA Live Arena

Sept 27th – Houston, TX – Toyota Center

Sept 28th – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

Sept 30th – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Oct 2nd – Portland, OR – MODA Center

Oct 3rd – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome

Oct 5th – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena

Oct 7th – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena

Oct 8th – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival

Oct 11th – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum

Oct 12th – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum

Oct 14th – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum

Oct 15th – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum

Oct 17th – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum

Oct 22nd – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young

Oct 23rd – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young

Oct 29th – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young