Dog Race emerge with Return The Day, a debut EP that drags gothic post-punk through the mire of burnout, codependency, and suspended growth. Across five tracks, the London five-piece trace the quiet horror of joy slipping away, of identities dulled to keep others at ease. It’s a world where insomnia stretches into daylight and selfhood erodes under the weight of expectation. Building on the stark drama of It’s The Squeeze and the cold grandeur of The Leader - tracks that earned BBC Radio 6 play, NME’s 2025 Top 100 nod, and landed It’s The Squeeze at #11 on Anthony Fantano’s 2024 year-end list - Return The Day deepens their grip on dread. Operatic vocals hover above tense guitars and crackling synths, sculpted with producer Ali Chant into something both cinematic and suffocating. Released via Fascination Street Records, this is a record shaped by sleepless nights and inner conflict, pulling at the rituals and expectations that trap the fragile and the frayed. Dog Race take their time - but when they move, they leave marks.