It’s a new day — andGood Charlotteare back with brand new music. The pop-punk band have announced their eighth album,Motel Du Cap, out August 8. Good Charlotte shared the news on Monday with a billboard on Melrose Ave in Los Angeles. The billboard featured a picture of the band along with the album title and date, but no other information was revealed.Trending StoriesTrump’s Military Birthday Parade Was a Gross FailureInternet Trolls Around the World Are Mocking Trump’s Military Birthday Parade‘Superman’ Director James Gunn: ‘You Don’t Want Everyone to Root for You’Zak Starkey on Being Fired, Rehired, and Fired Again by the Who: ‘These Guys are F-ckin’ Insane’
Motel Du Capwill be the band’s first full length release since 2018’sGeneration Rx. In 2020, Good Charlotte released the single “Last December.” Since then, band leaders and brothers Joel and Benji Madden have focused onvarious business venturesoutside of music, including livestream platform Veeps, Joel’s Artist Friendly podcast, and an entire artist management company MDDN.
Earlier this year, Good Charlotte seemingly began to tease the new project on social media when they shared acryptic videofeaturing old clips from the band’s early days. “GC 2025,” the caption read. Since then, Good Charlotte have announced multiple festival appearances for 2025, including Ocean’s Calling and Aftershock. Last month, the band played at Welcome to Rockville for their first show since 2023 where Benji told the crowd about the new project and possible touring plans: “We got a record coming out in August, we’ll be on tour.”
