There is something about Varsovie that keeps pulling me back. Since I first discovered the French duo, their particular mix of post punk tension, dark rock, melancholy and poetic lyrics has become increasingly difficult to ignore. I have already written about their music several times, from their excellent 2023 album “Pression à Froid“ to their reinterpretation of Joy Division’s “Leaders Of Men”, and more recently their haunting single “Treize Collines”. Now, the wait for their next album is getting very real.
Varsovie have opened pre orders for their forthcoming sixth album, “Notes Pour Plus Tard“, which is scheduled for release in October 2026 through Icy Cold Records. The album follows “Pression à Froid” and arrives after the release of “Treize Collines“, the first track to emerge from the new record.
“Treize Collines” already gave us a pretty compelling glimpse of where Varsovie are heading. The song carries the band’s familiar sense of urban melancholy, but there is something particularly haunting about the way it transforms Paris, memory and history into atmosphere. Recorded at Drudenhaus Studio in Brittany in August 2025, it feels like another chapter in the duo’s long running fascination with places, memories and the ghosts that remain attached to them.
For anyone who has followed Varsovie over the years, “Notes Pour Plus Tard” is not simply another album from a band that has been around since 2005. Arnault Destal and Grégory Cathérina have built a remarkably consistent musical world, one where sharp guitars, insistent rhythms and dark atmospheres meet lyrics that leave plenty of space for the listener to find their own meaning. That combination is a large part of what made “Pression à Froid” such an engaging record for me, and why I have kept coming back to their music since discovering them.
And I am genuinely looking forward to this album.
“Treize Collines” certainly did not make the wait any easier. If anything, it made me more curious about what the rest of “Notes Pour Plus Tard” will sound like. There is already enough in that first single to suggest that Varsovie have plenty more darkness, tension and atmosphere waiting behind the door.
The new album is now available to pre order in both CD and vinyl editions through Icy Cold Records.
For me, this is one of those records that is already firmly marked on the calendar. I discovered Varsovie a few years ago and have been following their work ever since, so getting another full album from them is rather bloody good news.
“Notes Pour Plus Tard” cannot arrive soon enough.
