Abandon The Band announce debut album, share “Jazzland” feat. Jesse Leach

Abandon The Band have announced their debut album, ‘Tis a Fearful Thing to Love What Death Can Touch, set for release February 26, 2027. The project, created by Bay Area drummer and photographer Todd Sipes, features 10 songs with 10 different guest vocalists, each inspired by an abandoned location in the United States.

The album includes contributions from Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage), Jonny Santos (Spineshank), Jonah Matranga (Far), Jei Doublerice (Despite Exile) and others. Annihilator bassist Rich Gray also appears on three tracks.

Alongside the announcement, Abandon The Band have released the lead single, “Jazzland,” featuring Leach, with an accompanying music video filmed inside the former Six Flags New Orleans theme park.

The song takes its name from the abandoned amusement park, which closed shortly before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. The property remained unused for nearly two decades before demolition was completed in March 2026.

Sipes, who has spent 15 years photographing abandoned locations, wrote all 10 songs, performed the drums and supplied the photographs associated with each track.

“I’d been photographing these places for more than a decade before it occurred to me that a photograph is a silent object,” Sipes explained. “These songs are my attempt at the part the camera couldn’t get.”

Other locations featured on the album include Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey, the former Nevele Grand Hotel in New York and the Hudson River State Hospital. Several of the structures have since been demolished or destroyed by fire.

The album was recorded remotely with musicians across eight countries. Guitarist Josh Williams, based in South Africa, performed on all 10 tracks, while Sipes worked with guest vocalists he has never met in person.

Watch the video for “Jazzland” below.



‘Tis a Fearful Thing to Love What Death Can Touch track listing:
1. Bolivar (feat. Jonah Matranga)
2. Churches of Detroit (feat. Jei Doublerice)
3. Druid Heights (feat. Bruno Longfield)
4. Fort Ord (feat. Enrique Delapaz)
5. Greystone (feat. Nate Bohnet)
6. Hudson River (feat. Evan Milosevic)
7. Jazzland (feat. Jesse Leach)
8. Mare Island (feat. Billy Douglas)
9. Nevele (feat. Jonny Santos)
10. Titan I (feat. Ray Huang and Charlie Louse)