Grade 2 Release Fourth Album ‘Talk About It’ Via Hellcat Records

Grade 2 release their fourth album Talk About It on April 3rd, via Hellcat Records. Available now across all platforms, the record marks a defining chapter for the Isle of Wight trio — bassist and frontman Sid Ryan, guitarist Jack Chatfield, and drummer Jacob Hull — twelve years since they first picked up instruments as schoolmates.

Talk About It is an unflinching chronicle of everything Grade 2 has lived through: the near-collapse of touring during COVID, the surreal experience of sharing festival stages with Rancid and Slipknot, the quiet dissonance of returning home between runs, and the emotional weight of relationships sustained across long distances. Where Grade 2’s self-titled 2023 LP announced their arrival, this album digs deeper into love, loss, mental health, and the slow work of growing up in public.
 
“The title-track was initially called Communication, a song about how men don’t talk about the things that really matter to them“, explains Sid. “But it became ‘Talk About It’, which sums up the whole album, touching on every emotion that you feel while being in a band — from love to loss to personal upheaval to ambition. It’s a coming-of-age story about Grade 2 entering adulthood.“

Grade 2’s European leg starts in late April, with shows across Germany, Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands. The tour then continues through the summer with festival appearances, before wrapping up with September dates in Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. A full list of dates is below.

 
Grade 2 — 2026 Tour Dates

25.04 | Zakk | Dusseldorf, Germany
26.04 | Don’t Panic | Essen, Germany
27.04 | Hansa39 | Munich, Germany
29.04 | Arena Wein | Vienna, Austria
30.04 | F-Haus | Jena, Germany

01.05 | BETA Club | Copenhagen, Denmark
02.05 | Bahnhof Pauli | Hamburg, Germany
03.05 | Privatclub | Berlin, Germany
06.05 | Paradiso | Amsterdam, Netherlands
07.05 | Hall Of Fame | Tilburg, Netherlands

10.06 | Substage | Karlsruhe, Germany
12.06 | Club Vaudeville | Lindau, Germany
13.06 | Rock For People Festival | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
18.06 | Graspop Metal Meeting | Belgium
20.06 | Letzigrund Stadium | Zurich, Switzerland
26.06 | Jera On Air Festival | Ysselsteyn, Netherlands

04.07 | Fettfest | Leipzig, Germany
05.09 | Punkadeka Festival | Milan, Italy
07.09 | La Deskomunal | Barcelona, Spain
08.09 | Wurlitzer Ballroom | Madrid, Spain
09.09 | Nave 9 | Bilbao, Basque Country
11.09 | Volkshaus | Zurich, Switzerland
12.09 | Volkshaus | Zurich, Switzerland
 
Tickets: grade2official.co.uk