# Knifeplay – “Toil (Reprise)”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/knifeplay-toil-reprise/
- Published: 2026-11-09T16:21:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T17:50:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2517097/knifeplay-toil-reprise/music/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Knifeplay have released “Toil (Reprise)” from their next album.
- The track builds from drone into blackgaze over six minutes.
- *What Is Truth?* is due on 22 January and runs nearly 80 minutes.

## Summary

Philadelphia band Knifeplay have shared “Toil (Reprise)”, a new track from their forthcoming album *What Is Truth?*. The song revisits the album’s opening track, building from hazy drone riffs into a heavier blackgaze sound over more than six minutes.

The album is due out on 22 January through Double Double Whammy and is said to run for nearly 80 minutes. Its lead single, “Love Song”, lasts ten minutes; the new track is accompanied by a graphic video directed by frontman Tj Strohmer, described as an homage to the 1989 experimental horror film *Begotten*.

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