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Four cosmic travelers. A ship full of bass. And a new album with a sky big enough for all of them. I want to introduce you to Cosmic Skies, the next chapter of The Dreadnauts: a music-and-story project built around reggae, dub, strange worlds, and the search for somewhere to belong.
The album is announced for November 13, 2026. This is your invitation to step into the artwork, meet the crew, and find a starting point before the new transmission arrives.
Explore Cosmic Skies on the official website · Pre-save on Spotify · Visit The Dreadnauts on YouTube
Inside the Cosmic Skies artwork
The cover pulls its color toward a dark center, while the wider band illustration brings Jahri, Zion, Lux, and Pax into that same flowing visual world. Here are both pieces together: the album’s identity and the crew carrying it forward.
A new sky, with the same four travelers
The Dreadnauts live where roots reggae and dub meet retro science fiction. The fictional band has four members: Jahri, Zion, Lux, and Pax. Their stories circle around chosen family, resistance, hope, and what it means to find home together.
The first album, Cosmic Reggae Sessions, introduced the bright, adventurous side of that universe. No Planet to Call Home took the search for belonging into darker territory. Now Cosmic Skies brings a sixteen-track chapter and a vivid visual identity and new self exploration and discovery.
All 16 tracks, in album order
- Forever Took Too Long
- I'll Stay With You
- Keep Your Light On
- No King Owns the Sky
- No Port in Sight
- Dread Town Radio
- Starlight on an Old Scar
- Cosmic Sky
- Still Chasing Stars
- Signal from Tomorrow
- Your Soul Knows the Way
- Don't Die Before You're Dead
- Space Dust
- Dying Is Easy, Living Is Hard
- Meet Me at the End
- Symphony of the Dub
A small title detail: the album is Cosmic Skies; track eight is Cosmic Sky. The official album page is the place to follow release and listening links as they become available.
Three doors into Cosmic Skies
The album page highlights these three pieces of song artwork. Try choosing one before reading its caption. What draws you in first: the broken crown, the incoming signal, or the face at the end of the journey?
Which Cosmic Skies artwork makes you want to hear the song first?
Choose the doorway that catches your eye. Sign in on the published blog to vote.
- No King Owns the Sky — the crown
- Signal from Tomorrow — the signal
- Meet Me at the End — the connection
Meet the crew behind the signal
These are characters from the Dreadnauts story world. Their instruments and histories give the music a cast you can follow from one voyage to the next. Open each short field note for a little more of the lore.
Jahri: Bass, lead vocals, and captain. Jahri leads by listening. In the official backstory, a rough first bass comes together from salvaged parts, while radios connect a tide settlement to warnings, weather, and songs. The captain’s responsibility is to keep people from being left behind.
Zion: Keys, synths, samples, and dub effects. Zion is the sound engineer and keeper of fragile broadcasts. A childhood among spaceport machinery becomes an ear for rhythm, static, and the voices other people overlook.
Lux: Lead guitar and melodica. Lux grows up between ships, markets, and festival docks. A rebuilt guitar carries pieces of that wandering history. When a guitar phrase answers the Dreadnauts through a charged nebula, the crew follows it.
Pax: Drums and percussion. Pax comes from an industrial moon where hand rhythms help crews communicate when machinery fails. During a blackout, drummers relay directions through mine tunnels. Rhythm has a practical job before it becomes a celebration.
The crew’s visual field guide
Take a closer look at the original character-design sheets: front, side, and rear views, signature instruments, clothing details, and each traveler’s color palette. These belong to the wider Dreadnauts project and help connect the faces in the Cosmic Skies illustration to their individual stories.
Explore the world without needing a map first
The shared thread is a traveling soundship and a crew that keeps listening for other people. Music can be a greeting, a warning, a memory, or a way of refusing to disappear. That is what makes the space setting feel connected to ordinary human concerns.
The Dreadnauts world atlas lets you explore more of the setting. Its charts include settlements and surrounding regions; they should not all be read as separate planets, or as proof the full band has visited every location. There is still room in this universe for stories to unfold.
Watch the earlier transmissions
While waiting for Cosmic Skies, the earlier videos give you a way into the sound and the world. These are earlier Dreadnauts releases, not videos for the new album.
- Funky Space Reggae Vibes
- Captain of the Cosmic Tide
- Lost in Space
- Dreadnauts Anthem (One Vibration)
Browse the official YouTube channel for the wider collection and future uploads.
The earlier voyages, in pictures
This visual trail comes from the earlier project artwork. It shows how the crew, the ship, and the shared signal connect the releases. It is a look back at the universe around Cosmic Skies, rather than additional artwork being presented as part of the new album.
Follow the next transmission
Start with the Cosmic Skies album page. You can explore the featured artwork and use the current Spotify pre-save link. The announced release date is November 13, 2026; check the official page for the listening and purchase options available when you visit.
For more of the project, visit dreadnauts.uk, browse the merch collection, or follow The Dreadnauts on YouTube.
Final Thought
What I want to share here is the whole little universe around the music: the colors, the crew, the places, and the reasons they keep moving. If one picture makes you curious enough to follow a song, that is a good place to begin. Which transmission are you following first?