Winona Fighter start their new-album tour in Bentonville, one night before the record drops

The Nashville punk band opens its 2027 U.S. headline run at RØDE House at The Momentary on Thursday, Jan. 21, the eve of 'Brutal & Extremely Underrated'.

Most bands start a tour somewhere easy. Winona Fighter are starting theirs in Bentonville, and the timing makes it the most interesting night on the run: the first show of their 2027 U.S. headline tour is Thursday, Jan. 21, at RØDE House at The Momentary, one day before their new album is out.

That record is Brutal & Extremely Underrated, the band's second full-length, due Jan. 22, 2027, on Rise Records. So whoever is in the room in Bentonville gets the songs a night before the rest of the country can stream them. Doors are at 7 p.m., and the show was announced Oct. 14. Ticket details are on The Momentary's calendar.

Winona Fighter are a Nashville band fronted by Coco Kinnon, and the new album follows their debut, My Apologies to the Chef. The band self-produced the new one, and one song was co-written with Stefan Babcock of PUP, which tells you something about where they sit. Kinnon's lyrics on this record take on friendship, insecurity, AI and a distrust of government, according to The Line of Best Fit. The singles so far, "BOMBS AWAY" and "LEECH," are the place to start if you want to know the words before Jan. 21.

Whoever is in the room in Bentonville gets the songs a night before the rest of the country can stream them.

The room is part of the draw. RØDE House is the indoor music space at The Momentary, the contemporary art campus that Crystal Bridges runs in downtown Bentonville. It exists because RØDE, the Australian microphone company, put up $1 million as a founding partner, and it hosts the Live at the RØDE House concert series.

Winona Fighter's usual headline room elsewhere is around 450 people, so a tour opener here is a good fit. It's an intimate night, and you'll hear the band working the new material out in front of a crowd for the first time, which doesn't happen often in a town this size.

Opening nights can be rough around the edges. Here that's part of the point: you get the band the night before the album comes out, before the set settles down.

If you've been waiting for a reason to see a show at The Momentary in the middle of winter, put Jan. 21 on the calendar. Listen to the two singles first and get there when the doors open.

Sources: Winona Fighter — official site (tour dates) (winonafighter.com); The Momentary — Music calendar (Winona Fighter, Jan. 21, 2027, RØDE House) (themomentary.org); Winona Fighter announce second album Brutal & Extremely Underrated — The Line of Best Fit (thelineofbestfit.com); Winona Fighter announces sophomore album Brutal & Extremely Underrated — Melodic Magazine (melodicmag.com); RØDE Microphones to open the RØDE House in Bentonville, Arkansas — RØDE (rode.com); The Momentary (themomentary.org)