Stanley Simmons — the duo made up of Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons, sons of KISS legends Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons — have officially announced their debut studio album, Dancing While the World is Ending, due out August 28, 2026. The announcement came on April 30, 2026, through the band’s Instagram, along with the album cover and full 12-song track list.
The project has been building momentum for months. Under the Stanley Simmons name, the pair previously released the singles “Body Down” and “Dancing While the World is Ending,” and they used the album announcement to confirm that a third single, “Temporary Love,” will arrive on May 8, 2026. Evan Stanley said that song was especially meaningful because it was the first song he and Nick ever wrote together.
The album title alone says a lot about the mood they are aiming for. This is not a hard-rock inheritance album built to imitate KISS. The sound they have been previewing is more harmony-driven and melodic, shaped by their vocal chemistry and a softer, more reflective approach. Earlier in 2025, the duo said an impromptu plan to record one song together quickly snowballed into something bigger, eventually turning into “10 real quick.” They have also shared videos covering songs by Simon and Garfunkel and the Eagles, which helped make their stylistic direction pretty clear even before the album reveal.
The record will feature 12 tracks: “Body Down,” “Dancing While the World is Ending,” “Starve the Beast,” “Running Just a Little Too Long,” “Cellophane,” “Cold,” “Lilith,” “Dystopia Boogie,” “Temporary Love,” “Real Life,” “Love Real Slow,” and “Sing Myself to Sleep.”
The cover art matches the project’s stripped-back but emotionally loaded tone. It shows a richly illustrated, retro-styled design with the name Stanley Simmons at the top and the album title Dancing While the World is Ending at the bottom. The artwork features the two musicians framed in a warm red-and-beige palette, surrounded by ornate floral and decorative elements, giving the record a dramatic, almost psychedelic-folk feel rather than a flashy arena-rock one.
The announcement also confirmed the duo’s first live run. Stanley Simmons will play their first-ever live shows beginning May 4 in San Diego and wrapping May 13 in Ventura, with additional dates in Santa Ana and Morro Bay in between.
For fans, the big story here is not just that the sons of Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are making music. It is that they are making a deliberate choice to step away from the shadow of KISS and build something smaller, warmer, and more personal. That makes Dancing While the World is Ending feel less like a vanity side project and more like the beginning of a real artistic identity.
The album is now available for pre-order through Amazon and Spotify, with the full release landing at the end of August.
