Issues have announced their new album “Headspace” will receive a May 20th release date on Rise Records. On January 2, 2015, Issues were featured in an article on Alternative Press, in which they stated that the writing and pre-production for their second album would begin on January 23. Acord announced that he wouldn't be touring with Issues during 2015, in order to focus on his work as a music producer. However, he stated that he would still be a member of the band in the studio, and will co-produce the upcoming album, titled "Headspace" Drummer Manuel said that the band was in the studio writing for their second album and that they had booked time, once again, with Kris Crummett and Erik Ron in July 2015 to record it. In November 2015, they announced that they will be a five piece, with Scout leaving to focus on producing music and working with Issues only as a collaborator. Issues were announced as part of the line-up for Slam Dunk Festival during November 2015. Issues announced the release of their first single off the album "The Realest" to be on March 24, 2016. The album itself is set to drop on May 20th.