Today, January 9th, 2026, Father John Misty’s “The Old Law” is a new single available on all digital streaming services worldwide from Sub Pop. The song was produced by Drew Erickson and Josh Tillman, mixed by Michael Harris and Jonathan Wilson at Fivestar Studios in Los Angeles, and mastered by Adam Amyan at Ayan Mastering. “The Old Law” is previously known to Father John Misty fans as “God’s Trash” and debuted as part of the live set in the fall of 2024.
A little over a year later, “The Old Law” single follows the release of Mahashmashana, Father John Misty’s sixth long player in twelve years, released in November 2024.
The Western US leg of Father John Misty’s previously announced international headlining and festival tour dates in support of Mahashmashama kick off Monday, March 23rd in Ventura, CA at the Majestic Ventura Theater and run through Sunday, May 17th in Pomona, CA at The Fox Theater.
Along this run, Father John Misty has scheduled two-night stands at the historic The Castro Theatre in San Francisco (March 24th+25th), and at The Paramount Theatre in Seattle (Apr. 3rd +4th). He will also headline at Boise’s Treefort Festival (Mar. 29th).
Father John Misty’s UK & EU run will start on Monday, June 1st in Lisbon, PT at Sagres Campo Pequeno and end on Sunday, June 14th in Wicklow, IE with a headlining set at Beyond The Pale Festival. Highlights for this run include appearances at Primavera Festival in Barcelona, ES (Jun. 4th), and Northside Festival in Aarhus, DK (Jun. 6th) and Father John Misty’s first headlining shows in Portugal in eight years.
Variety says of his July 2025 headlining performance at The Greek Theatre, “He’s one of contemporary music’s greatest lyricists and one of our loveliest melodists (a good combo, when you can find it, by the way), so there’s usually some kind of euphoric effect even in distemper or dystopia. His wish is our command when it comes to actually enjoying stuff that sounds more challenging on paper, or even on vinyl, than it does in the flesh.”
Mon. Mar. 23 - Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theater @
Tue. Mar. 24 - San Francisco, CA - The Castro Theatre*
Wed. Mar. 25 - San Francisco, CA - The Castro Theatre*
Fri. Mar. 27 - Sacramento, CA - Channel 24 #
Sat. Mar. 28 - Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort and Casino - Grand Theatre@
Sun. Mar. 29 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Festival
Tue. Mar. 31 - Missoula, MT - The Wilma@
Thu. Apr. 02 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre@
Fri. Apr. 03 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre&
Sat. Apr. 04 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre&
Thu. May 14 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen #
Fri. May 15 - Salt Lake City - Kilby Block Party
Sat. May 16- Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl@
Sun. May 17 - Pomona, CA - The Fox Theater@
EU Tour Dates, June 2026
Mon. Jun. 01 - Lisbon, PT - Sagres Campo Pequeno
Tue. Jun. 02 - Porto, PT - Coliseu do Porto
Thu. Jun. 04 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Festival
Sat. Jun. 06 - Aarhus, DK - Northside Festival
Mon. Jun. 08 - Amsterdam, NL - Live At Amsterdam Bos
Tue. Jun. 09 - Cologne, DE - Carlswerk Victoria
Wed. Jun.10 - Antwerp, BE - OLT Rivierenhof
Fri. Jun. 12 - London, UK - Lido Festival
Sun. Jun. 14 - Wicklow, IE - Beyond The Pale Festival
@ with David Vandervelde
* with Andy Shauf
# An Evening With
& Very Special Guests TBA
Mahashmashana and its singles earned glowing reviews and “Best of” coverage from the likes of Variety, The Ringer, Vogue, Under the Radar, Uproxx, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, The AV Club, PASTE, Consequence of Sound, PopMatters, GQ (UK), Philadelphia Inquirer, Pitchfork, New York Times, and The New Yorker, the latter who called the album “an aching monument to human imperfection.”
“One of the most refreshing voices in indie.” — Paste
“An increasingly rare artist who sees indie pop as more than just wallpaper, Lala Lala has steadily built a discography that aims boldly for the heart.” — FADER
Lala Lala, the project of Lillie West, announces her new album and Sub Pop debut, Heaven 2, out February 27th, and a North American tour (on sale Jan. 9th). In conjunction, she releases two new singles, “Heaven2” and “Even Mountains Erode,” which follow the existential “Does This Go Faster?,” a tone setter for Heaven 2 which “glimmers with champagne-bubbly synths and percussion” (FLOOD).
West has always made her music in response to an itchiness to always be moving, but as she developed a burgeoning desire to settle, she found the surprise realization that steadiness can beget creativity. That evolutionary tension is what fuels Heaven 2. The album was co-produced by West and Jay Som’s Melina Duterte, who provides a strong punchiness as a bed for West’s warm, rounded vocals. Duterte and West performed almost all of the album’s instruments with a few crucial guests, including Sen Morimoto, Macie Stewart and Porches’ Aaron Maine.
For many years, West lived in Chicago, where she established Lala Lala as an integral part of the city’s indie scene, releasing two albums – The Lamb (2018) and I Want the Door to Open (2021) – on the Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. They were powerful statements from a curious artist: catchy guitar-pop songs about being stuck in the ups and downs of life, the struggle to stay sober, to leave town, to blow up your life.
West left Chicago to search for more, and in the process, wrote Heaven 2. On her journey, she landed off the grid in Taos, New Mexico, then made her way to Iceland, where she lived on and off for two years, with the off being in London, where she grew up. Following a residency in a tiny Icelandic town, she made her way to Reykjavik and released an instrumental album, If I Were A Real Man I Would Be Able To Break The Neck Of A Suffering Bird (2024), and finally headed to Los Angeles, where she has, almost surprisingly, fallen in love and found herself settled. It’s been a good place to live, not because she particularly likes or dislikes L.A., but because she’s discovered that, as she puts it, “wherever you go, there you are.” This sentiment permeates throughout Heaven 2.
Take “Even Mountains Erode” in which West sings about how it’s ultimately okay to be on one’s own: “There are symbols and signs, you’re missing your life // You’re under a threat, that you can’t feel yet // And if you need to be free, I don’t see what you see // But I’m not opposed // Even mountains erode.” And the melodramatic “Heaven2,” written at a time of feeling defeated. West’s vocals build like a cloud swelling before a storm, synths sweep across the song, the drums patter like raindrops on a car roof, and then the whole sky opens up, with a massive instrumental outro taken straight from the demo.
Catharsis is not only about the pain, but the escape that happens when you free yourself of it. And so there are moments of bold joy on the album, too. “Resistance is the root of all suffering, and I did not know that,” says West. “I thought that I could dictate the course of my life.” Of course, like everyone else, she could not. Wherever you go, there you are.
Heaven 2 is now available to preorder on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LPs purchased from megamart.subpop.com, MegaMart Europe in the UK + EU, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition on Ocean Blue (NA) and Crystal Clear (UK/EU) vinyl, while supplies last.
Iron & Wine, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Sam Beam, will release their eighth full-length album and sixth for Sub Pop, entitled Hen’s Teeth, worldwide on February 27th.
Hen’s Teeth arrives fully formed but sits as a sibling record, of sorts, to 2024’s acclaimed and Grammy-nominated Light Verse. Its seeds were sewn during the multiple sessions done over the last few years in the foothills of Los Angeles with studio owner/engineer Dave Way (Fiona Apple, Jakob Dylan, Sheryl Crow) at the helm. The record features many familiar names from the Iron & Wine universe - David Garza, Sebastian Steinberg, Tyler Chester, Griffin Goldsmith, Beth Goodfellow, Kyle Crane, and Paul Cartwright – lending their talents to a collection of songs that, while complementary in nature, had their own distinct feel.
Hen’s Teeth includes a few new, fresh voices; the Grammy-winning Americana trio I’m With Her - Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins - are featured on two tracks. The trio bring their harmonizing prowess to the ebullient track, “Robin’s Egg,” and in the tender, mournful “Wait Up” they make more with less on a song that is sure to become a fan favorite. The record also marks the recording debut of Arden Beam. Arden (one of Beam’s daughters) contributes harmonies and backing vocals on “Roses,” “Singing Saw,” “Defiance, Ohio,” and “Grace Notes.” Her contributions lend a personal poignancy and a wonderful sonic texture to Hen’s Teeth.
The title Hen’s Teeth, much like the birth of this record, takes its inspiration as something that should not exist; a happy accident that fell out of enjoying the company of the aforementioned players in a setting that offered creativity and inspiration. As Beam states : “To me it suggests the impossible. Hen’s teeth do not exist. And that’s what this record felt like: a gift that shouldn’t be there but it is. An impossible thing but it’s real.”
Today, Iron & Wine has shared an official video for their sonically poignant track, “In Your Ocean.” It’s one of several songs on Hen’s Teeth in which lovers are depicted as so deeply entwined they physically merge. “Praying for dry ground / Though I only want to drown / When I find myself swimming in your ocean.” You can watch the new video, directed by Spencer Kelly, here.
Iron & Wine have announced a WORLD tour beginning in late February in Australia & New Zealand, with headline dates in North America, running from April to May and newly announced dates in October. See below for a complete list of dates. Tickets can be purchased here.
Australia & New Zealand Sat. Feb. 28 - Perth, AU - The Rechabite * Mon. Mar. 02 - Brisbane, AU - The Princess Theatre * Wed. Mar. 04 - Sydney, AU - City Recital Hall * Fri. Mar. 06 - Adelaide, AU - WOMADelaide * Sat. Mar. 07 - Port Fairy, AU - Port Fairy Folk Festival Sun. Mar 08 - Port Fairy, AU - Port Fairy Folk Festival Tue. Mar. 10 - Melbourne, AU - Northcote Theatre * Thu. Mar. 12 - Hobart, AU - Odeon Theatre * Sat. Mar. 14 - Auckland, NZ - Powerstation * Sun. Mar - 15, Wellington, NZ - Meow Nui *
North America Tue. Mar. 17 - Honolulu, HI - The Hawaii Theatre ^ Wed. Mar. 18 - Kahului, HI - Maui Arts & Cultural Center Castle Theater ^ Mon. Apr. 27th - St Louis, MO - The Pageant @ Tue. Apr. 28th - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note @ Wed. Apr. 29th - Omaha, NE - Astro Theater @ Fri. May 01 - Saint Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater @ Sat. May 02 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom @ Sun. May 03 - Iowa City, IA - The Englert Theatre @ Tue. May 05 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall @ Wed. May 06 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall @ Fri. May 08 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater @ Sat. May 09 - Niagara Falls, CA - The Avalon Theatre at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort @ Sun. May 10 - Albany, NY - The Egg @ Mon. May 11 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer @ Wed. May 13 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel @ Thu. May 14 - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club @ Fri. May 15 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa @ Sat. May 16 - Saxapahaw, NC - Haw River Ballroom @ Sun. May 17 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle @
*with Leah Senior ^ with Jenny Yim @ with Improvement Movement
Hen’s Teeth is now available to preorder on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LPs purchased from megamart.subpop.com, MegaMart Europe in the UK + EU, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition on Transparent White (NA), Ox Blood (UK/EU), and Australia/New Zealand (White) while supplies last. Iron & Wine Hen’s Teeth
Track Listing: 1. Roses 2. Paper and Stone 3. Robin’s Egg (feat. I’m With Her) 4. Singing Saw 5. In Your Ocean 6. Defiance, Ohio 7. Wait Up (feat. I’m With Her) 8. Grace Notes 9. Dates and Dead People 10. Half Measures
On Friday, February 6th, 2026, Sub Pop will release a limited-edition 7” single from Oklahoma City noise-rock powerhouse Chat Pile featuring two studio tracks: one brand new original titled “Masks,” and the other a burly reimagining of the early Nirvana song “Sifting.”
The single will be available on sea-glass with black swirl vinyl, and can be preordered now in the US from Sub Pop Mega Mart, in the UK/EU from Mega Mart Europe, and an independent retailer near you. A tour-only version pressed on peach vinyl will also be available at Chat Pile’s live shows. Finally, there is a sick new collaborative logo T-shirt also available (7” Single and T-shirt, available while supplies last!).
Sub Pop is thrilled that Chat Pile graced us with these two massive songs, and we couldn’t be happier to add them to the list of greats who have released. The band kindly shared their perspective on this release, so we’ll let them elaborate further:
“It’s a true dream to put out a single on Sub Pop, and our new song ‘Masks’ hopefully honors the spirit of the mythical, sometimes mystical, city of Seattle. Thanks in part to the movie Hype, we have long been obsessed with Seattle, the American underground of the late ‘80s, and Sub Pop and their tools of world domination. Everything we learned about packaging Chat Pile, we learned from Sub Pop co-founders Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt.
“We wanted to cover a song from the early Sub Pop era, and something off Bleach seemed the obvious choice. Songs like ‘Paper Cuts,’ ‘Negative Creep,’ and especially ‘Sifting’ are fairly lateral to the type of sounds we make with Chat Pile. (Perhaps next time we’ll take on a TAD song!)
“P.S. - Fuck ICE.”
Chat Pile August 2026 Tour Dates Sonic Blast Festival - Ancora, Portugal Off Festival - Katowice, Poland Palp Festival - Col du Lein, Switzerland Arctangent Festival - Bristol, United Kingdom
Today, guitar virtuoso and musical G.O.A.T. J Mascisis releasing a newish song, “Say It On,” available now for the first time on all streaming platforms from Sub Pop. The digital single features new cover art by his son, Rory, and the song was recorded during the 2017 sessions for Elastic Days.
This marks the first time the track has been digitally available; it previously appeared as a Japanese B-side for the album and on the 2025 Fire Relief Compilation, Gimme Shelter, compiled by FLOOD Magazine.
Photo credit: Jeffrey Fowler
Mascis has just returned from London, opening for shoegaze heavyweights My Bloody Valentine at Wembley Arena. Stay connected on all things J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr here.
