“…power-pop jangles that intersect the timelines of The Replacements and modern indie pop acts like Alvvays. These songs are littered with earworms, hooks, and an infectious sense of optimism.” RANGE
“A bigger, bolder sounding record than its predecessor… There are shades of British glam rock in “Never In Style”, and the primal, melodic impressions of The Replacements and Elvis Costello & The Attractions pepper the nooks and crannies of the record overall. Above all, it sounds fun.” The Line Of Best Fit
“For fans of power-pop main players such as Sugar, Posies, Teenage Fanclub and The Replacements, if this is a weird nightmare its one that no one will be in a rush to wake up from.” - Classic Rock
Today is May 1st, and Hoopla, the sensational new long-player from Weird Nightmare (the new project from METZ frontman, Alex Edkins), is available now on CD/LP/DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop and in Canada from Dine Alone. The 10-track album features the previously released singles “Where I Belong”, “Pay No Mind,”“Forever Elsewhere,” and the Alternative Specialty radio hit,“Might See You There.” The album was co-produced by Edkins and Spoon’s Jim Eno at Seth Manchester’s Machines With Magnets in Providence, RI. Hoopla was crafted with just the right amount of punk rock fuzz and crunch. The immediate, crisp, unfussy recording brings you right into the studio with Edkins and his band.
Earlier this week, the band concluded a short US tour with shows in Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, and Seattle. This weekend, they will be playing two FREE in-store performances, the first, tonight at Sonic Boom in Toronto, and the other on Sunday, May 3rd, at zBTFD in Brantford, ON. A UK/EU run will begin on Friday, August 28th in Malaga, Spain, at the Canela Party Festival, with additional shows continuing through Sunday, September 13th, in Asten, NL, at the Misty Fields Festival. See below for a full run of shows.
North America Fri. May 01 - Toronto, ON - Sonic Boom (in-store) Sun. May 03 - Brantford, ON - zBTFD (in-store) Tue. May 12 - Kingston, ON - Broom Factory Wed. May 13 - Montreal, PQ - Bar le Ritz Fri. May 15 - Halifax, NS - Marquee Ballroom # Sat. May 16 - Halifax, NS - Marquee Ballroom # Wed. May 27 - St. Paul - Turf Club Thu. May 28 - Chicago, IL - Cobra Lounge Fri. May 29 - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room Sat. May 30 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop Wed. Jun. 17 - London, ON - London Music Hall # Thu. Jun. 18 - Hamilton, ON - Bridgeworks # Fri. Jun. 19 - Toronto, ON - Masonic Temple # Sat. Jun. 20 - Ottawa, ON - The Bronson # Wed. Jun. 24 - Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall Thu. Jun. 25 - Washington, DC - Songbyrd Fri. Jun. 26 - Philadelphia, PA - Ortlieb’s Sat. Jun. 27 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool Sun. Jun. 28 - Medford, MA - Deep Cuts
UK/EU Fri. Aug. 28 - Malaga, ES - Canela Party Festival Sat. Aug. 29 - Brighton, UK - Alphabet Tue. Sep. 01 - Leeds, UK - The Attic Wed. Sep. 02 - Glasgow, UK - Hug & Pint Thu. Sep. 03 - Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds Fri. Sep. 04 - Southampton, UK - Heartbreakers Sat. Sep. 05 - London, UK - The Lexington Sun. Sep. 06 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotown Tue. Sep. 08 - Berlin, DE - Urban Spree Wed. Sep. 09 - Cologne, DE - Bumann & Sohn Thu. Sep. 10 - Paris, FR - Point Ephemere Sat. Sep. 12 - Lille, FR- Aeronef Sun. Sep. 13 Asten, NL - Misty Fields Festival
^ with Mrs. Magician # with Wintersleep
LP orders of Hoopla in the US through Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the limited Loser Edition on Emerald Green-Blue vinyl; orders through Mega Mart Europe will receive the Loser Edition on Transparent Orange (UK/EU). The Canadian exclusive will be available on Orange/Blue/White Solar Flare from Dine Alone. The limited Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store (all limited vinyl colors available while stock lasts!).
What people have said about Weird Nightmare: “…an undeniably infectious power-pop anthem” - [“Forever Elsewhere”] Stereogum
“…rippling power pop cut.”- [“Might See You There”] Exclaim!
“Inspired by the simplicity and ‘big bar chords’ of The Undertones and Protex, [‘Might See You There’] evokes a rose-tinted sense of teenage nostalgia.” DIY
“Weird Nightmare is all about hooks and melody. Still delivered with levels in the red, but these are ultracatchy powerpop songs first and foremost, and really good ones at that.” Brooklyn Vegan
“The debut Weird Nightmare album from METZ guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins is a hook-filled set of blown-out power-pop with distorted guitars, punchy rhythms and bright pop melodies.” KEXP
“Alex Edkins finally lets those melodies loose, resulting in an irresistibly euphoric blast of feedback spattered garage-pop that is just what the doctor ordered to chase away any lingering post-lockdown blues.’” The Quietus
Weird Nightmare Hoopla
Tracklisting: 1. Headful of Rain 2. Might See You There 3. Baby Don’t 4. Forever Elsewhere 5. Never in Style 6. Pay No Mind 7. If You Should Turn Away 8. Little Strange 9. Bright City Lights (ft. Julianna Riolino) 10. Where I Belong
Today, The Bug Club shares the humorously apathetic new single “A Good Day For Dying,” available now on all streaming services from Sub Pop.
The track is from Every Single Muscle, which is The Bug Club’s punkiest offering yet. It recalls both the short, sharp snaps of their very first singles and the grunt of recent releases. So packed is the album with wall-to-wall riffs and lyrical hooks rammed into tight confines that Sam actually asks permission to squeeze in a solo during “A Good Day for Dying.” He’s given two seconds.
With regard to the lyricism, while Very Human Features did an excellent job of pointing at everyday things and highlighting their absurdity, on Every Single Muscle, The Bug Club looks more closely at themselves. Not so much in an introspective way, though. More in a way an alien might probe a captive specimen on an intergalactic gurney. Horror movies get their “body” subgenre; now, garage rock albums get theirs, too. Self-interested in an entirely new sense of the term, the human form and condition is prodded and inspected from every angle throughout the course of the album. “A Good Day For Dying” is another excellent example of this.
The Bug Club previously announced tour in support of Every Single Muscle begins Saturday, May 9th in Wrexham, UK at The Rockin’ Chair and currently runs through Friday, July 10th in Chicago, IL at Lincoln Hall. Please see a full list of dates below.
May/June/August 2026, UK Shows Sat. May 09 - Wrexham, UK - The Rockin’ Chair Thu. May 14 - Manchester, UK - The Eagle Fri. May 15 - Manchester, UK - The Eagle Sat. May 16 - Glasgow, UK - The Glad Cafe Sat. May 23 - London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton* Mon. Jun. 01- Norwich, UK - Arts Centre Tue. Jun. 02 - Brighton, Uk - Concorde 2 Wed. Jun. 03 - Bristol, UK - Lantern Hall (Bristol Beacon) Thu. Jun. 04 - Liverpool, UK - Hangar 34 Fri. Jun. 05 - Leeds, UK - Project House Sat. Jun. 06 - Barry, UK - Memo Arts Centre Sat. Aug. 22 - Crickhowell, UK, Green Man Festival * supporting Super Furry Animals
June/July 2026, CAN/US Shows Thu. Jun. 18 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison ^ Fri. Jun. 19 - Picton, ON - Matron Brewing ^ Sat. Jun. 20 - Burnstown, ON - Neat ^ Sun. Jun. 21 - Montreal, QC - Foufs ^ Mon. Jun. 22 - Quebec City, QC - Le Centre ^ Wed. Jun. 24 - Charlottetown, PE - Trailside Inn ^ Thu. Jun. 25 - Fredericton, NB - The Cap ^ Fri. Jun. 26 - Halifax, NS - Seahorse ^ Sat. Jun. 27 - Sydney, NS - Daniel’s Ale House ^ Mon. Jun. 29 - Portland, ME - SPACE Gallery Tue. Jun. 30 - Medford, MA - Deep Cuts Wed. Jul. 01 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere Rooftop Thu. Jul. 02 - Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club Mon. Jul. 06 - Washington, DC - DC9 Tue. Jul. 07 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle Back Room Wed. Jul. 08 - Asheville, NC - Static Age Thu. Jul. 09 - Nashville, TN - Blue Room @ Third Man Fri. Jul. 10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall ^ w/ Boojums
Every Single Muscle will be out May 29th, 2026 worldwide from Sub Pop, and is available to preorder now on CD/LP/all DSPs. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe in the UK + EU, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition opaque blue (NA) and blue vinyl (UK/EU) (all vinyl color editions whilst stock lasts!). Every Single Muscle also features what is likely the band’s most BONKERS cover art to date, illustrated by Ross Willmett.
Every Single Muscle features today’s offering “A Good Day for Dying,” along with approximately 17 other tight and engaging garage-punk numbers like “Watching the Omnibus,” “Yours (If You Want Me),” “Make It Count,” and “My Uncle Warren Drives a Passat.” Every Single Muscle was produced and mixed by Tom Rees at Rat Trap Studios in Cardiff, Wales, and mastered by Mikey Young.
What People Are Saying About The Bug Club “a near-constant stream of two-minute rippers that blend musical urgency with wicked humour and big hooks.” [Every Single Muscle] UNCUT
“Welsh duo The Bug Club have become one of the most reliable DIY-style indie rock groups of the last few years, and the first single from their upcoming album Every Single Muscle does not disappoint. “Watching the Omnibus” is a patented Bug Club ripper that clocks in at just over a minute, packed with hooks and self-deprecating lyrics.” “Indie Basement: Best Songs & Albums of February 2026” - BROOKLYN VEGAN
“There’s another Bug Club single, you see, one that finds them raucously rocking out and harmonizing like it’s the ’60s and “Twist And Shout” is next up on the setlist…see if you don’t fall in love.” [“Yours (If You Want Me)”]. STEREOGUM
The Bug Club Every Single Muscle
Tracklisting: 1. Miss Wales 2012 2. A Good Day for Dying 3. Make It Count 4. Cut to Black 5. Full Range of Motion 6. Pretty as a Magazine 7. Look Like Me 8. How Can We Be Friends 9. Every Single Muscle 10. Shiny and Wet 11. Semi-Automatic 12. In My Short Life 13. Watching the Omnibus 14. It’s Our Manager David 15. Yours (If You Want Me) 16. All My Clothes Fell Off 17. Third Best Friend 18. My Uncle Warren Drives a Passat
Wolf Parade has scheduled a series of North American headlining and festival dates for late summer and fall of 2026, beginning Saturday, August 1st, in Montreal, QC at Osheaga Music Festival and running through Saturday, December 12th, in Toronto, ON at History. The announcement includes the just-announced headlining play on Sunday, November 29th at The Showbox at The Market in Seattle, which goes on sale Friday, May 1st at 10 am PT.
Tickets for all other shows are on sale now. Please find a current list of dates below.
Sat. Aug. 01 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Music Festival
Tue. Nov. 10 - Calgary, AB - The Palace Theatre Wed. Nov. 11 - Edmonton, AB - Midway Music Hall Fri. Nov. 13 - Vancouver, BC - The Pearl Sat. Nov. 14 - Vancouver, BC - The Pearl Sun. Nov. 29 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market * Sat. Dec. 12 - History, Toronto, Canada Tickets
* w/ Lex Walton
Wolf Parade’s Apologies To The Queen Mary standout “I’ll Believe In Anything” has earned the band a slew of new fans thanks to its prominent use in the steamy hit TV show Heated Rivalry (see February 9th Vulture interview).
On Spotify alone, the original recording of “I’ll Believe In Anything” has now reached 40 million streams to date, with 21 million of those amassed since the show’s premiere in late November. The song’s placement in the show also helped grow the band’s listenership on the platform to over 2 million monthly listeners.
Wolf Parade band member Spencer Krug also recently shared a solo piano version of “I’ll Believe In Anything,” which is available now on all DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop (and on Pronounced Kroog in Canada).
This tender version of the song originated in January 2026 during Spencer’s solo set at Unreal City Fest in Vancouver, BC at Russian Hall. The response to the performance on social media was fantastic, so he has now recorded the new rendering of the song at Risque Disque Records in Ladysmith, BC, for wider release.
Wolf Parade was founded in 2003 in Montreal, Quebec. After a pair of self-titled EPs, the band - Hadji Bakara (electronic manipulations), Dan Boeckner (guitar, vocals), Spencer Krug (keyboards, vocals), Arlen Thompson (drums) - released Apologies to the Queen Mary to widespread acclaim in September, 2005. The album was recorded by Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock.
The band followed Apologies with 2008’s At Mount Zoomer and 2010s Expo 86. After a hiatus, Wolf Parade came back with Cry Cry Cry in 2017 and Thin Mind in 2020.
PISS, the evocative, noisy, genre-bending 4-piece punk band from Vancouver, B.C are announcing today that they have signed to Sub Pop for the world and in Canada with Paper Bag Records. Ahead of the new material we are all eagerly awaiting, PISS has scheduled international headlining and festival dates spanning the spring, summer, and fall of 2026, beginning Saturday, May 2nd, in Liverpool, UK, at Sound City Festival and running through Thursday, November 5th, in Reykjavik, IS, at Iceland Airwaves.
Highlights of this announcement include headlining shows in Glasgow, London, Manchester, and Paris in May, as well as appearances at festivals like The Great Escape, London Calling, Pickathon, End of the Road, and Brighton Psych Festival. Additional live dates to be announced soon. Please find a current list of dates below.
Post-Trash says of the band, “PISS are a lightning bolt. The Vancouver-based punk band’s debut three demos blurs the lines between hardcore, art-rock, and experimental poetry. PISS hits with the same onslaught of being thunderstruck.” DIY offers this, “The group combine their music with spoken word poetry, visual art, and experimental performance, putting on a show that blurs the lines between wildly complex interpersonal and political themes, with a beautifully human feel to it.” Meanwhile, Exclaim says, “More than any other local hardcore band today, PISS place crucial emphasis on words, those of both singer and poet-at-heart Taylor Zantingh’s and, through audio samples, feminist activist Andrea Dworkin’s (ever committed to accessibility, the quartet also includes captions in its videos). Over corrosive noise and riffs that clench, wrench and tear like the jaws of life, Zantingh unpacks her experiences with body image issues and codependency as she shouts, growls, and shrieks in protest against enculturated ideas about female sexuality and the subjugation of women…with iron determination, PISS are putting in the work, learning skills and habits that can nourish anyone. Pay attention and follow along.” Finally, The Line of Best Fit says of the band’s music and live show, “Weeks after getting to chat with the members of PISS online, I am now here witnessing their live power. It is like nothing I have ever seen before… a sound that’s entirely new and stunningly raw.”
Sat. May 02 - Liverpool, UK - Sound City Festival
Sun. May 03 - Leeds, UK - Gold Sounds Festival Wed. May 06 - Glasgow, UK - Hug and Pint Thu. May 07 - Manchester, UK - Yes (Basement) Sat. May 09 - Wrexham, UK - FOCUS Wales Festival Mon. May 11 - London, UK - Lexington [Sold Out] Thu. May 14 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape Festival Sat. May 16 - Amsterdam, NL - London Calling Festival Sun. May 17 - Brussels, BE - Les Nuits Botanique Festival Tue. May 19 - Paris, FR - Le Klub Wed. May 20 - Rennes, FR - Antipode Sat. May 23 - Bristol, UK - Dot to Dot Festival Sun. May 24 - Nottingham, UK - Dot to Dot Festival Thu. Jul. 30 - Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon Sat. Aug. 01 - Sackville, NB - Sappyfest Fri. Aug. 28 - Eindhoven, NL - Hit The City Festival Fri. Sep. 04 - Brighton, UK - Brighton Psych Fest Festival Sun. Sep. 06 - Salisbury, UK - End of the Road Festival Thu. Nov 05 - Reykjavik, IS - Iceland Airwaves
PISS combines music, poetry, sound collage, performance art, and various mediums of visual art to address complex themes that blur the line between personal and political. Powered by a combination of thoughtful musicianship, energetic live performances, and a crystal-clear vision of a safer underground community, PISS writes punk music that aims to transcend the limitations of a well-established genre by pulling inspiration from a wide range of unexpected influences: literary giants, philosophers, filmmakers, painters, psychoanalysts, activists, children, members of a German anarcho-feminist militant group, and audience members from their shows, to name a few. These voices represent varying ideological beliefs about gender-based violence and enable PISS to create art that depicts challenging and controversial issues such as sexual violence and enculturated gender norms without reduction, romanticization, polemics, or dogmatism.
PISS comprises poet and teacher Taylor Zantingh on vocals, filmmaker Tyler Paterson on guitar, Gavin Moya on bass, and Garreth Roberts on drums.
In the official video for Telehealth’s “Donor Country (A gOoD cAuSe),” the band presents Telehealth’s Top Talent, an unreal new talent show competition featuring an assortment of witches, hedge trimming artists, magicians, “air” DJs, and bubblegum blowers all vying for their 15 minutes of fame. The visual was directed by Eleanor Petry, and the song is available today on all streaming services.
Telehealth offers this on the song and its accompanying visual, “‘Donor Country (A gOoD cAuSe)’ examines how modern philanthropy blurs survival, cultural status, and compromise. In the absurd American financial landscape where nearly every day to day activity (from checkout charity prompts at Safeway to GoFundMe campaigns to afford medical bill) relies on some form of patronage, the song sits in a gray space, tracing the interdependence between funding that keeps life (and art!) afloat while quietly shaping their limits, turning generosity into both necessity and a performance.
“The video stages this absurd reality as Telehealth Top Talent, a parody talent show where contestants push themselves into increasingly exaggerated, court-jester extremes (cue the singing, dancing, and self-mythologizing!!) for a shot at money and fleeting fame. Blending satire with discomfort, the video turns the spectacle of opportunity into an observation of cultural survival under patronage… asking not just who is being exploited, but who is benefiting from this? In the end, it’s less about a single oppressor than a shared dependency - one that leaves open the question of who holds power once the check clears, and where that money comes from in the first place?”
Telehealth begins their North American headline tour in support of Green World Image this Sunday, April 26th in Cleveland, OH at Happy Dog. The 19-date trek continues through Wednesday, May 27 in Reno, NV at Holland Project. See below for a full list of dates.
Sun. Apr. 26 - Cleveland, OH - Happy Dog * Mon. Apr. 27 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle ^ Tue. Apr. 28 - Detroit, MI - Outer Limits Lounge ! Wed. Apr. 29 - Pittsburgh, PA - Bottle Rocket @ Thu. Apr. 30 - Philadelphia, PA - Launderette # Sat. May 02 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts % Sun. May 03 - New York, NY - NightClub 101 $ Thu. May 14 - Seattle, WA - Neumos + Fri. May 15 - Portland, OR - Swan Dive ** Sat. May 16 - Boise, ID - Shrine Basement ^^ Sun. May 17 - SLC, UT - The DLC !! Mon. May 18 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive @@ Tue. May 19 - Albuquerque, NM - Sister Bar ## Thu. May 21 - Phoenix, AZ - Linger Longer Lounge %% Sat. May 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Permanent Records $$ Sun. May 24 - San Diego, CA - Banshee Bar ++ Tue. May 26 - Oakland, CA - Stork Club *** Wed. May 27 - Reno, NV - Holland Project ^^^ * w/ Axis Sova ^ w/ Dr. Fang And The Bats, The Pop Cult ! w/ Dori, Credit Card @ w/ valleyview, Phloc # w/ Positronix, Gripper % w/ Perennial, Pink Lids $ w/ Mary Shelley + w/ Coral Grief, Buddy Wynkopp ** w/ Buddy Wynkopp, Nonbinary Girlfriend ^^ w/ Deep Heaven !! w/ The Fever Drift, more TBA @@ w/ Chroma Lips, Video Daze ## w/ TBA %% w/ The Sheaves, DOMS $$ w/ Tube Alloys, Agender ++ w/ Blair Gun, Ghee *** w/ Street Eaters, Squiggle ^^^ w/ Clarko, Charity Kiss
Green World Image is now available for preorder worldwide from Sub Pop. LP preorders in North America through Sub Pop Mega Mart and in the EU and UK through Mega Mart Europe will receive the Loser Edition on Crystal Clear vinyl. The limited Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store (All vinyl colors available whilst stock lasts!).
Read more on Telehealth’s Green World Image at Sub Pop.
What People Are Saying About Telehealth: “It’s satirical Seattle poetry, set to an anxious, punked-up rhythm and a weirdly cathartic stream of buzzwords and industries millennials have supposedly “killed,” per a ludicrous Reddit thread.” [“Things I’ve Killed”] Seattle Times
“Telehealth make great new wave inspired art punk that’s as catchy as it is clever.” [“Cool Job”] Post-Trash
“A wacky lead single…sounds like ‘a modern update on a B-52s B-side’” [“Cool Job”] STEREOGUM
Tracklisting: 1. [user onboarding sequence] 2. The Telehealth Shuffle 3. Kokomo 2 4. Donor Country (A gOoD cAuSe) 5. Age of Muralcide 6. Things I’ve Killed 7. Cost of Inaction 8. Silver Spoon 9. Cool Job 10. Yassify Me 11. Maria, Machine 12. Villain Era 13. Living, Laughing, Loving, Trying
Today, April 14th, 2026, Nation of Language is sharing a striking new cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love album track “Tougher Than the Rest.” The song will also be available on a limited-edition 7” single (of 1000 copies) on Friday, May 29th, worldwide from Sub Pop. It can now be preordered in North America through megamart.subpop.com, in the UK/EU from MegaMart Europe, and Bandcamp. The “Tougher Than the Rest” single will also be available at the band’s live shows this summer (while supplies last).
Nation of Language’s Ian Richard Devaney offers this on the track, “Like so many young New Jersey residents, I grew up listening to Springsteen, but this song somehow slipped by me during that formative era. I was really only exposed to it within the last few years, and it’s followed me around since then.
“I can remember finishing a particularly emotional show somewhere deep in last year’s tour, and our sound engineer, Skinny, started playing it as our exit music. It caught me so hard that I stayed there, just offstage, and listened to the rest of the song blasting, mixed with the sounds of all of the people milling about the venue.
“When we ultimately endeavored that we might try doing our own version of the song, we luckily had a Yamaha CS-80 at our disposal, the same synth model which featured pretty heavily across the Tunnel of Love sessions back in ’87. Knowing we were working with some of the same textures as the original made it a little less daunting to cover Bruce.”
Following a successful run of spring shows in Mexico and Japan, Nation of Language are announcing new headlining and festival dates scheduled for the summer & early fall of 2026 in support of their recent Sub Pop debut Dance Called Memory.
The touring starts Thursday, June 11th in Porto, PT at Primavera Sound Porto Parque Da Cidade, and currently runs through Saturday, September 26 in Portsmouth, NH at 3S Artspace.
Nation of Language will join Sub Pop labelmates Deep Sea Diver for two Pacific Northwest co-headlining shows, Friday, July 17th in Forest Grove, OR at Grand Lodge, and Saturday, July 18th in Carnation, WA at Remlinger Farms. The band’s previously announced support trek with Death Cab For Cutie in the Midwest and Southwestern US will also run from July 23rd to August 4th.
As for Nation of Language’s EU festival and headlining appearances in the EU, these include dates in the Czech Republic, Germany, Romania, Hungary, and Austria. The band will also play a series of shows in the UK, including a three-night residency in London at the Village Underground, Tuesday, August 18th-Thursday, August 20th.
Then in September, Nation of Language will headline a run of North American shows that includes stops in Baltimore, Columbus, Toronto, Montreal, and a hometown performance Saturday, September 19th at Brooklyn Paramount.
Please find a current list of tour dates below.
EU, June 2026 Thu. Jun. 11 - Porto, PT - Primavera Sound Porto Parque Da Cidade Fri. Jun. 12 - Stuttgart, DE - About Pop Festival Sat. Jun. 13 - Hilvarenbeek, NL - Best Kept Secret Festival Tue. Jun. 16 - Lille, FR - L’Aeronef Wed. Jun. 17 - Luxembourg, LU - Den Atelier Thu. Jun. 18 - Lucerne, CH - B-Sides Festival Fri. Jun. 19 - Lyon, FR - Transbordeur Club Sun. Jun. 21 - Athens, GR - Release Athens Festival X SNF Nostos Tue. Jun. 23 - Toulouse, FR - Le Bikini Wed. Jun. 24 - Bordeaux, FR - Rock School Barbey Sat. Jun. 27 - Camaiore, IT - La Prima Estate Festival
North America, July/August 2026 Thu. Jul. 09 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Music Hall Fri. Jul. 10 - Las Vegas, NV - Swan Dive Sun. Jul. 12 - Reno, NV - The Alpine Tue. Jul. 14 - Felton, CA - Felton Music Hall Wed. Jul. 15 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades Fri. Jul. 17 - Forest Grove, OR - Grand Lodge * Sat. Jul. 18 - Carnation, WA - Remlinger Farms * Sun. Jul. 19 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom Wed. Jul. 22 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy Thu. Jul. 23 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East Fri. Jul. 24 - St. Louis, MO - Stifel Theatre ^ Sat. Jul. 25 - Bentonville, AR - The Momentary ^ Sun. Jul. 26 - Council Bluffs, IA - Harrah’s Stir Cove ^ Tue. Jul. 28 - Sandy, UT - Sandy Amphitheater ^ Wed. Jul. 29 - Sandy, UT - Sandy Amphitheater ^ Fri. Jul. 31 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre ^ Sun. Aug. 02 - Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre ^ Mon. Aug. 03 - Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre ^ Tue. Aug. 04 - San Diego, CA - Gallagher Square ^
UK/EU, August 2026 Fri. Aug. 07 - Brno, CZ - Pop Messe Festival Sun. Aug. 09 - Buftea, RO - Summer Well Festival Wed. Aug. 12 - Leipzig, DE - Täubchenthal Fri. Aug. 14 - Budapest, HU - Sziget Sat. Aug. 15 - Vienna, AT - Flex Tue. Aug. 18 - London, UK - Village Underground Wed. Aug. 19 - London, UK - Village Underground Thu. Aug. 20 - London, UK - Village Underground [Sold Out] Sat. Aug. 22 - Crickhowell, UK - Green Man Festival Sun. Aug. 23 - Liverpool, UK - Camp and Furnace Tue. Aug. 25 - Leeds, UK - Irish Centre Wed. Aug. 26 - Bristol, UK - Electric Bristol Thu. Aug. 27 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront Sat. Aug. 29 - Málaga, ES - Canela Party
North America, September 2026 Wed. Sep. 16 - Millersville, Pennsylvania - Phantom Power Thu. Sep. 17 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar Fri. Sep. 18 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar [Sold Out] Sat. Sep. 19 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount Mon. Sep. 21 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Small’s Theater Tue. Sep. 22 - Columbus, OH - Skullys Thu. Sep. 24 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall Fri. Sep. 25 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Beanfield Sat. Sep. 26 - Portsmouth, NH - 3S Artspace
^ w/ Deep Sea Diver ^ w/ Death Cab For Cutie
Nation of Language’s Dance Called Memory is out now worldwide from Sub Pop. The 10-track album features the Billboard Top 30 AAA radio singles “Inept Apollo” and “I’m Not Ready For The Change,” and was recorded, produced, and mixed by returning producer and collaborator Nick Millhiser in New York City and mastered by Heba Kadry in Brooklyn.
What People Are Saying About Nation of Language’s Dance Called Memory: “Epically sincere; sincerely epic.” [“Best Albums of 2025”] Antics Magazine
“…adding subtle new twists like shoegaze-inspired guitar, Nation of Language refine their sound and play to their strengths, never more so than on the resplendently uplifting “Inept Apollo” [“The 80 Best Albums of 2025”] PopMatters
“The real deal…” ★★★★ MOJO
“The band’s fourth LP and Sub Pop debut is danceable, eccentric, and immaculate at once…” ★★★★ All Music
“Together, the crew pushed the edges of NOL’s sound, creating something expansive enough to capture the weight of grief and loss that coursed through these new songs.” Stereogum
“Dance Called Memory, continues its study of synth-pop from the late 1970s and early ’80s. The new record adds more guitars to the mix, tempering the machine-made with a human touch.” New York Times
“It’s a fuzzy electronic project that’s both introspective and danceable, with flanged New Order–styled guitar parts sprinkled in to give their sound a refreshed feel.” FLOOD
“Ian Devaney’s Vulnerability Pays Off On Nation of Language’s Dance Called Memory.” 8.0/10, PASTE
“If there were a Nation of Language album that lifts the band onto the next rung of the pop culture ladder, beyond indie notoriety, it deserves to be this one.” Consequence
“a band that has the songs (and the heart) to cross the pop threshold if they choose.” The Line of Best Fit
“entwined with beauty as much as melancholy.” Our Culture
★★★★ Live4ever
“an assured evolution” ★★★★ ½ Indie is Not a Genre
“A resounding triumph” When The Horn Blows
“another stellar record from Nation of Language” ★★★★ Stereoboard
“this Brooklyn outfit’s gleaming spirit continues to be a northern star” Electronic Sound
