With 2024’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves, Beabadoobee stuck mostly to the alt-pop sound she’s known for. Now it looks like the English singer-songwriter — who turned 26 earlier this month — is pivoting to emo. Today, she’s announcing her fourth studio album Pylon, and it features major alternative names like Paramore/solo star Hayley Williams, Deftones’ Chino Moreno, Turnstile’s Brendan Yates, the 1975’s Matty Healy and George Daniel, Basement’s Andrew Fisher, as well as low-key legends like Title Fight’s Shane Moran and Pinegrove’s Evan Stephens Hall (Bea Laus, incidentally, has a Pinegrove tattoo).
“A lot of the songs on this record are things I wish I could have said to someone,” Beabadoobee explains of the lead single “Sun Has Set,” out now. “This song has this petty tunnel vision — it’s like, I hate you. You’re gonna stay here and listen to how much I hate you. Because I never got to say that.” Like most of the tracks on the album, she wrote it with Title Fight’s Moran as well as “All I Did Was Dream Of You” collaborator Luca Buccellati.
“Sometime over a year ago I flew from PA to London on a whim to see if I could connect with the great [Beabadoobee] on some songwriting,” Morgan writes about the project. “It turned out to be a wonderfully inspiring trip.”
“Sun Has Set” has the explosive angst and edgy infectiousness of a Title Fight cut. It comes with a video directed by Beabadoobee’s partner and longtime visual collaborator Jake Erland; watch below.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Pylon”
02 “Sun Has Set”
03 “Estranged”
04 “Switchblade”
05 “Write Me A Letter”
06 “It’s Alright”
07 “In Motion”
08 “Memories”
09 “Nothing To Prove”
10 “Radio”
11 “Powerlines”
12 “Spark”
13 “Despite That”
14 “Satellite”
TOUR DATES:
07/30 – Saint Charles, IA @ Hinterland Music Festival
07/31 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Official Lolla Aftershow)
08/02 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/04 – Indianapolis, IN @ Everwise Amphitheater
08/07 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
10/01 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena*
10/02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Liacouras Center*
10/03 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden*
10/05 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden*
10/07 – Toronto, Canada @ Scotiabank Arena*
10/08 – Laval, Québec Canada @ Place Bell*
10/10 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion*
10/11 – Raleigh, NC @ Lenovo Center*
10/13 – Orlando, FL @ Addition Financial Arena*
10/14 – Duluth, GA @ Gas South Arena*
10/16 – The Woodlands, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
10/17 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater*
10/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre*
10/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Kia Forum*
10/24 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena*
10/26 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena*
10/28 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena*
10/29 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena*
11/14 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro*
11/16 – Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Arena*
11/17 – Manchester, UK @ AO Arena*
11/18 – London @ The O2*
11/23 – Copenhagen, DK @ K.B. Hallen
11/24 – Stockholm, SE @ Fryshuset Arenan
11/27 – Oslo, NO @ Spektrum
11/30 – Paris, FR @ Zenith^
12/02 – Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live^
12/04 – Brussels, BE @ Forest National^
12/06 – Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom^
12/07 – Düsseldorf, DE @ Mitsubishi Electric Halle^
w/ Wisp *
w/ Violet Grohl ^
Pylon is out 9/18 via Dirty Hit / Interscope. Pre-order it here.
Erika Kamano