NewDad’s New Album Altar - Out Now | Coachella Debut Announced for 2026

Irish alt-rock trio NewDad release their much-anticipated second album, Altar, today via Atlantic Records, tare da ta focus track "Misery”. Duba album HERE.

A song a cikin claustrophobia da kuma tsari, “Misery” ya samu frontwoman Julie Dawson ta kwarewa ta yanki a cikin tsari na m. " Wannan shi ne wani song game da yadda a lokacin da yana da sauƙi don zama a cikin wani m da kuma ban mamaki yanki fiye da cewa za a yi amfani da canje-canje da inganta da rayuwa," she ya ce. "A ƙarshe, yana da sauƙi don mope fiye da zaune abubuwa. Lyrically, drama ne ya kamata a ƙarya kawai saboda yana daidai cewa shi ya kamata a riga da jiki na song. Na san cewa na za a iya samun kyau da wannan."‍

Dangane da tsari na "Roobosh,” da wistful daidaitacce na “Pretty," da kuma tsare-tallace-tallace na "Everything I Wanted,“Misery”Misery" ya kristallize mataki da ke riga Altar. Ya rubuta a kan bayan NewDad ta canza daga Galway zuwa London, takardun sha'awar da sha'awar, da takaddun sha'awar da kuma takaddun sha'awar.

For Dawson, Altar yi ne duk da wani love letter to Galway da kuma wani dokokin na jima'i kudi na ba da shi. Bincike a kan album, ya sa: "Altar ne wani bincike na daidaita da gida, na zama wani mutum a cikin masana'antun music, rage mutane, da kuma samar da kudi don ci gaba. Yana game da daban-daban tsakanin daidaito da kuma daidaitacce na gida da kuma sauƙi mai sauƙi na London," she ya nuna. “The album itself is where I divulge my love for home. It’s the idea that Ireland is the altar and it’s the thing that I worship, in a way.”‍

Kumawa da kwarewa mai ban sha'awa tare da sha'awar sha'awar, Altar na samu band - Julie Dawson (gida / guitar), Sean O'Dowd (guitar), da kuma Fiachra Parslow (drums) - ƙirƙirar ƙirƙirar da aka ƙirƙirar a lokacin da suka kafa a 2024 Madra, ci gaba da ci gaba da kuma ci gaba a cikin duk da sauti da kuma jima'i. A lokacin da wannan sauti ya rarraba a cikin ƙananan kwarewa, Altar Shigawa a cikin mai ban mamaki sabon aikace-aikace: sabon matsala, sabon kwarewa, da kuma newfound sha'awa. Dawson's sharp lyricism da kuma karfafawa na jima'i clarity sha'awa takardun sha'awa, ta halitta NewDad don samar da mafi karfi da kuma mafi ƙananan sha'awar har yanzu. “I’ve learned to trust my gut on this record. I’ve learned to own who I am – messy and a bit awkward. And I don’t need anyone to tell me how to look, act, or feel.”‍

Produced by rising talent Shrink (Sam Breathwick), Altar Yar da yaushe sha'awar dreamer-pop tare da karfi, alt-rock texture - wani sauti da ya fi dace, m, da kuma dace. Its push-and-pull ya ƙunshi da jima'i da jima'i da Dawson ƙirƙirar: homeschickness da iyali (“Pretty”), rage da kuma shigar (“Roobosh”), sha'awa da kuma daidaitacce (“Everything I Wanted” - co-written tare da tsawon lokaci samar da Justin Parker), da kuma da surreal jima'i na "Misery." Altar yarwa a cikin lokaci mai ban mamaki ga Julie Dawson bayan al'amurran al'amurran 2024 na NewDad Madra, samar da ta solo project Bottom Of The Pool to cement ta ci gaba status a matsayin indie songwriting phenomenon.

Tare da singa na farko “How” a 2020, NewDad daidai da aka kafa a duniya a kan al'amurran ta al'amurran alt-rock. Their al'amurran al'amurran Madra Ta yaya su tafiya cikakken a cikin Birtaniya, Turai, Asia, da North America, taimakawa heavyweights kamar Pixies, The War on Drugs, da Fontaines D.C., yayin da ya zama fiye da 80M Streams da albarkatunsa Robert Smith.

Now, with Altar, NewDad ne gane zuwa sabon kwarewa highs. Bayan da mafi girma-shekara headline shows a cikin kasar Sin, Japan, da North America, trio za su yi album a kan tafiya a gundumar da UK / EU headline run, kulminta a cikin mafi girma London show har yanzu a O2 Forum Kentish Town. tare da cikakken line-up da aka gabatar da, NewDad za su kuma yi da Coachella debut a watan Afrilu na gaba.

‍NewDad 2025 Tour Dates

Oktober

2nd - Norway, Oslo - John Dee
3rd - Sweden, Stockholm - Nalen Klubb
5th - Denmark, Copenhagen - Vega Small Room
6th - Germany, Hamburg - Nochtspeicher
7th - Jamus, Berlin - Lido
9th - Italiya, Milan - Arci Bellezza
10th - Switzerland, Zurich - Bogen F
11th - France, Paris - La Maroquinerie
13th - Belgium, Brussels - Botanique
14th - Netherlands, Amsterdam - Melkweg Old Hall
15th - Faransa, Lille - L'Aeronef
18th - United Kingdom, Manchester - Academy 2
19th - United Kingdom, Sheffield - The Foundry
20th - United Kingdom, Glasgow - SWG3 TV Studio
22nd - United Kingdom, Bristol - Bristol Electric
23rd - United Kingdom, Cardiff - Tramshed
24th - United Kingdom, Birmingham - XOYO
26th - United Kingdom, Brighton - Chalk
28th - United Kingdom, London - O2 Forum Kentish Town
31st - Ireland, Dublin - 3Olympia

November

1st - Ireland, Cork - Cyprus Avenue
2nd - Ireland, Galway - Leisureland
4th - United Kingdom, Belfast - Mandela Hall

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