Hari ieu, Irish alt-rock trio NewDad ngabagéakeun wawasan panganyarna dina album kahiji anu bakal datangna Altar dina single anyar poignant "Pretty, dirilis dina poé ieu via Atlantic Records. track narik cinta band jeung kagumian pikeun Galway - kotamadya maranéhanana - jeung datang sabudeureun visualizer pangalusna di Kota, diarahkeun ku kolaborator panjang Peter Eason Daniels - salah sahiji pikiran kreatif di balik dunya visual tina Altar.

Ngeunaan, "Pretty":

"Pretty" diwanohkeun dina salah sahiji sesi penulisan awal bandna di Galway taun lalu di samping anggota band aslina Aindle O'Beirn, sarta nyusul punchy-angst panganyarna tina "Roobosh" - rasa munggaran era anyar NewDad, dirilis bulan lalu. Sanajan track kahiji nawarkeun katarsis ngaliwatan kemarahan, "Pretty" dina kontras, mangrupikeun momen lembut, introspektif dina rekaman - bagian sarua wistful jeung tajam. "‘Pretty’ mangrupakeun spin ringan dina tema utama albumna, homeickness. Ieu hiji cara pikeun kuring ngabalukarkeun pamahaman kuring pikeun Galway, éta lagu cinta pisan, "tambah frontwoman Julie Dawson. Guitars shimmering jeung melodi sensitif nyusun vokal Julie's hushed nalika anjeunna kontemplates "the way home looks, sounds, how even on the darkest, wettest days it’s the most beautiful place in the world to me and I yearn for it every single day of my life.” Like much of Altar, it captures NewDad’s evolving sound: dreamy yet grounded, wide in scope yet intimately personal.

“Coming to a place like London that’s so chaotic and overwhelming really made me appreciate the peace and quiet of home. Also the landscape, being able to see wide open fields and roads with no one on them it’s just so calming and I’m in love with it. That’s why I wrote this song” - Julie Dawson

Written across two years in the aftermath of the band’s relocation from Galway to London, Altar reflects on homesickness, identity, and the emotional cost of chasing a dream. It's a record that balances light and dark, heaviness and healing, with frontwoman Julie Dawson explaining: “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.”

Produced and half co-written by Shrink (Sam Breathwick), with the second half co-written alongside Justin Parker, the album marks a bold step forward for NewDad, expanding their sonic palette by effortlessly blending dream-pop textures with jagged guitar lines and emotionally raw lyricism. Since their debut How <pfseg id="0">Dina 2020, trio Galway-lahir, berbasis di London - Julie Dawson (vocals/guitar), Sean O'Dowd (guitar), jeung Fiachra Parslow (drums) - geus meunang prihatin internasional pikeun sora alt-rock lumangsung, immersive. Madra <pfseg id="0">Dina 2024, nu nonton aranjeunna tour lengkep ngaliwatan UK, Éropa, Asia, jeung Amérika Kalér jeung ngarojong aktos kayaning Pixies, The War on Drugs, jeung Fontaines DC, band ieu geus runtuh dina duanana percaya jeung jelas. Altar - reflection on identity, sacrifice, jeung ketegangan antara kenyamanan jeung ambisi - NewDad geus siap pikeun nembongkeun hiji évolusi malah leuwih berani jeung ngahontal luhur kreatif anyar. Saatos runtuyan runtuyan headline shows di sakuliah Cina jeung runtuyan festival di Jepang jeung Amérika Kalér, trio bakal nyokot album dina jalan salila taun ieu pikeun tur UK / EU, ruteu lengkep di handap, jeung tiket di dijual HERE.

NewDad 2025 North American Tour Dates

August

2nd - USA, Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza / Reggie's Rock Club (w/ Wunderhorse)
6th - USA, Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
8th - USA, San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
9th - USA, Sacramento, CA - Channel 24 (w/ Mannequin Pussy)
12th - Amérika Serikat, Portland, OR - Polaris Hall
13th - Kanada, Vancouver, BC, Biltmore Cabaret
14th - Amérika Serikat Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's

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