Momma have expanded their latest album, Welcome to My Blue Sky, with a deluxe version that includes 5 new songs out Nov 14. On it, the band unearth 4 B-sides that didn’t have a house on the unique file and a canopy of “Christian Brothers” by Elliott Smith/Heatmiser. From the B-sides is “Cross Your Coronary heart,” the brand new single and its accompanying video from the band.
“This was one of many first songs we began engaged on within the writing course of for Welcome to My Blue Sky,” the band clarify. “We truly had been messing round with this one throughout soundchecks whereas we had been nonetheless touring Family Identify. We at all times knew it had potential, however we may by no means totally crack it, and this was one of many first songs we began engaged on within the writing course of for Welcome to My Blue Sky. It’s a couple of forbidden romance and sneaking round with one other individual.
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“This deluxe version has 4 B-sides that by no means made it onto the file, as a result of we by no means bought to a degree the place we felt like we may totally end them,” Momma proceed. “It options two solo acoustic songs which have at all times been at the back of our minds, however we hadn’t found out how you can transition them right into a full band setting. We determined to file them stay with acoustics and felt like that was the easiest way to present them justice. Wrapping the deluxe version is our cowl of the track ‘Christian Brothers’ by Elliott Smith/Heatmiser, which is a track that we’ve got been masking and taking part in stay since highschool.”
The accompanying video, directed by Steph Rinzler, follows the band on a chaotic night bar-hopping. “This video is rooted within the spirit of early ’90s DIY VHS tradition — free, uncooked, and unpolished in all the suitable methods,” Rinzler says. “I needed to seize Momma in their very own world, goofing round, stumbling into moments, and letting the evening carry them. What unfolds is much less of a conventional music video and extra of a time capsule of an evening out. At its core, this mission was about conserving the method as enjoyable and unselfconscious because the band is in actual life.”
Momma wrapped up their headline tour throughout the U.S. earlier this 12 months and a assist slot for the Marias. Later this fall, they’ll head out on tour throughout Europe, Japan, and Australia with assist on choose dates from Tooth, Bloody Demise, Hitmen, Slim Head, Jawdropped, and Armlock.
Try the video for “Cross Your Coronary heart,” the tracklist for the deluxe version of Welcome to My Blue Sky, and their upcoming 2025/2026 tour dates under.
Momma – Welcome to My Blue Sky (Deluxe Version)
1. “Sincerely”
2. “I Need You (Fever)”
3. “Rodeo”
4. “Keep All Summer time”
5. “New Buddy”
6. “Methods to Breathe”
7. “Final Kiss”
8. “Bottle Blonde”
9. “Ohio All The Time”
10. “Welcome to My Blue Sky”
11. “Take Me With You”
12. “My Outdated Road”
13. “Cross Your Coronary heart”
14. “Not Sacred”
15. “Dawn”
16. “Seattle”
17. “Christian Brothers” (Elliott Smith/Heatmiser cowl)
Momma 2025/2026 tour dates
10/31 – Brussels, BE @ Les Nuits Botanique Weekender
11/01 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso (London Calling)
11/03 – Cologne, DE @ MTC
11/04 – Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo (Pitchfork Paris)
11/06 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
11/07 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
11/08 – London, UK @ Pitchfork London
11/09 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla
11/11 – London, UK @ The Storage
11/12 – Dublin, IE @ The Workmans Membership
11/20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Metal
11/21 – Hamden, CT @ Area Ballroom
11/22 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
01/18 – Tokyo, JP @ Area Odd
01/19 – Tokyo, JP @ Area Odd
01/21 – Brisbane, AU @ Crowbar
01/23 – Sydney, AU @ Oxford Artwork Manufacturing unit
01/24 – Melbourne, AU @ Max Watts
01/31 – Boston, MA @ One thing In The Approach Competition
02/01 – Boston, MA @ One thing In The Approach Competition
