Blondshell has introduced her new album, Violins, out Sept. 25 through Partisan Information.
Violins was produced with Yves Rothman, who labored on Blondshell’s debut album and 2025’s If You Requested For A Image. After working collectively on the demos, Blondshell and Rothman recorded reside with the band.
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“I felt like I wasn’t strolling at the hours of darkness anymore,” she says of the recording course of. “I spend extra time with Yves than nearly anyone — we simply have such an environment friendly working relationship.”
Previewing the album is the title monitor, which captures the LP’s central themes: the distinction between tenderness and violence.
“This tune sums up the album in a number of methods,” Blondshell says. “Once I was writing, I felt actually drawn to pictures of endurance and kindness — for instance placing your head on somebody’s shoulder — alongside photographs of violence. I used to be additionally impressed by the concept of therapeutic slowly and refusing to be rushed by any exterior pressure. Issues genuinely simply take the time they take. I’m not at a degree in life the place I can have a no assholes coverage but, however I like the concept of hunting down those that aren’t going to let me have limitations.”
Final month, Blondshell launched the album’s first single, “Coronary heart Has to Work So Laborious,” and introduced a headline tour throughout North America, Europe, and the U.Ok. later this fall with help from Bully, Starcleaner Reunion, Prewn, TTSSFU, and Theatre.
Watch the video for “Violins” and see her 2026 tour dates under.
Blondshell 2026 tour dates
07/02 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
08/08 – Omaha, NE @ Maha Pageant
10/14 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
10/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
10/17 – San Francisco, CA @ Castro Theatre
10/19 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
10/20 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
10/23 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity
10/24 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theater
10/27 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Corridor
10/28 – Montréal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre
10/31 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Switch
11/03 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Membership
11/06 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
11/07 – Boston, MA @ Home of Blues
12/06 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
12/07 – Berlin, DE @ Metropol
12/08 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
12/10 – Paris, FR @ La Gaité Lyrique
12/12 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
12/13 – Glasgow, UK @ The Outdated Fruitmarket
12/15 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
12/17 – Dublin, IE @ The Academy
