My New Band Believe
Studio album by My New Band Believe
Released	April 10, 2026 (2026-04-10)
Recorded	August 2024 – August 2025 [1]
Length	36:34
Label	Rough Trade Records
Producer	Cameron Picton Jasper Llewellyn Mike O'Malley

My New Band Believe is the self-titled debut album from English alternative indie ^[2] band My New Band Believe. It is anticipated to release on 10 April 2026 through Rough Trade Records. The band was formed by Cameron Picton, formerly of Black Midi, and features a range of musicians such as Kiran Leonard, Caius Williams, Steve Noble and Andrew Cheetham. "Numerology" was released as a non-album single, instead appearing on deluxe editions of the album.

Contents

• Background and production
• Release
• Track listing
• Personnel
• My New Band Believe
• Additional
• Engineering
• Artwork
• References
• Primary sources

Background and production

In August 2024, it was announced experimental rock band Black Midi, a band which Picton performed guitar and vocals for, went on hiatus. ^[3] Picton would start releasing music and touring under the alias "Camera Picture", starting with a CD-only album 44m50s. ^[4] Other mixtapes such as 36m33s and 24m56s would also be released as Picton continued to tour. ^{[5] [6]}

In February 2025, My New Band Believe would release their first single, "Lecture 25". ^[5] The song started as a demo, before a band was conceived and the song was mixed and mastered within a period of eight days. ^[5] The song featured Picton on guitar and vocals, Seth Evans on piano, King David Ike-Elechi on drums and Josh Finerty on bass. ^[5] Following the release of the single, the band would tour extensively, featuring revolving casts of musicians. ^{[7] [‡ 1] [‡ 2]}

The album was recorded across 29 days starting in August 2024, eventually finishing production in December 2025. ^{[‡ 3]} The band worked at 11 studios across London with a total of 9 different recording engineers. ^{[‡ 3]}

Release

On 16 February 2026, the band announced a music video for a new song, "Numerology", would release the next day. ^{[‡ 4]} The song was described as an experimental, frantic and "lyrically abstract" song with "decidedly minimal processing". ^{[7] [8] [9]} On the day of its release, My New Band Believe was announced to be released on 10 April through Rough Trade Records. ^[10] It was also noted that "Numerology" would not appear on the album, ^[10] instead being present on deluxe vinyl and CD copies. ^{[11] [12]} Other members on the band present on the album include Kiran Leonard, Caius Williams, Steve Noble and Andrew Cheetham. ^[13] The album was described as being almost entirely acoustic, with minimal effects and electronic processing. ^{[14] [15]} In support of the album, the band will tour, starting in April in The Hague and ending in May in Oxford. ^[16]

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[1]

References