Billie Marten announces new album 'Dog Eared,' unveils new single “Feeling”
Photo credit: Frances Carter
British singer-songwriter Billie Marten will unveil their fifth studio album this summer.
Announced today, Dog Eared is slated for a July 18 release via Fiction Records. The 10-track album features the previously released single “Crown.” Marten recorded the album with producer Phil Weinrobe (Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Laura Veirs) at their Sugar Mountain recording studio in Brooklyn. Pre-orders for the album can be made here.
A new single from the album titled “Feeling” comes with a music video, which can be seen here. Marten said this about the new track:
“I’ve discovered that I have a really particular long-term memory: I have specific sensory recollections from when I was two onwards, that I can recall easily now. One of these is marking out roads in my grandmother’s patterned carpet, for my Dad’s old 1950/60s toy cars to drive on. I used to trace patterns in everything: fabric seats at the dentist, carpets, wallpaper and walls, raindrops on car windows. Everything had a pattern to be noticed.
Another strong memory is the feeling of big, warm hands when you’re a child and how comforting and safe that feels. The notion of age being so far away from you, but you know it’s a future inevitability, and that you’re on your way there. The inarticulateness of that ‘feeling’ you can’t describe yet, but you’re aware of a push in the world that you don’t yet understand.”
Marten will have a slew of headlining shows in North America and Europe in support of their record this fall. Tour dates can be seen below. Presale tickets for Marten’s fall headlining shows as well as tickets for their upcoming shows alongside Tennis and Elbow are on sale to the general public right now here.
Dog Eared tracklisting
1. Feeling
2. Crown
3. Clover
4. No Sudden Changes
5. The Glass
6. Leap Year
7. Goodnight Moon
8. Planets
9. You and I Both
10. Swing
Billie Marten tour dates
Wed. May 21 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue*
Fri. May 23 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed*
Sat. May 24 - Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi Annex*
Sun. May 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron*
Tue. May 27 - Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall*
Fri. May 30 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner*
Sat. May 31 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall*
Sun. June 1 - New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17*
Tue. June 3 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem*
Thu. June 5 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz*
Fri. June 6 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern*
Sat. June 7 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville*
Mon. June 9 - Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum*
Tue. June 10 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall*
Wed. June 11 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater*
Fri. June 13 - Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Castle^
Wed. June 18 - Coventry, UK @ Warwick Arts Centre
Thu. June 19 - Gloucestershire, UK @ Westonbirt Arboretum^
Thu. July 3 - York, UK @ York Museum Gardens^
Sat. July 5 - Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain @ VIDA FESTIVAL 2025^
Sat. August 30 - Darmstadt, DE @ Golden Leaves Festival*
Mon. September 8 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Wed. September 10 - San Diego, CA @ Lou Lou's
Thu. September 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Sat. September 13 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Mon. September 15 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
Tue. September 16 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Wed. September 17 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
Thu. October 9 - Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix
Fri. October 10 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique
Sat. October 11 - Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
Sun. October 12 - Feyzin, FR @ L'Epicerie Moderne
Wed. October 15 - Madrid, ES @ Teatro Lara
Fri. October 17 - Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
Sat. October 18 - Munich, DE @ Strom
Sun. October 19 - Vienna, AT @ Flucc Wanne
Tue. October 21 - Warsaw, PL @ Hybrydy
Thu. October 23 - Berlin, DE @ Frannz Club
Sat. October 25 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega Small Hall
Sun. October 26 - Stockholm, SE @ Nalen Klubb
Tue. October 28 - Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret
Fri. October 31 - Hamburg, DE @ Nochtspeicher
Sat. November 1 - Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg Max
Sun. November 2 - Cologne, DE @ Luxor
Wed. November 5 - Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
Thu. November 6 - Belfast, UK @ Empire Music Hall
Fri. November 7 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio
Sat. November 8 - Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle University Student Union
Mon. November 10 - Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
Tue. November 11 - Bristol, UK @ SWX
Thu. November 13 - Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
Fri. November 14 - Leeds, UK @ Irish Centre
Sat. November 15 - London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
* with Tennis
^ with Elbow
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