Naima Bock, the London singer-songwriter and former Goat Girl member, has announced a tour and the follow-up to 2022’s Giant Palm. Her new album is titled Below a Massive Dark Land, and it arrives on September 27 via Sub Pop and Memorials of Distinction. She’s also shared two new songs today: “Kaley,” which comes with a Cassidy Hansen–directed music video, and “Further Away.” Check those out below.
Bock wrote both songs while traveling, with inspiration for “Kaley” hitting while she was in Arizona, and “Further Away” being penned while in Greece. “It’s about betrayal and the subsequent lack of direction that follows. At the time there was no ‘plan’ or ‘way’ that I had for myself, let alone anyone else,” she said of “Kaley.”
Below a Massive Dark Land was recorded at London’s Crypt Studio and produced by Jack Osborne and Joe Jones. Bock handled additional production and arrangement on the record herself along with help from Oliver Hamilton.
Bock’s tour takes place this summer and extends on through the autumn, beginning on August 14 in St. Malo, France. She’ll going on to perform across the United States and Europe. Opening select dates along the way is Angelo de Augustine. Find her complete list of tour dates below.
Read more about Naima Bock’s Giant Palm in “34 Great Records You May Have Missed: Spring/Summer 2022.”
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Below a Massive Dark Land:
01 Gentle
02 Kaley
03 Feed My Release
04 My Sweet Body
05 Lines
06 Further Away
07 Takes One
08 Age
09 Moving
10 Star
Naima Bock:
08-14 Saint-Malo, France – La Route Du Rock
08-22 Los Angeles, CA – Barnsdall Gallery Theatre ^
08-24 Ojai, CA – TBA
09-08 Portland, OR – Music Millennium
09-13 Walla Walla, WA – Billsville West
09-15 Seattle, WA – The Rabbit Box
10-21 Boston, MA – Warehouse XI
10-23 Philadelphia, PA – The Parish Room of the First Unitarian Church
10-25 Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
11-06 London, England – St Pancras Old Church
11-07 Bristol, England – The Jam Jar
11-08 Liverpool, England – Leaf
11-09 Newcastle, England – The Cumberland Arms
11-10 Glasgow, Scotland – McChuills
11-12 Leeds, England – Hyde Park Book Club
11-13 Manchester, England – Deaf Institute
11-14 Cambridge, England – Storey’s Field Centre
11-16 Falmouth, England – The Cornish Bank
11-17 Frome, England - The Tree House
11-18 Exeter, England – Cavern Club
11-20 Ipswich, England – St Stephen’s Church
11-21 London, England – The Ivy House
12-03 Lille, France – L’Aéronef
12-04 Brugge, Belgium – Cactus Café
12-06 Haldern, Germany – Haldern Pop Bar
12-07 Hamburg, Germany – Nachstasyl
12-08 Berlin, Germany – Neue Zunkunft
12-10 Cologne, Germany – Club Subway
12-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
12-12 Brussels, Belgium - Le Botanique
12-13 Paris, France – La Boule Noire
^ with Angelo de Augustine