Today Turin Brakes announce their return with a brand-new studio album Spacehopper, out 23rd May. To coincide with the news the band also share the lead single of the same name and reveal a fresh set of tour dates across the UK & Ireland for November, with tickets on sale 10am, 19th March.
Produced by the band alongside Grammy-winning Guy Massey (with credits such as Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran and Spiritualized), Spacehopper is their first new music in over three years and marks the 10th studio album from Turin Brakes, a big milestone for a band who released their debut album over 24 years ago – The Mercury Prize nominated The Optimist LP which catapulted them into the mainstream and achieved Gold status in the UK. They are a band that understands the art of longevity and Spacehopper promises to be a worthy edition to a rich and sonically diverse catalogue of albums, finding the South London 4-piece in a reflective mood…
“We deliberately went back to Konk Studios where we made The Optimist LP, having stayed away for 25 years,” saysfrontman Olly Knights. “In some ways to connect to the source but also to be who we are now in that amazing room. It felt like some deep invisible forces were being moved around. The new record is totally its own thing; there are little nods to the debut, but it’s a different beast. It can never be as simple and perfect as the debut, so we didn’t try; we backed ourselves.”
“We honestly don’t normally get self-reflective but the whole album 10 thing definitely made us want to play with everything that throws up. The dreams, what worked out, what didn’t, the regrets, the nice surprises… It just seemed like a good moment to admit we’re in on our own legacy in a way. I quite flippantly said at the start we’d be a “10 albums kind of band”. I guess I meant it!”
Along with the album announcement, Turin Brakes also release the title track Spacehopper – available everywhere now. With the first taste of the new record their signature warm sound at once feels familiar, with the driving guitars and meticulously layered vocal harmonies evoking a hint of nostalgia, matched in the song’s lyrics, as Knightsexplains: ‘I wrote the initial idea when my younger daughters were quite literally bouncing around on the grass in the summer sun on a bright yellow space hopper. No smart phones, just a simple planet-shaped rubber ball with a smiley face, like the last 40 years had all been a weird daydream and it was in fact still 1975. Instead of taking a photo on my phone, I grabbed a guitar and out came the song; hopefully, it captured some of the joy of that moment.’
UK & IRELAND HEADLINE TOUR NOVEMBER 2025 – SUPPORT FROM TOM SPEIGHT: (ON SALE 19TH MARCH)
Friday 7th – BELFAST, Empire
Saturday 8th – DUBLIN, Whelan’s
Thursday 13th – SOUTHAMPTON, The Brook
Friday 14th – BRIGHTON, Concorde 2
Saturday 15th – LONDON, Electric Ballroom
Sunday 16th – BRISTOL, The Fleece
Thursday 20th – LEEDS, Brudenell Social Club
Friday 21st – GLASGOW, St Lukes
Saturday 22nd – MANCHESTER, New Century Hall
Sunday 23rd – BIRMINGHAM, Institute 2
Thursday 27th – NORWICH, Epic Studios
Friday 28th – NOTTINGHAM, Metronome
Saturday 29th – EXETER, The Phoenix
Sunday 30th – BOURNEMOUTH, Old Fire Station
Bio:
Turin Brakes, founded by childhood friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, is today made up of Knights, Paridjanian, and long-term collaborators Rob Allum and Eddie Myer.
They released their Mercury-nominated debut The Optimist LP in March 2001 and followed it up in 2003 with their most commercially successful album – Ether Song. Produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Supergrass, The Kooks) it hit the Top 5 in the UK Official Album Charts. Arguably more sonically adventurous than their debut it features the Top 5 hit single ‘Pain Killer (Summer Rain)’.
To date, Turin Brakes have racked up seven top 40 singles, six top 40 albums and over a million record sales worldwide.
Turin Brakes will release their new album Spacehopper on 23rd May 2025 Pre-save HERE
The new single of the same name is out TODAY. Listen HERE.
Their headline November tour is on sale 10am, 19th March. Tickets HERE
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