Slow Pulp have announced their third album, Melodie, out Sept. 18 via ANTI-.
With Melodie, Slow Pulp reflected on the relationships and experiences that shaped their lives over the past several years. On the LP, guitarist Henry Stoehr took on a larger songwriting role than in the past, reconnecting with the collaborative writing dynamic he and vocalist Emily Massey shared when they first met.
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The band also released lead single “Better Man,” written by Stoehr. The release, which includes a video directed by Ben Turok, is about his realization that he had been living according to others’ expectations rather than his own.
“I realized that I had let go of the controls of my own life and instead was fully prioritizing what I thought people around me wanted from me,” Stoehr says. “I reckon that I did this, at least in part, because I felt really chaotic and out of control of my emotions and actions as a kid and in my early 20s, in a way that I’ve always been very self-conscious about.
“In my mid-20s, I entered a phase in my life that felt really stable. I had felt so turbulent emotionally up until that point, and I desperately wanted to feel that I deserved to experience that. Naively, I thought that I could just extinguish that kid that fucked up all the time and couldn’t control himself. This song is me both letting go of control but taking control of myself in a new way, and accepting myself for who I am, and hoping that I can be accepted by everyone else.”
Slow Pulp will head out on a major North American headlining tour this fall, including their largest hometown performance yet at the Salt Shed.
Watch the video for “Better Man,” see the Melodie tracklist, and their 2026 tour dates below.
Slow Pulp – Melodie tracklist
1. “Yellow and Green”
2. “These Days”
3. “Better Man”
4. “Melodie”
5. “Red Car”
6. “Not for Nothing”
7. “Entertainer”
8. “Like Me”
9. “Spill”
10. “Up to You”
11. “Slip Away”
Slow Pulp 2026 tour dates
10/16 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
10/17 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
10/19 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
10/21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Grand at The Complex
10/23 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
10/24 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
10/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
10/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
10/30 – San Diego, CA @ Quartyard
10/31 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
11/03 – Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
11/04 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
11/05 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs)
11/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
11/08 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
11/09 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
11/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/13 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
11/14 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
11/16 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
11/17 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall
11/19 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
11/20 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/21 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
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