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My New Band Believe

My New Band Believe

My New Band Believe

Debut album from the London rock band formed by former Black Midi bassist and vocalist Cameron Picton

ADM rating[?]

8.1

Label
Rough Trade
UK Release date
10/04/2026
US Release date
10/04/2026
  1. 10.0 |   NME

    NEW At the helm of an enormous, constantly shifting collective, the former Black Midi man swings for the fences
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  2. 9.0 |   DIY

    NEW A postmodern kaleidoscope
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  3. 9.0 |   Uncut

    An album of incredible acoustic maximalism and conspiratorially whispered melodrama - enjoys the theatrics of its acidity. Print edition only

  4. 9.0 |   Clash

    NEW This album is not a story of what might have been but never was; it is a picturesque view of what happens when a monumental level of care and attention is put into a project. It is a wonderfully constructed success
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  5. 8.4 |   Pitchfork

    NEW Former Black Midi bassist Cameron Picton’s dazzlingly complicated solo debut is a tangle of baroque melodies, chamber-punk arrangements, and garden-path lyrics
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  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

    It sets the same intense listening pace as XTC, Jim O'Rourke or second-act Black Country, New Road. Amid the coiled violence (In The Blink Of An Eye) and brutalist romance (One Night) lie moments of pastoral loveliness. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Fans will detect familiar ideas, though they’re expressed with a different vocabulary
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  8. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Smoothing out the jump-cut chaos of his previous band, Cameron Picton brings entirely acoustic instrumentation to bear on these lovely, beguiling songs
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  9. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    NEW black midi bassist Cameron Picton releases his debut album as My New Band Believe. Endlessly shifting it's filled with bright melodies and organic, living sound
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  10. 7.0 |   Far Out

    On My New Band Believe, Picton & co reaches their highest power when they unleash chaos, making for a compelling debut that thrives off of a maximalist approach to pop music
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  11. 7.0 |   All Music

    NEW Taken together, and with credit to Picton and his dexterous collaborators, My New Band Believe is at least as compelling as it is unhinged
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