My New Band Believe (album)

My New Band Believe is the upcoming debut album by the English alternative indie^[2] band My New Band Believe. It is anticipated to release on 10 April 2026 through Rough Trade Records. The band was formed by Cameron Picton, formerly of Black Midi, and features a range of musicians such as Kiran Leonard, Caius Williams, Steve Noble and Andrew Cheetham. A non-album single appearing on deluxe editions of the album, "Numerology", was released on 17 February, while "Love Story" was released on 17 March.

In August 2024, it was announced experimental rock band Black Midi, a band which Picton performed guitar and vocals for, went on hiatus.^[3] Picton would start releasing music and touring under the alias "Camera Picture", starting with a CD-only album 44m50s.^[4] Other mixtapes such as 36m33s and 24m56s would also be released as Picton continued to tour.^[5][6]

In February 2025, My New Band Believe would release their first single, "Lecture 25".^[5] The song started as a demo, before a band was conceived and the song was mixed and mastered within a period of eight days.^[5] The song featured Picton on guitar and vocals, Seth Evans on piano, King David Ike-Elechi on drums and Josh Finerty on bass.^[5] Following the release of the single, the band would tour extensively, featuring revolving casts of musicians.^{[7][‡ 1][‡ 2]}

The album was recorded across 29 days starting in August 2024, eventually finishing production in December 2025.^{[‡ 3]} The band worked at 11 studios across London with a total of 9 different recording engineers.^{[‡ 3]}

On 16 February 2026, the band announced a music video for a new song, "Numerology", would release the next day.^{[‡ 4]} The song was described as an experimental, frantic and "lyrically abstract" song with "decidedly minimal processing".^[7][8][9] On the day of its release, My New Band Believe was announced to be released on 10 April through Rough Trade Records.^[10] It was also noted that "Numerology" would not appear on the album,^[10] instead being present on deluxe vinyl and CD copies.^[11][12] Other members in the band present on the album include Kiran Leonard, Caius Williams, Steve Noble and Andrew Cheetham.^[13] The album was described as being almost entirely acoustic, with minimal effects and electronic processing.^[14][15] A second single, though the first included on the album's tracklist, "Love Story", was released on 17 March with an accompanying music video.^[16][17] In support of the album, the band will tour, starting in April in The Hague and ending in May in Oxford.^[18]

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[1]

• Alex Andropoulos – drum kit (2)
• Hugh Aynsley – drum kit (2, 4, 5)
• Finn Carter – piano (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8), co-writing (3, 4), chorus (1, 5)
• Andrew Cheetham – drum kit (3)
• Josh Finerty – field recording (4), engineering, chorus (1, 5)
• Oliver Hamilton – fiddle (3–5, 8)
• George Johnson – saxophone (3, 7)
• Kiran Leonard – string arrangement (1, 2, 4, 7), co-writing (1, 2, 7)
• Jasper Llewellyn – cello (3), field recording (5), engineering, production
• Magdalena McLean – viola (3–6)
• Alex McKenzie – accordion (7), bass clarinet (4–6), clarinet (1, 3, 5), flute (1, 2, 5), saxophone (1, 3, 5), co-writing (8)
• Troy Njoku – piano (5)
• Steve Noble – drum kit (3, 6, 7), percussion (2, 3, 7)
• Cameron Picton – acoustic guitars, bamboo saxophone (2, 4, 5, 7), field recording (6), harmonica (7), mandolin (3), percussion (1–5, 7), piano (6), recorder (7), reed (2, 4, 5), toy accordion (1, 2, 4–7), xylophone (1, 7), saxophone (3), vocals, production, writing, engineering
• Nathan Pigott – saxophone (3)
• Jack Shep – split-voice (5), chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Charlie Wayne – drum kit (7), percussion (7)
• Caius Williams – upright bass (1–4, 6, 7)
• Freddy Wordsworth – flugelhorn (4, 8), trombone (4, 5), trumpet (4, 8), chorus (1, 5)

• Rosie Alena – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Daisy Ayscough – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Alice Backstrom – chorus (1, 3, 7)
• Saya Barbalgia – chorus (3)
• Helena Beese – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Olivia Bowman – chorus (1, 3, 7)
• Felix Davidson – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Ginny Davies – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Louis Farmer – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Kaya Heaton – chorus (1, 5)
• Martha Irwin – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7), co-writing (7)
• Ella Kozores – chorus (1, 3, 5)
• Amber Lashley – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Matt Lufu – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• India Mansfield – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Sarah Meth – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Will Nicholls – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• May Robson – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Spencer Spencer – chorus (1, 5)
• Joe Taylor – chorus (1, 3, 5, 7)
• Eliette Harris – violin (1, 2, 4, 7)
• Freya Hicks – viola (1, 2, 4, 7)
• Nina Lim – violin (1, 2, 4, 7)
• Benedict Swindells – cello (1, 2, 4, 7)
• Georgia Ellery – co-writing (4)

• Sam Grant – mixing
• Robin Schmidt – mastering
• Simone Gallizio – engineering
• Mike O'Malley – production, engineering
• Dylan Marks – assistant engineering
• Joe Osbourne – engineering
• Andy Ramsay – engineering

• Kuo Jun You – painting
• Espace Devenir – camera frame
• Molly Boniface – photography
• Joseph Bradley Hill – graphic design

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