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Brigitte Calls Me Baby unveil plans for sophomore LP ‘Irreversible’
The Chicago outfit have also announced that they’ll be supporting The Vaccines on their Spring 2026 UK tour.
Brigitte Calls Me Baby are back with another album, ‘Irreversible’ (due out on 13th March via ATO Records), as well as a hot-off-the-press new single entitled ‘Slumber Party’.
It’ll be the Chicago five-piece’s second full-length, coming in the wake of their 2024 debut ‘The Future Is Our Way Out’ - a record that saw them embark on tours across the US, UK, and Europe, and support the likes of Muse and Fontaines DC.
Produced by Yves Rothman and Lawrence Rothman (Blondshell, Yves Tumor), ‘Irreversible”s 11 tracks were written in snatched hours on the road between shows; indeed, according to press materials, it was only when the band debuted ‘Slumber Party’ in San Diego that they realised they might have the makings of a new album on their hands.
An uninhibited, knife-edge offering reminiscent of ’00s indie stalwarts like Franz Ferdinand or The Strokes, the track finds Brigitte Calls Me Baby shedding their previous louche, ’80s-coded approach to consider, as vocalist Wes Leavins explains, “the type of people who isolate and ruminate, to the point where it becomes a chore to leave the home.”
Revisit our 2024 interview with the band and watch the video for ‘Slumber Party’ below.
Plus, Brigitte Calls Me Baby have also confirmed that they’ll be touring ‘Irreversible’ *pretty* extensively, with UK support slots with The Vaccines and headline turns across Europe and North America. Find them at a venue near you on the following dates:
*supporting The Vaccines
FEBRUARY 2026
28 Glasgow, O2 Academy Glasgow *
MARCH 2026
01 Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse *
03 Newcastle, O2 City Hall *
04 Edinburgh, Usher Hall *
06 Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse *
07 Birmingham, O2 Academy *
09 Leeds, O2 Academy *
10 Nottingham, Rock City *
11 Bristol, The Prospect Building *
13 London, O2 Academy Brixton *
14 London, O2 Academy Brixton *
16 Amsterdam, Paradiso (Upstairs)
17 Brussels, Madame Moustache
19 Cologne, Luxor
20 Hamburg, Molotow
22 Berlin, Hole 44
23 Munich, Strom
24 Prague, Café v Lese
25 Vienna, Chelsea
28 Milan, Circolo Magnolia
29 Zurich, Dynamo Werk 21
31 Paris, Trabendo
APRIL 2026
02 London, Scala
03 Liverpool, Hangar 34
04 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
13 Madison, WI, High Noon Saloon
14 Des Moines, IA, xBk
16 Chicago, IL, Thalia Hall
18 St. Louis, MO, Off Broadway
19 Kansas City, MO, RecordBar
21 Denver, CO, Bluebird Theater
24 Seattle, WA, Barboza
25 Vancouver, BC, Fox Cabaret
26 Portland, OR, Holocene
28 San Francisco, CA, Cafe Du Nord
30 Los Angeles, CA, Lodge Room
MAY 2026
01 San Diego, CA, Voodoo Room at House of Blues
02 Phoenix, AZ, Valley Bar
04 Dallas, TX, Puzzles
05 Austin, TX, Antone’s Nightclub
06 Houston, TX, White Oak Music Hall – Upstairs
08 Nashville, TN, The Basement
09 Atlanta, GA, Vinyl at Center Stage
11 Washington, DC, The Atlantis
12 Philadelphia, PA, The Foundry at The Fillmore
14 New York, NY, Bowery Ballroom
15 Boston, MA, The Red Room at Cafe 939
16 Uncasville, CT, Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun Resort
19 Toronto, ON, Longboat Hall
20 Ferndale, MI, The Loving Touch
21 Indianapolis, IN, HI-FI
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