Former Black Midi member Cameron Picton has unveiled the first album from his new project My New Band Believe and introduced it with an electrifying single titled ‘Numerology’. You can listen to it below.
Picton originally introduced My New Band Believe in February 2025 with the song ‘Lecture 25’. He has now confirmed that the group’s self titled debut record will arrive on April 10 through Rough Trade Records and is available to pre order here.
In advance of the album, the band have released ‘Numerology’. Although it will not appear on the standard edition of the record, it will be included on a bonus 10 inch pressing and on a limited Deluxe CD version.
Driven by a frantic acoustic guitar line, Picton reflects on the unpredictability and possibility contained within “one night”.
The song shifts between dance rhythms and psychedelic textures as he leans into the excitement and risk of the moment. Watch the lo fi video and hear the track below.
According to a press statement, the album first took shape while Picton was “delirious in a Chinese hotel room” and “battling through the worst of a sudden illness”. During that time, he experienced bursts of “weird imagery” and fragments of text that would later become the foundation for the songs on the LP.
On the record, Picton steps forward as both bandleader and the “unreliable but charismatic narrator”. Contributors include Kiran Leonard, Caius Williams, Steve Noble and Andrew Cheetham.
The project is largely acoustic in sound, using minimal reverb and electronic processing, and is supported by a full string section.
The tracklist for My New Band Believe’s debut album is:
1. ‘Target Practice’
2. ‘In the Blink of an Eye’
3. ‘Heart of Darkness’
4. ‘Love Story’
5. ‘Pearls’
6. ‘Opposite Teacher’
7. ‘Actress’
8. ‘One Night’
The band are also set to embark on their first headline tour later this year. It begins in Glasgow on April 28 before continuing to Leeds, Manchester, London, Bristol and Cambridge. The run concludes in Oxford on May 5. Full dates are listed below and tickets are available here.
APRIL
11 The Hague, Netherlands Rewire Festival
28 Glasgow, Flying Fuck
29 Leeds, Brudenell
30 Manchester, White Hotel
MAY
2 London, EartH
3 Bristol, Rough Trade
4 Cambridge, Unitarian Church
5 Oxford, Common Ground
The new venture follows the confirmation last summer from Geordie Greep and Picton that Black Midi had come to an “indefinite” end.
Formed in 2017, the group quickly earned praise for their experimental take on art rock. In 2018, Shame described the trio of Greep, Picton and Morgan Simpson as the “best band in London”.
Over the years, they released three studio albums. Their 2019 debut ‘Schlagenheim’ received four stars from NME, with the review stating they were “making music like no other band in the world.” That record was followed by 2021’s ‘Cavalcade’ and 2022’s ‘Hellfire’.
In addition, they put out the jam and spoken word collection ‘The Black Midi Anthology Vol. 1: Tales of Suspense and Revenge’ on Bandcamp in 2020.
Their most recent full length, 2022’s ‘Hellfire’, also earned a four star review from NME, which said it delivered “more musical thrills and about-turns per minute than few other records we’ve heard this year”.
The review concluded: “Sounding more assured of their creative agility than ever before, ‘Hellfire’ is the work of a very special group of alchemists.”
