My New Band Believe's self-titled debut album was recorded with left-field and improv-friendly musicians, including veteran drummer Steve Noble, who was once a member of Rip Rig + Panic, according to sources. The album has an entirely acoustic sound built on fingerpicked guitar, double bass, piano, percussion, and string arrangements, sources report. Cameron Picton initially approached Van Dyke Parks to orchestrate the songs, though it is unknown whether Parks ultimately contributed, sources indicate. The exact release date of the album and the full list of collaborating musicians have not been disclosed.
The lyrics on My New Band Believe are more direct than Black Midi's, abandoning flights of fancy for episodic and strange narratives, sources say. The opener Target Practice is a revenge fantasy with grotesque elements, according to sources. Love Story deals with lost domestic contentment, while Opposite Teacher ruminates on fatherhood, sources report. The second track In the Blink of an Eye features a dissonant arrangement, sources indicate.
If we see you on a spike with holes for your eyes / we’ll just keep practising our aim
This project follows Black Midi's final album Hellfire, a rock opera that includes the song Still, a sweetly lambent acoustic track with country and Canterbury prog influences sung by Picton, not frontman Geordie Greep, according to sources. Greep released a solo debut in 2024 called The New Sound, sources report. How My New Band Believe's album has been received critically or commercially and whether there are plans for future releases remain unknown.