This Friday, September 27th, Naima Bock will release Below a Massive Dark Land worldwide through Sub Pop and Memorials of Distinction. Her second album, Below… is the follow-up to Giant Palm, one of 2022’s most critically acclaimed debuts.
Today, she shares Below a Massive Dark Land’s final prerelease offering, “Moving,” a sweet and sorrowful acoustic song with horns and brass. Watch the visualizer HERE.
The songs on Below a Massive Dark Land were written by Naima Bock. The album was predominantly produced by Jack Osborne (Bingo Fury) and Joe Jones, and recorded at The Crypt in north London, with additional production and arrangement by Oliver Hamilton (caroline, Shovel Dance Collective) and Naima herself. Six of the tracks on Below… were mixed by Jason Agel, with the remainder done by Osborne and Jones. The album was mastered by Kevin Tuffy.
Naima’s previously announced international tour dates for the summer and autumn of 2024 to support Below a Massive Dark Land resume Monday, Thursday, September 26th, with an instore performance at Portsmouth, UK’s Pie & Vinyl, and currently ends Friday, December 13th in Paris at La Boule Noire. She will return to the US for a short run of East Coast shows from October 21st to 26th, 2024. For the November and December dates, Naima will perform as a duo with Oliver Hamilton (November 6th) and a four-piece band (November 7th-December 13th). Please find a current list of dates below.
Thu. Sep 26th – Portsmouth, UK – Pie & Vinyl (instore)
Mon. Sep 30th – London, UK – Rough Trade West (instore)
Sat. 19th Oct – Birmingham, UK – Future Days Festival*
Mon. Oct. 21 – Boston, MA – Warehouse X1
Wed. Oct 23 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Side Chapel
Fri. Oct. 25 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
Sat. Oct. 26 – Washington, DC – Rhizome
Wed. Nov. 06 – London, UK – St. Pancras Old Church +
Thu. Nov. 07 – Bristol, UK – Jam Jar *
Fri. Nov. 08 – Liverpool, UK – Leaf *
Sat. Nov. 09 – Newcastle, UK – Cumberland Arms *
Sun. Nov. 10 – Glasgow, UK – McChuills *
Tue. Nov. 12 – Leeds, UK – Hyde Park Book Club *
Wed. Nov. 13 – Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute *
Thu. Nov. 14 – Cambridge, UK – Storey’s Field Centre *
Sat. Nov. 16 – Falmouth, UK – The Cornish Bank *
Sun. Nov. 17 – Frome, UK – The Tree House *
Mon. Nov. 18 – Exeter, UK – Cavern Club *
Wed. Nov. 20 – Ipswich, UK – St Stephens Church *
Thu. Nov. 21 – London, UK – The Ivy House *
Tue. Dec. 03 – Lille, FR – L ‘Aéronef *
Wed. Dec. 04 – Brugge, BE – Cactus Café *
Fri. Dec. 06 – Haldern, DE – Pop Bar *
Sat. Dec. 07 – Hamburg, DE – Nachstasyl *
Sun. Dec. 08 – Berlin, DE – Neu Zunkunft *
Tue. Dec. 10 – Cologne, DE – Subway *
Wed. Dec. 11 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso *
Thu. Dec. 12 – Brussels, BE – Botanique *
Fri. Dec. 13 – Paris, FR – La Boule Noire *
* Full band show
+ Duo with Oliver Hamilton
Below a Massive Dark Land is available for preorder on CD/LP/DSPs from Sub Pop/Memorials of Distinction. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (North America), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), independent retailers worldwide, and Naima’s live shows will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Blue Jay (US) and the eco-friendly Yellow Bio (UK/EU) (All whilst stock lasts!). Naima also created the art for the Below… album cover.