Following last month's lead single of the same name, Beth Orton has confirmed the June 26 release of The Ground Above, her self-produced follow-up to 2022's acclaimed Weather Alive. New, piano-led track "Waiting" is described by the London-based musician as “a celebration of moving out of the holding pattern fear keeps us in.” 

Listen below:

According to a press release, The Ground Above is an album of two halves – a "more fragmented, searching" A side and a B side of "warmer, more expansive melodic forms" – and took about a year to make. Singer/songwriter Nick Hakim guests on "Cigarette Curls," and the cast of musicians across the LP includes Shahzad Ismaily, Tom Herbert, Dave Okumu, and Portishead's Adrian Utley.

The Ground Above is out June 26 via Partisan Records. Pre-order here. Tracklist below:

1. The Ground Above
2. Before I Knew
3. Cigarette Curls (feat. Nick Hakim)
4. Waiting
5. Celestial Light
6. I’ll Miss You
7. Love You Right
8. Otherside

Orton has also announced a fall US/UK tour, kicking off in Washington, DC on September 15. Prior to that she has a few shows in Northern Ireland and Scotland with her husband Sam Amidon, and she'll also perform at this year's Latitude Festival in July.

Beth Orton tour dates:

05/03 Belfast, UK @ Carlisle Memorial *
05/06 Dundee, UK @ Beat Generator Live! *
05/07 Aberdeen, UK @ Tunnels *
07/23-26 Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
09/15 Washington, DC @ The Miracle Theatre
09/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Baby Grand
09/18 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
09/19 Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theatre, Crystal Ballroom
09/20 Turners Falls, MA @ Shea Theater
09/22 Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
09/23 Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/24 Chicago, IL @ Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music
09/26 Minneapolis, MN @ Parkway Theater
09/28 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
09/30 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10/02 Portland, OR @ The Old Church
10/03 Seattle, WA @ Washington Hall
10/12 Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
10/13 Manchester, UK @ Stoller Hall
10/14 Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
10/16 Leeds, UK @ Howard Assembly Room
10/17 Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke’s
10/19 Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre
10/21 Norwich, UK @ Arts Centre
10/22 London, UK @ Alexandra Palace Theatre

* with Sam Amidon

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