Today, Kate Stable's This Is The Kit project have revealed that their next album Ghost Coat will be released on January 15, 2027, via Memphis Industries. The polyphonic LP was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales.

The lead single "Skim a Stone" is out now. Watch its music video here:

Regarding the track, Stables commented:

"What are the things that we wish on. An eyelash? More than three skims of a stone? A folded crisp? What magical thinking do we employ in the hope that things will be OK and go our way. What repetitive behavior do we notice. How does it calm us down. How do we explain why things happened and then decide it’s OK to move on in life."

The title of Ghost Coat was inspired by a shadow cast by the staircase in Kate Stables’ new home that she could not get her mind off of. “Ghost coat” could refer to a layer, a garment, a disguise, a memory; all of them are mysterious presences watching people without them knowing. This haunting presence sits at the heart of her seventh LP: a meditation on home (both at peace and under threat), her friendships, and her ever-expanding community.

She continues:

“I hope listeners come away with a sense of shared experience,” says Stables. “I’m someone who is prone to disappearing into a sort of burrow, and it’s hard to know how to get out of the burrow. It’s important that we continue to interact with each other. It’s all about feeling a sense of community with other human beings out there.”

This Is The Kit will be extensively touring across Europe and North America starting this November and throughout the next year. Check out all of their tour dates down below.

Ghost Coat will be out on January 15. Pre-order the album here. Full tracklist:

1. Safety Valve
2. Skim a Stone
3. Catcher
4. Builders
5. Lamp Post
6. Ghost Coat
7. Tiny Eyes
8. Toad in the Hole
9. Fall Away
10. Lovely Grub
11. Fiver
12. Not Enough is Enough

Tour dates:

11/20 Geneva, CH @ Les Créatives Salle-Grand-Salève
11/21 Vienna, AT @ Bluebird Festival
12/13 Bruges, BE @ Duyster Festival Cactus
01/26 Glasgow, UK @ Celtic Connections Fruitmarket
01/30 Bristol, UK @ Bristol Beacon
03/10 Sheffield, UK @ Crookes Social Club
03/11 Gateshead, UK @ The Glasshouse
03/12 Liverpool, UK @ Hangar34
03/13 Coventry, UK @ Coventry Central Library
03/14 Cambridge, UK @ Junction 1
03/23 Kingston, NY @ Tubbys
03/24 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
03/25 Boston, MA @ Warehouse XI
03/26 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase Lounge
03/27 Montreal, QC @ Fairmount
03/29 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
03/30 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Arc
04/01 Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival
04/04 Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
04/06 Stoughton, WI @ Stoughton Opera House
04/08 Chicago, IL @ Constellation Club
04/09 Pittsburgh, PA @ Warhol Theater
04/10 Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
04/23 Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur
04/24 Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
04/25 Basel, CH @ Kuppel
04/28 Heidelberg, DE @ Karlstorbahnhof
04/29 Berlin, DE @ Frannz Club
05/01 Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
05/02 Hamburg, DE @ Knust
05/04 Paris, FR @ Maroquinerie
05/06 Antwerp, BE @ De Roma
05/07 Amsterdam, NL @ Tolhuistuin
09/24 Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
09/25 Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh
09/26 Cork, IE @ Live at St Luke’s
09/28 Cardiff, UK @ Tramshed
09/29 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
09/30 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
10/01 Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
10/03 Birmingham, UK @ The Crossing
10/07 London, UK @ Roundhouse

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