Nilüfer Yanya has announced her third album, My Method Actor. The follow-up to 2022’s PAINLESS lands on September 13 via Ninja Tune. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Method Actor’, which follows ‘Like I Say (I runaway)’. Check it out below, along with the album cover, tracklist, and Yanya’s upcoming tour dates:
Yanya worked on the album in London, Wales, and Eastbourne with her creative partner Wilma Archer. “This is the most intense album, in that respect,” she said in a statement. “Because it’s only been us two. We didn’t let anyone else into the bubble.”
Of the new single, she added: “I was researching method acting – and from what I read, it’s based on finding this one memory in your life, a life-altering, life-changing memory. The reason why some people find method acting traumatic and maybe not safe mentally, is because you’re always going back to that moment.… It’s a bit like being a musician. When you’re performing, you’re still trying to invoke the energy and emotion of when you first wrote it, in that moment.”
My Method Actor Cover Artwork:
My Method Actor Tracklist:
1. Keep On Dancing
2. Like I Say (I runaway)
3. Method Actor
4. Binding
5. Mutations
6. Ready for Sun (touch)
7. Call It Love
8. Faith’s Late
9. Made Out Of Memory
10. Just A Western
11. Wingspan
Nilüfer Yanya 2024 Tour Dates:
Sep 28 — Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
Sep 30 — Washington, DC – Black Cat
Oct 1 — New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel
Oct 2 — Boston, MA – Royale
Oct 4 — Montreal, QC – La Tulipe
Oct 5 — Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Oct 6 — Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Oct 7 — Chicago, IL – Metro
Oct 9 — Nashville, TN – Basement East
Oct 10 — Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Oct 11 — Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
Oct 13 — Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
Oct 15 — Denver, CO – Meow Wolf
Oct 18 — Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre
Oct 19 — Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Oct 20 — Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Oct 22 — San Francisco, CA – August Hall
Oct 24 — Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theatre
Nov 24 — Brussels, BE – Botanique Orangerie
Nov 25 — Amsterdam, NE – Melkweg Old Hall
Nov 26 — Berlin, GE – Kesselhaus
Nov 28 — Paris, FR – La Bellevilloise
Nov 30 — Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
Dec 2 — Bristol, UK – Fleece
Dec 3 — London, UK – HERE at Outernet
Dec 4 — Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
Dec 5 — Manchester, UK – Academy 2