Billie Marten has announced her fifth album ‘Dog Eared’ with new single ‘Feeling’

Billie Marten has announced her fifth album ‘Dog Eared’, set for release on 18th July via Fiction Records.

The British folk artist recorded the album in New York during summer 2024 with producer Phil Weinrobe at Sugar Mountain studio. The record features contributions from an array of musicians, including Núria Graham, Josh Crumbly, Mike Haldeman, Shahzad Ismaily, Sam Evian, Maia Friedman, Mauro Refosco, Vishal Nayak and Sam Amidon.

The announcement arrives alongside new single ‘Feeling’, which opens the ten-track album. Speaking about the track, Marten says: “I’ve discovered that I have a really particular long-term memory: I have specific sensory recollections from when I was two onwards, that I can recall easily now. One of these is marking out roads in my grandmother’s patterned carpet, for my Dad’s old 1950/60s toy cars to drive on. I used to trace patterns in everything: fabric seats at the dentist, carpets, wallpaper and walls, raindrops on car windows. Everything had a pattern to be noticed.”

She continues: “Another strong memory is the feeling of big, warm hands when you’re a child and how comforting and safe that feels. The notion of age being so far away from you, but you know it’s a future inevitability, and that you’re on your way there. The inarticulateness of that ‘feeling’ you can’t describe yet, but you’re aware of a push in the world that you don’t yet understand.”

Her dates in full read:

MAY
21 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA (w/ Tennis)
23 The Salt Shed, Chicago, IL, USA (w/ Tennis)
24 HI-FI Annex, Indianapolis, IN, USA (w/ Tennis)
25 Globe Iron, Cleveland, OH, USA (w/ Tennis)
27 The Concert Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada (w/ Tennis)
30 Roadrunner, Boston, MA, USA (w/ Tennis)
31 Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA (w/ Tennis)

JUNE
1 The Rooftop at Pier 17, New York, NY, USA (w/ Tennis)
3 The Anthem, Washington, DC, USA (w/ Tennis)
5 The Ritz, Raleigh, NC, USA (w/ Tennis)
6 The Eastern, Atlanta, GA, USA (w/ Tennis)
7 Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville, TN, USA (w/ Tennis)
9 The Factory in Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX, USA (w/ Tennis)
10 White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX, USA (w/ Tennis)
11 Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater, Austin, TX, USA (w/ Tennis)
13 Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, UK (w/ Elbow)
18 Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK (w/ Elbow)
19 Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, UK (w/ Elbow)

JULY
3 York Museum Gardens, York, UK
5 VIDA FESTIVAL 2025, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain

AUGUST
30 Golden Leaves Festival, Darmstadt, Germany

SEPTEMBER
8 Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO, USA
10 Lou Lou’s, San Diego, CA, USA
11 El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
13 The Independent, San Francisco, CA, USA
15 Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR, USA
16 The Crocodile, Seattle, WA, USA
17 Hollywood Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

OCTOBER
9 Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France
10 Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
11 Le Trabendo, Paris, France
12 L’Epicerie Moderne, Feyzin, France
15 Teatro Lara, Madrid, Spain
17 Bogen F, Zurich, Switzerland
18 Strom, Munich, Germany
19 Flucc Wanne, Vienna, Austria
21 Hybrydy, Warsaw, Poland
23 Frannz Club, Berlin, Germany
25 Vega Small Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
26 Nalen Klubb, Stockholm, Sweden
28 Parkteatret, Oslo, Norway
31 Nochtspeicher, Hamburg, Germany

NOVEMBER
1 Melkweg Max, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 Luxor, Cologne, Germany
5 Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland
6 Empire Music Hall, Belfast, UK
7 SWG3 TV Studio, Glasgow, UK
8 Newcastle University Student Union, Newcastle, UK
10 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
11 SWX, Bristol, UK
13 Academy 2, Manchester, UK
14 Irish Centre, Leeds, UK
15 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK