Blondshell has shared new song ‘Event of a Fire’ ahead of her imminent second album

Blondshell is set to release her album ‘If You Asked For a Picture’ on 2nd May via Partisan Records, and is teasing the release with new single ‘Event of a Fire’.

The track showcases a more cinematic direction, building from quiet guitar arpeggios and vocal harmonies into a crescendo of drums and distortion. Written during tour burnout and inspired by a 4am hotel fire evacuation outside Boston, the song explores themes of exhaustion and existence.

“It’s not really ‘what if I’m burnt out from touring’,” she says. “It’s like, ‘what if I’m burnt out from just existing?”

The album, produced by Yves Rothman, follows Blondshell’s self-titled 2023 debut and features previously released singles ’23’s A Baby’, ‘Two Times’, and ‘T&A’. The record’s title references Mary Oliver’s 1986 poem ‘Dogfish’.

Her dates in full read:

MAY
2 Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles, USA
6 Amoeba Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
28 Belly Up Tavern, San Diego, USA
30 The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, USA
31 August Hall, San Francisco, USA

JUNE
2 Wonder Ballroom, Portland, USA
3 The Showbox, Seattle, USA
6 Soundwell, Salt Lake City, USA
8 Gothic Theatre, Denver, USA
11 Fine Line, Minneapolis, USA
13 Metro, Chicago, USA
14 Skully’s Music Diner, Columbus, USA
16 Phoenix Concert Theater, Toronto, Canada
17 Theatre Fairmount, Montreal, Canada
19 Royale, Boston, USA
20 Brooklyn Steel, New York, USA
21 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, USA
24 9:30 Club, Washington, USA
26 Orange Peel, Asheville, USA
27 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, USA
28 Basement East, Nashville, USA

SEPTEMBER
28 Forest Hills Stadium, New York, USA