Cavetown has shared confessional single ‘Tarmac’, alongside news of a 2026 UK headline tour.
With latest album ‘Running With Scissors’ set for release on January 16, it follows previous singles ‘Rainbow Gal’ and ‘Baby Spoon’.
Co-written with Orla Gartland, on ‘Tarmac’ Cavetown has said:
“This song is the earliest to exist from the album. It’s one which lyrically just fell out when Orla and I wrote it together. We had to kind of figure out the meaning after letting the words choose themselves. We found it feeling relevant to the feeling of overwhelm and the experience of intrusive thoughts, which can come hand-in-hand for me. I hope people find something in Tarmac which resonates with their own experiences.”
Take a listen below:
Cavetown has also announced his 2026 ‘Running With Scissors’ headline shows, with a run of dates taking place across the UK & Europe.
See the full list of dates below:
MARCH
7: DUBLIN Academy
8: DUBLIN Academy
10: GLASGOW Barrowland Ballroom
13: MANCHESTER O2 Ritz
14: NOTTINGHAM Rock City
15: BRISTOL O2 Academy
17: LEEDS Project House
19: LONDON Electric Ballroom
20: LONDON Electric Ballroom
22: BRUSSELS AB Main Hall
24: COLOGNE Live Music Hall
25: HAMBURG Mojo Club
27: BERLIN Astra Kulturhaus
28: WARSAW Palladium
29: PRAGUE SaSaZu
31: MILAN Magazzini Generali
APRIL
1: MUNICH Technikum
3: PARIS Elysee Montmartre
4: TILBURG 013 Poppodium
Check out the album artwork and full tracklisting for ‘Running With Scissors’ right here:
Skip
Cryptid
Rainbow Gal
Baby Spoon
NPC
Reaper
Straight Through My Head (DO IT!!!)
Tarmac
No Bark No Bite
Micah
Sailboat
First Time
Running With Scissors
