Marika Hackman announces new album "False Dogs" set for release 19 February, and Shares Single "33"

Today, Marika Hackman announces False Dogs, her fifth studio album, to be released on 19 February 2027 via Chrysalis Records. Produced, arranged and written by Marikaherself, it is her most assured and emotionally affecting record yet: an intimate album about the beauty and anxieties of mid-thirties malaise. Marika plays almost every instrument on the record, from guitars, piano and drums to bass, mandolin and synth. Alongside the announcement Marika shares the album’s bittersweet opening track “33”, a song about the passage of time from 17-years-old to now. Marika worked with a children’s choir on the track, who portray a shadow character who tells her to ‘keep pushing,’ despite being immobilised by both nostalgia and fear of the future. The official video, created by JOFI Films and conceptualised with Marika, beautifully captures the push and pull of growing up and time moving on.

‘33 grapples with the dull ache of nostalgia, the apprehension of the future and the celebration of the moments in between - keep pushing, it’s worth it.’ Marika Hackman

“False Dogs” was constructed over hours of playful experimentation at Marika’s East London studio, followed by a ten-day stint at Ramsgate’s Big Jelly Studios (aided by previous collaborator Charlie Andrew and Polly Mackey aka. Art School Girlfriend — Hackman’s wife). Making use of the converted chapel’s roomy acoustics, the sound of the Kent coast can also be heard in field recordings subtly peppered across the record. "I think this truly is the first record that I have fully inhabited my creative skin right up to its edges," says Marika. Across False Dogs, she wrangles with the expectations we measure our lives against (are you married, have you bought a house, is there a child on the way?) and undercuts them with glimmers of light, with delicate songwriting juxtaposed against expansive production, and Marika’s haunting vocals fans have come to love her for.  

In January 2024, Marika released Big Sigh to widespread critical acclaim, with praise from The Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer, Uncut, MOJO, and more, alongside support across BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 1, Radio X and NTS. Marika’s story began with a run of early EPs produced with Charlie Andrew, and a debut single, “You Come Down”, produced by Johnny Flynn. Across We Slept at Last (2015), the grungier I’m Not Your Man (2017), recorded with The Big Moon as her band, and the frank, liberated Any Human Friend (2019), she established herself as one of the most distinctive and unflinching songwriters of her generation. Over the years she has lent her distinct voice to alt-J’s “Warm Foothills” and “Last Year”, toured with Laura Marling, alt-J and The 1975, and played Glastonbury, Latitude, Green Man, End of the Road, Pitchfork, Reading & Leeds and All Points East. She was the face and voice of Burberry’s 2012 eyewear campaign, and her song “Before I Sleep” featured in the TV drama The Last Frontier.

False Dogs Tracklisting:

1. 33

2. Close To Me

3. I'm Good

4. Handsome

5. The Blows

6. Be Surprised

7. Everything You Wanted

8. Ha_Happy

9. Half Painted Dog

10. Hello Sunshine

11. Lying Down

12. Crimson

TOUR DATES

(on sale Friday 23rd Oct 10am)

Fri 26 Feb 2027 - Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Mon 01 Mar 2027 - Bristol Beacon, Bristol, UK
Tue 02 Mar 2027 - St. Luke’s, Glasgow, UK
Wed 03 Mar 2027 - Stoller Hall, Manchester, UK
Sat 06 Mar 2027 - Amsterdam, Tolhuistuin, NL
Sun 07 Mar 2027 - Botanique, Brussels, BE
Tue 09 Mar 2027 - Le Trabendo, Paris, FR
Thu 11 Mar 2027 - Gebaude 9, Cologne, DE
Fri 12 Mar 2027 - Molotow, Hamburg, DE
Sat 13 Mar 2027 - Heimathafen, Berlin, DE
Tue 16 Mar 2027 - Vega, Copenhagen, DK
Wed 17 Mar 2027 – Debaser, Stockholm, SE