Angelo De Augustine will release his new album Angel in Plainclothes, on April 24th via Asthmatic Kitty Records. Along with the news, he is sharing the album’s first single “Mirror Mirror.” Angel in Plainclothes, is a multi-year-long journey of healing and renewal. After collapsing and being hospitalized with an undiagnosed illness in early 2022, the Southern California-based singer/songwriter endured an arduous journey of re-learning how to walk, talk, see, hear, play music, and sing again; abilities most people take for granted. Once he was able to return to writing and recording, De Augustine welcomed others into his creative process for the first time in years.

Says De Augustine: “When I made the new record I was in a really bad state, having just been released from the hospital and only about halfway through the recording of the album. I had accepted that I was going to die and that I should do all I could to finish the record,” says De Augustine. “I didn’t believe that I was going to survive the illness, let alone ever make music again. The experience unfortunately broke me and everything that I thought that I knew or could count on,” he further explains. “With this new record, I’m trying to pick up the pieces of who I was and figure out who I am now. I am on a journey where I feel like I may have been given a second chance at life, and I’d like to live it.”

De Augustine released his debut LP Tomb in 2019, followed by his collaborative album he made with Sufjan Stevens entitled A Beginner’s Mind, De Augustine found himself in a radically different emotional space when approaching his latest release.

Angelo De Augustine
Angel in Plainclothes
Tracklist
Asthmatic Kitty Records

Empty Shell
Pet Cemetery
Spirit of The Unknown
The Cure
Mirror Mirror
Cosmic Ride
The Universe Was Our Mother
With a Love So Kind
Pictures On My Wall
Goodbye Baby Blue

2026 Tour Dates

5/1/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Sid the Cat Auditorium
5/2/26 – San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Music Hall
5/5/26 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
5/6/26 – Seattle, WA – Triple Door

all dates w/ Hannah Frances

Pre-order Angel in Plainclothes by Angelo De Augustine HERE