Greg Mendez announces his new LP, Beauty Land. Along with the announcement, the singer/songwriter has shared lead single “I Wanna Feel Pretty.” the LP is Mendez’s debut for Dead Oceans, and will arrive on May 29th. On the video directed by Rhys Scarabosio, Mendez says “I spent most of my childhood in the suburbs, surrounded by the American Dream. Grand and lonely, strip malls and housing developments. Cathedrals of consumerism and reconstituted culture. The stores weren’t built for the towns, the towns were built for the stores. No one really belongs. The dream is close enough to smell but as soon as you reach out, your hand passes right through – a hologram of a promise. I hoped this video would feel like that.”

Beauty Land was mostly recorded directly to tape, almost entirely alone in Mendez’s makeshift home studio in Philadelphia – a small room with no natural light. It’s his first full-length album since his self-titled album in 2023, which was a slow burn success following 15 years of writing and recording music in relative obscurity between Philly and New York. Mendez will be touring behind Beauty Land, starting June 10th in Washington, DC.

Greg Mendez
Beauty Land
Dead Oceans
Track List:

1. I Wanna Feel Pretty
2. Looking Out Your Window
3. Mary / Dreaming
4. Everybody Wants To Be Your Friend (Except Me)
5. Gentle Love
6. Frog
7. It Breaks My Heart
8. Sunsick
9. No Evil
10. Geranium
11. Interlude in D Minor
12. Serving Drinks
13. So Mean
14. Concussion

Greg Mendez 2026 Tour Dates

06/10 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd #
06/11 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall #
06/12 – Asheville, NC – Static Age #
06/13 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room #
06/15 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop #
06/16 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon #
06/17 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry #
06/19 – Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s Oasis #
06/20 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall #
06/21 – Detroit, MI – Lager House #
06/23 – Toronto, ON – Sound Garage #
06/24 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall #
06/25 – Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery #
06/26 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair #
06/27 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom #
06/30 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
07/01 – Kingston, NY – Tubby’s #
07/10 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church #
07/31 – Durham, NC – Cat’s Cradle Back Room ^
08/01 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5 ^
08/02 – New Orleans, LA – Siberia ^
08/04 – Austin, TX – 29th Street Ballroom ^
08/05 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada ^
08/08 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar ^
08/09 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar ^
08/10 – Los Angeles, CA – Sid the Cat Auditorium ^
08/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent ^
08/14 – Portland, OR – Polaris ^
08/15 – Seattle, WA – Barboza ^
08/16 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret ^
08/18 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club ^
08/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court ^
08/21 – Denver, CO – Lost Lake ^
08/22 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar ^
08/23 – St Louis, MO – Off Broadway ^
08/24 – Newport, KY – Southgate House Revival ^
08/25 – Pittsburgh, PA – Bottlerocket ^

# with Scarlet Rae
^ with Maria BC

Pre-order Beauty Land by Greg Mendez HERE