Panda Bear and Sonic Boom will release their new album A ? of WHEN, on July 10 on Domino. The LP follows the duo’s 2022 debut, Reset. Noah Lennox and Pete Kember’s songss grapple with online exhaustion and pervasive depression, with political chicanery and ecological sustainability, all while advocating for respecting the power of luck and giving one another grace in a moment when very few of us actually know what the hell is happening. Alongside today’s announcement, the duo have shared album’s title track.

Change. Exciting & frightening at the same time. The slow slips & the big shifts. Highs & lows from the distraction of connectivity.

AI slop becomes an AI slope. Algorithm tables & algorithms tumble.

We’re taking things a little off piste.

More rock n’ roll than flick & scroll…

From here on in we’re getting back to a place of real connectivity and as you might have noticed from our new “Graveyard”/“Lucky Charm” 7″ (only available from record stores) there’s no streaming, no videos, and a minimisation of online everything.

Going forward we’re looking to radio, live shows, listening parties, Q&A sessions & real life interactions to get back to a place we feel makes more sense.

To that end, we’re asking you to join us offline, outside of social media. To meet us in the real world. IRL not URL…

A ? of WHEN is the follow-up to Panda Bear and Sonic Boom’s instant classic 2022 LP Reset and its two alternate versions, the Adrian Sherwood rework Reset in Dub and the Reset Mariachi EP featuring Mexico City’s Mariachi 2000 de Cutberto Pérez. The mariachis return for a couple tracks on A ? of WHEN, and the album also features contributions from harpist Mary Lattimore, British multi-instrumentalist Daniel O’Sullivan (Sun O))), Ulver), and “Steel Witch” Zena Kay on pedal steel guitar.

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
A ? of WHEN
Tracklist
Domino Records

1. Never givin’ in
2. Lucky Charm
3. Revive him
4. Something like dreaming
5. A ? of WHEN
6. Pray to you
7. Be the bridge
8. Like a moth to the flame
9. Somethin’ that lasts
10. Graveyard

Panda Bear and Sonic Boom listening parties

6/20: Cosmos – Lisbon, PT
6/24: Lithium – Paris, FR
6/25: Rough Trade East – London, UK
6/26: Rough Trade – Berlin, DE
6/27: Studio Sparks – Porto, PT

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom 2026 Tour Dates

7/3: Open’er Festival – Gdynia, PL
7/4: Roskilde Festival – Roskilde, DN
7/12: Kikimu Festival – Jäneda, EE

Listen to A ? of WHEN HERE

Pre-order A ? of WHEN HERE