Runner is the project of Los Angeles multi-artist Noah Weinman, who today has announced the release of his new album, A Welcome Kind of Weakness, will drop August 29th via Run For Cover Records. The LP was written during months of bedrest and recovery from a torn achilles tendon, compounded by the drastic upheaval of a breakup. To mark the announcement Weinman has shared the album’s opening track, “Achilles And.” 2025 will also see Runnner returning to the road with a lengthy schedule of North American tour dates.

Weinman on “Achilles And”:

“This one was actually the second song I wrote with Achilles in the title but the only one that made it on the record. It feels a bit like a thesis or an overture for the record in that it lays out all the lyrical and sonic themes pretty obviously. The first Achilles song was more of a solo acoustic ballad, but my mood was calling out for more energy. I think being so cooped up and so still made me wanna rock out even more, so I started writing faster and bouncier songs until I arrived at this one.”

Weinman has produced albums for Skullcrusher, Gigi Perez, Odie Leigh, Horsepower and more.

Runner
A Welcome Kind of Weakness
track list
Run For Cover Records

1. A Welcome
2. Achilles And
3. Spackle
4. Chamomile
5. Claritin
6. PVD
7. Coinstar
8. Get Real Sleep
9. Split
10. Sublets
11. Untitled October Song

Runner 2025 Tour Dates

09/12 Boston, MA @ Cafe 939 *
09/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas *
09/14 Washington DC @ Pearl Street *
09/16 Asheville, NC @ Eulogy *
09/17 Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr ^
09/19 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall +
09/20 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada +
09/21 Austin, TX @ Ballroom +
09/23 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar %
09/24 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues Voodoo Room %
09/26 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room %
09/27 San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord %
09/29 Seattle, WA @ Barboza ^
09/30 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios ^
10/01 Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club Basement ^
10/02 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court ^
10/04 Denver, CO @ Marquis ^
10/06 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry ^
10/07 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean $
10/09 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison $
10/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom $

* w/ Buff Chick
^ w/ Hana Eid
+ w/ Farmer’s Wife
% w/ Truman Sinclair
$ w/ Shallow Alcove

Pre-order A Welcome Kind of Weakness HERE