Billie Marten has announced her new album Dog Eared, will be available on July 18th via Fiction Records. Along with the news, the British singer/songwriter the album’s opener “Feeling”. Marten will be touring behind Dog Eared, starting May 21 in Minneapolis, MN.

Dog Eared was recorded with producer Phil Weinrobe (Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Laura Veirs) at his Sugar Mountain studio, alongside an all-star cast of musicians. The likes of Catalan singer-songwriter/guitarist Núria Graham, bassist Josh Crumbly, virtuosic guitarist Mike Haldeman, multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, revered indie-rock musician Sam Evian, former Dirty Projectors vocalist/folk musician Maia Friedman, Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco, drummer/multi-instrumentalist Vishal Nayak and acclaimed folk musician Sam Amidon also contribuite to the LP.

Weinrobe says: “Dog Eared is a fucking miracle. This record feels like what music is supposed to be — a creative dialog between wide open musicians, all pushing in the exact same direction. And that direction is clear — the controls are set for the heart of Billie’s incredible songs.

“Yes, the record was recorded live. Yes, Billie sang the lead vocals as it was going down. Yes, we were huddled up in a circle — no headphones, no walls, no playback, nothing separating each person from the next, and nothing separating the performers from their performances.

“But that’s not why this record is a monument. It’s a monument because Billie walked into the studio every morning and opened her mouth and sang these incredible melodies and gorgeous lyrics without any worries or fears or desires to control the art. She was the art. And everyone surrounded her, and lifted her up, and in turn she lifted the music to heights that we are all lucky to get to listen to, on repeat, forever.”

Of the record’s opening number, “Feeling,” Billie explains: “I’ve discovered that I have a really particular long-term memory: I have specific sensory recollections from when I was two onwards, that I can recall easily now. One of these is marking out roads in my grandmother’s patterned carpet, for my Dad’s old 1950/60s toy cars to drive on. I used to trace patterns in everything: fabric seats at the dentist, carpets, wallpaper and walls, raindrops on car windows. Everything had a pattern to be noticed.

“Another strong memory is the feeling of big, warm hands when you’re a child and how comforting and safe that feels. The notion of age being so far away from you, but you know it’s a future inevitability, and that you’re on your way there. The inarticulateness of that ‘feeling’ you can’t describe yet, but you’re aware of a push in the world that you don’t yet understand.

“‘Feeling’ is really set alight by Núria Graham’s guitar part, the one you hear from the outset. It sparks the album info life and really sets a benchmark in terms of rhythm. This is an album of rhythmic focus.”

Billie Marten
Dog Eared
Tracklist

1. Feeling
2. Crown
3. Clover
4. No Sudden Changes
5. The Glass
6. Leap Year
7. Goodnight Moon
8. Planets
9. You and I Both
10. Swing

Billie Marten 2025 Tour Dates

Wed. May 21 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue*
Fri. May 23 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed*
Sat. May 24 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi Annex*
Sun. May 25 – Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron*
Tue. May 27 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall*
Fri. May 30 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner*
Sat. May 31 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall*
Sun. June 1 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17*
Tue. June 3 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem*
Thu. June 5 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz*
Fri. June 6 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern*
Sat. June 7 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville*
Mon. June 9 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum*
Tue. June 10 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall*
Wed. June 11 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater*
Fri. June 13 – Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Castle^
Wed. June 18 – Coventry, UK @ Warwick Arts Centre
Thu. June 19 – Gloucestershire, UK @ Westonbirt Arboretum^
Thu. July 3 – York, UK @ York Museum Gardens^
Sat. July 5 – Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain @ VIDA FESTIVAL 2025^
Sat. August 30 – Darmstadt, DE @ Golden Leaves Festival*
Mon. September 8 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Wed. September 10 – San Diego, CA @ Lou Lou’s
Thu. September 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Sat. September 13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Mon. September 15 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
Tue. September 16 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Wed. September 17 – Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
Thu. October 9 – Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix
Fri. October 10 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
Sat. October 11 – Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
Sun. October 12 – Feyzin, FR @ L’Epicerie Moderne
Wed. October 15 – Madrid, ES @ Teatro Lara
Fri. October 17 – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
Sat. October 18 – Munich, DE @ Strom
Sun. October 19 – Vienna, AT @ Flucc Wanne
Tue. October 21 – Warsaw, PL @ Hybrydy
Thu. October 23 – Berlin, DE @ Frannz Club
Sat. October 25 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega Small Hall
Sun. October 26 – Stockholm, SE @ Nalen Klubb
Tue. October 28 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret
Fri. October 31 – Hamburg, DE @ Nochtspeicher
Sat. November 1 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg Max
Sun. November 2 – Cologne, DE @ Luxor
Wed. November 5 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
Thu. November 6 – Belfast, UK @ Empire Music Hall
Fri. November 7 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio
Sat. November 8 – Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle University Student Union
Mon. November 10 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
Tue. November 11 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
Thu. November 13 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
Fri. November 14 – Leeds, UK @ Irish Centre
Sat. November 15 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town

* with Tennis
^ with Elbow

Pre-Order Dog Eared HERE