youbet have announced their new self-titled album, will drop on May 1st via Hardly Art. Ahead of the LP’s arrival, the NYC band has shred the opening track “Ground Kiss” is a late-night existential query written after the dissolution of an 11-year relationship. “The song represents an endless search for that something and the rebuilding that goes along with trial and failure,” shares principal songwriter Nick Llobet, The album features the production of longtime collaborator Katie Von Schleicher. Originally formed as a solo project helmed by Llobet, youbet sees the project evolve into a duo, with Micah Prussack.

“The band started as a sort of bedroom project for myself, but it has transformed into something expansive since working with Micah. It’s like we’re running a family business.”

“I myself am a constant student of life, of creating,” Llobet says. “I see people’s creative anxieties because I have lived them. It’s very therapeutic because I can tell that I’m giving people strong advice based on all my failures.”

When Llobet relocated to New York from Denver in 2013, they had started forging connections in the local scene, but it wasn’t until meeting Prussack that they discovered a different level of musical connection. When the duo started playing together, they quickly realized their uniquely shared musical language and eagerness to learn from everything, connecting over a vast array of musical influence and their own practice of teaching.

youbet 2026 Tour Dates

Feb 22nd – Brooklyn, NY @ Empire Stage
April 1st – Washington, DC @ Pearl Street Warehouse ^
April 2nd – Richmond, VA @ The Camel ^
April 3rd – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle – Back Room ^
April 4th – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern ^
April 6th – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 ^
April 7th – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn ^
April 9th – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves ^
April 10th – Austin, TX @ 29th Street Ballroom ^
April 13th – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress ^
April 15th – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar ^
April 16th – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s ^
April 17th – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room ^
April 18th – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop ^
April 20th – Reno, NV @ Holland Project ^
April 23rd – Portland, OR @ High Limit Room ^
April 24th – Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall ^
April 25th – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project ^
April 27th – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club Basement ^
April 28th – Salt Lake City, UT @ Hypha House ^
April 29th – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive ^
May 1st – Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge ^

^ w/ Remember Sports

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