Last week, Eva Moolchan of Sneaks posted a visual for a new song called “Beliefs” ahead of her remaining 2018 shows. While Sneaks’ signature minimal approach is still intact, Moolchan’s bass guitar and drum machine have vanished, replaced by sparse production and synths to contrast the optimistic mantra repeated throughout. It’s from Moolchan’s forthcoming album called Highway Hypnosis, due January 2019.

Watch & share “Beliefs” by Sneaks now

Sneaks performs a hometown show this Friday at Baltimore’s Metro Gallery before flying to Europe for a tour with Goat Girl, a DJ set at Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin, and select headlining dates. A full list of shows can be found below. The tour will Include a handful of European dates with Rough Trade recording artists Goat Girl.

Sneaks
North American and European tour dates

Sep 21 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
Oct 01 Berlin, DE – Red Bull Music Academy @ Monarch (DJ set)
Oct 13 Leipzig, DE – Tiff
Oct 14 Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain
Oct 16 Den Haag, NL – Paardcafe
Oct 17 Cologne, DE – Schauspiel
Oct 18 Liège, BE – KulturA
Oct 20 Stoke-on-Trent, UK – The Sugarmill*
Oct 22 Cambridge, UK – The Portland Arms*
Oct 23 Manchester, UK – Gorilla*
Oct 25 Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms*
Oct 26 Glasgow, UK – Stereo*
Oct 27 York, UK – The Crescent*
Oct 29 Norwich, UK – Norwich Arts Centre*
Oct 30 Bristol, UK – Thekla*
Oct 31 Portsmouth, UK – The Wedgewood Rooms*
Nov 01 London, UK – The Islington
Nov 02 London, UK – Koko*
Nov 16 Seattle, WA – Freakout Fest
*w/ Goat Girl

Courtesy of Merge Records

Sneaks songs are the mesmerizing post-punk incantations of Washington, DC’s Eva Moolchan. Bass and drum machine underpin Moolchan’s compelling vocals, and the music straddles several decades of serious minimalist fun. “The songs came together pretty fast, very tongue-in-cheek,” writes Moolchan of Gymnastics. “I was playing with how we use language and twisting the words of mundane slogans, ads, and repetitive symbols I was seeing while attending school.”