Tyler Ballgame announces new album For the First Time, Again

Tyler Ballgame will release his new LP For the First Time, Again

Tyler Ballgame will release his new album For the First Time, Again, on January 30th, 2026 via Rough Trade Records. The LP’s lead single, “I Believe In Love” arrives today with a video by Ballgame’s friends and roommates Joey Casale and Victoria Gagnaire Stein. Recorded live, the song is the first one that Ballgame wrote explicitly knowing there would be a record and that it would change his life. “I had met [producer Jonathan] Rado and he told me to write the biggest song in the world, so I sat down at my kitchen table for two days and put the puzzle of the composition together. It’s turned into an anthem about love of love and the fools it makes,” he explains.

For the First Time, Again was recorded with acclaimed indie producer-multi-instrumentalists Jonathan Rado (Foxygen, Miley Cyrus, Weyes Blood) and Ryan Pollie (Los Angeles Police Department). Drummer Amy Aileen Wood (Fiona Apple) and bassist Wayne Whitaker contribute mightily to the pulse and character of the album.

Ballgame traces the genesis of For the First Time, Again to a pivotal moment that almost didn’t happen. Stuck in his native New England, depressed and isolated during the pandemic, living in his parents’ basement, Ballgame knew in his heart he was destined for a life in music. He’d known it since he was a child growing up with a classically trained music teacher mom, who encouraged him to joyfully perform anytime, anywhere – which he did, to great effect. He’d known it when he obsessively downloaded classic rock from Napster, and when more than one teacher at the prestigious Berklee College of Music told him he had the goods, as both songwriter and vocalist. As Ballgame says, “I think I’m meant to sing for people.”

Ballgame will embark on US tour dates with The Head and the Heart later this week before wrapping them up at Austin City Limits Weekend One. A headline tour of the UK and Europe in April 2026 was announced today.

Tyler Ballgame
For the First Time, Again
Track Listing
Rough Trade Records

For the First Time, Again
I Believe in Love
You’re Not My Baby Tonight
Matter of Taste
Got a New Car
Down So Bad
Goodbye, My Love
Ooh
Sing How I Feel
I Know
Deepest Blue
Waiting So Long

Tyler Ballgame 2025-2026 Tour Dates

Sep 24 – Berkeley, CA @ the Greek^
Sep 25 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24^
Sep 26 – Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Ampitheater^
Sep 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ the Greek in LA^
Sep 29 – San Diego, CA @ Gallagher Square^
Sep 30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theater^
Oct 2 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment Center^
October 5 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
November 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
February 20 – Tempe, AZ @ Innings Festival
April 13 – Berlin, Germany @ Kantine am Berghain
April 14 – Cologne, Germany @ Stadtgarten
April 16 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso (upstairs)
April 18 – Brussels, Belgium @ Rotonde
April 20 – Paris, France @ La Boule Noire
April 22 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
April 23 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
April 25 – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
April 26 – Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
April 29 – London, UK @ Scala