My New Band Believe (album)

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Patrick Clarke of [[NME]] commended the albums lyrics and ambition in a five star review. Clarke concludes that the album is "as ambitious as it is ambiguous. In less skilled hands it could easily fall apart under its own weight. In Picton’s, however, it’s a masterpiece."{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Patrick |date=2026-04-10 |title=My New Band Believe – ‘My New Band Believe’ review: a staggering, sprawling masterpiece from the mind of Cameron Picton |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/my-new-band-believe-self-titled-review-3939272 |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} In reviewing the album, Sam Sodomsky of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' wrote that Picton is "one of the most crucial voices in indie rock today".{{Cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |title=My New Band Believe: My New Band Believe |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/my-new-band-believe-my-new-band-believe/ |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} In a four star review, [[Alexis Petridis]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' drew a positive contrast between ''My New Band Believe'' and Picton's work within Black Midi, writing that the album is "less distant, less inclined to showboating, easier to love – rather than merely admire – than Picton’s previous work, without ever feeling like it’s pandering to the listener. It’s admirably unbound by things such as standardised song structure, feels difficult to accurately pigeonhole and comes teeming with musical ideas from out of the ordinary – but it feels like it’s wearing its intelligence a little more lightly than its author once did, which might be the smartest move of all."{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |title=My New Band Believe review – beautiful ideas burst from ex-Black Midi man’s lovable debut album |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/09/my-new-band-believe-review-beautiful-ideas-burst-from-ex-black-midi-mans-lovable-debut-album |access-date=10 April 2026 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 April 2026}}

Patrick Clarke of [[NME]] commended the albums lyrics and ambition in a five star review. Clarke concludes that the album is "as ambitious as it is ambiguous. In less skilled hands it could easily fall apart under its own weight. In Picton’s, however, it’s a masterpiece."{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Patrick |date=2026-04-10 |title=My New Band Believe – ‘My New Band Believe’ review: a staggering, sprawling masterpiece from the mind of Cameron Picton |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/my-new-band-believe-self-titled-review-3939272 |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} In reviewing the album, Sam Sodomsky of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' wrote that Picton is "one of the most crucial voices in indie rock today".{{Cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |title=My New Band Believe: My New Band Believe |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/my-new-band-believe-my-new-band-believe/ |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} In a four star review, [[Alexis Petridis]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' drew a positive contrast between ''My New Band Believe'' and Picton's work within Black Midi, writing that the album is "less distant, less inclined to showboating, easier to love – rather than merely admire – than Picton’s previous work, without ever feeling like it’s pandering to the listener. It’s admirably unbound by things such as standardised song structure, feels difficult to accurately pigeonhole and comes teeming with musical ideas from out of the ordinary – but it feels like it’s wearing its intelligence a little more lightly than its author once did, which might be the smartest move of all."{{cite news |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |title=My New Band Believe review – beautiful ideas burst from ex-Black Midi man’s lovable debut album |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/09/my-new-band-believe-review-beautiful-ideas-burst-from-ex-black-midi-mans-lovable-debut-album |access-date=10 April 2026 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 April 2026}} Theneedledrop's Anthony Fantano complimented the record's folk and rock instrumentation, but criticised the processing of Picton's vocals as too understated and soft.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWXMzAP1qgg |title=My New Band Believe - Self-Titled ALBUM REVIEW |date=2026-04-13 |last=theneedledrop |access-date=2026-04-21 |via=YouTube}}

== Track listing ==

== Track listing ==