{"id":2286051,"date":"2026-02-17T18:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2286051"},"modified":"2026-02-17T18:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:10:03","slug":"former-black-midi-member-cameron-picton-launches-new-band-my-new-band-believe-with-thrilling-single-numerology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-black-midi-member-cameron-picton-launches-new-band-my-new-band-believe-with-thrilling-single-numerology\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Black Midi member Cameron Picton launches new band My New Band Believe with thrilling single \u2018Numerology\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/black-midi\">Black Midi<\/a> member Cameron Picton has announced the debut album from his new band, My New Band Believe, with the exhilarating debut single \u2018Numerology\u2019. Check it out below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/black-midi-hellfire-review-3269367\">Black Midi \u2013 \u2018Hellfire\u2019 review: intense first-person narratives fuel a genre-gnarling thrill ride<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Picton first launched My New Band Believe back in February 2025 with the track \u2018Lecture 25\u2019. Now, he\u2019s revealed that their\u00a0self-titled debut album will be released on April 10 via Rough Trade Records (available to pre-order<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mynewbandbelieve.ffm.to\/mnbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of its release, they\u2019ve shared \u2018Numerology\u2019, a non-album single that will feature on a bonus 10\u2033 version, as well as on a limited-edition Deluxe CD.<\/p>\n<p>Over a frenetic acoustic guitar, Picton ponders the chance and possibility that exists within \u201cone night\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The track swirls from dance to psychedelic as he embraces the thrill of fun and danger. Check it out, and the lo-fi music video, below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My New Band Believe - Numerology (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/21zVFKf7vSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The new album came to Picton as a fever dream while he was \u201cdelirious in a Chinese hotel room\u201d and \u201cbattling through the worst of a sudden illness\u201d, per a press release. While suffering, he was overcome with flashes of \u201cweird imagery\u201d and text, which he would later form into the songs that made up the LP.<\/p>\n<p>Picton takes on the role of bandleader as well as the \u201cunreliable but charismatic narrator\u201d, with musicians Kiran Leonard, Caius Williams, Steve Noble and Andrew Cheetham among those playing on the album.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost entirely acoustic and uses \u201cthe barest amount of reverb and electronic effects possible\u201d, as well as a full string section.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The tracklist for My New Band Believe\u2019s debut album is:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1. \u2018Target Practice\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>2. \u2018In the Blink of an Eye\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>3. \u2018Heart of Darkness\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>4. \u2018Love Story\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>5. \u2018Pearls\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>6. \u2018Opposite Teacher\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>7. \u2018Actress\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>8. \u2018One Night\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU3JGJ2jP9Z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The band will also head on their first headline tour later this year. They\u2019ll kick things off in Glasgow on April 28 before heading to Leeds, Manchester, London, Bristol and Cambridge. The tour will wrap up in Oxford on May 5. See all the dates below, and get tickets <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fmy-new-band-believe-tickets%2Fartist%2F5683255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APRIL<\/strong><br \/><strong>11 \u2013 The Hague, Netherlands \u2013 Rewire Festival<\/strong><br \/><strong>28 \u2013 Glasgow, Flying Fuck<\/strong><br \/><strong>29 \u2013 Leeds, Brudenell<\/strong><br \/><strong>30 \u2013 Manchester, White Hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAY<\/strong><br \/><strong>2 \u2013 London, EartH<\/strong><br \/><strong>3 \u2013 Bristol, Rough Trade<\/strong><br \/><strong>4 \u2013 Cambridge, Unitarian Church<\/strong><br \/><strong>5 \u2013 Oxford, Common Ground<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Picton\u2019s new project comes after Geordie Greep and Picton <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/black-midi-are-indefinitely-over-confirms-bassist-and-frontman-3782676\">confirmed the \u201cindefinite\u201d end to Black Midi on social media last summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The band formed in 2017 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-radar\/black-midi-band-the-great-escape-nts-session-2323593\">were quickly met with acclaim<\/a> for their brand of experimental art rock. In 2018,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/shame\">\u00a0Shame<\/a>\u00a0declared the trio, comprised of Greep, Picton and Morgan Simpson the \u201cbest band in London\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, they released three studio albums. Their 2019 debut \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/black-midi-schlagenheim-review-2510571\">Schlagenheim<\/a>\u2019 was given four stars from\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>, in a review that said they were \u201cmaking music like no other band in the world.\u201d It was followed by 2021\u2019s \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/black-midi-cavalcade-review-2947430\">Cavalcade<\/a>\u2019 and \u2018Hellfire\u2019 in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, in 2020, they <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/black-midi-share-jam-spoken-word-album-the-black-midi-anthology-vol-1-tales-of-suspense-and-revenge-2682854\">released the jam and spoken word album<\/a>\u00a0\u2018The Black Midi Anthology Vol. 1: Tales of Suspense and Revenge\u2019, on Bandcamp.<\/p>\n<p>Black Midi\u2019s last LP, 2022\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/black-midi-hellfire-review-3269367\">\u2018Hellfire\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0was given a four-star review by\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>, which claimed that the project delivered \u201cmore musical thrills and about-turns per minute than few other records we\u2019ve heard this year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cSounding more assured of their creative agility than ever before, \u2018Hellfire\u2019 is the work of a very special group of alchemists.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Black Midi member Cameron Picton has announced the debut album from his new band, My New Band Believe, with the exhilarating debut single \u2018Numerology\u2019. 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