{"id":2381624,"date":"2026-04-20T17:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2381624"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:27:21","slug":"beth-orton-shares-waiting-from-new-album-the-ground-above","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/beth-orton-shares-waiting-from-new-album-the-ground-above\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Orton Shares &#8220;Waiting&#8221; From New Album\u00a0&#8216;The Ground Above&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Beth Orton recently shared &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2494142\/beth-orton-the-ground-above\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ground Above<\/a>,&#8221; an eight-minute sprawl of dazzling art pop. Turns out that&#8217;s the title track and opener to the UK singer-songwriter&#8217;s upcoming album, set for release this June. Along with today&#8217;s news comes another new single called &#8220;Waiting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For the self-produced <em>The Ground Above<\/em>, Orton enlisted a whole crew of personnel including Nick Hakim, Tom Skinner, multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, Vernon Spring\u2019s Sam Beste, drummers Chris Vatalaro (Antibalas, Radiohead), Vishal Nayak (Nick Hakim), Paul Butler (The Bees and Michael Kiwanuka), trumpet player Christos Styliandes, bassist Tom Herbert, and guitarist Dave Okumu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Waiting&#8221; begins as a spare, lovelorn piano ballad: &#8220;I\u2019ve been waiting for the hurting to stop\/ I\u2019ve been waiting for the punchline to drop,&#8221; Orton sings in its opening lines before the track swells into a deceptively upbeat, jazzy cacophony. Listen to it below, where you&#8217;ll also find the full <em>The Ground Above<\/em> tracklist as well as Orton&#8217;s upcoming tour dates.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beth Orton - Waiting (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eVxDklRIMQk?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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TRACKLIST:<br \/>01 &#8220;The Ground Above&#8221;<br \/>02 &#8220;Before I Knew&#8221;<br \/>03 &#8220;Cigarette Curls&#8221;<br \/>04 &#8220;Waiting&#8221;<br \/>05 &#8220;Celestial Light&#8221;<br \/>06 &#8220;I\u2019ll Miss You&#8221;<br \/>07 &#8220;Love You Right&#8221;<br \/>08 &#8220;Otherside&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TOUR DATES:<br \/>09\/15 &#8211; Washington, DC @ The Miracle Theatre<br \/>09\/16 &#8211; Philadelphia, PA @ Baby Grand<br \/>09\/18 &#8211; New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge<br \/>09\/19 &#8211; Somerville, MA @ Crystal Ballroom (Somerville Theatre)<br \/>09\/20 &#8211; Turners Falls, MA @ Shea Theater<br \/>09\/22 &#8211; Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall<br \/>09\/23 &#8211; Detroit, MI @ El Club<br \/>09\/24 &#8211; Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music (Maurer Hall)<br \/>09\/26 &#8211; Minneapolis, MN @ Parkway Theater<br \/>09\/28 &#8211; Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour<br \/>09\/30 &#8211; San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall<br \/>10\/02 &#8211; Portland, OR @ The Old Church<br \/>10\/03 &#8211; Seattle, WA @ Washington Hall<br \/>07\/23-07\/26 &#8211; Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival<br \/>10\/12 &#8211; Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2<br \/>10\/13 &#8211; Manchester, UK @ Stoller Hall<br \/>10\/14 &#8211; Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms<br \/>10\/16 &#8211; Leeds, UK @ Howard Assembly Room<br \/>10\/17 &#8211; Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke\u2019s<br \/>10\/19 &#8211; Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre<br \/>10\/21 &#8211; Norwich, UK @ Arts Centre<br \/>10\/22 &#8211; London, UK @ Alexandra Palace Theatre<\/p>\n<p><em>The Ground Above<\/em> is out 6\/26 via Partisan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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 stereogum.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beth Orton recently shared &#8220;The Ground Above,&#8221; an eight-minute sprawl of dazzling art pop. 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