Nilüfer Yanya announces new album, My Method Actor

Molly Daniel

Nilüfer Yanya has announced a new album. On September 13, she’ll release My Method Actor via Ninja Tune. The announcement follows the release of her recent single “Like I Say (I runaway),” which we named an Essential Track, and today she’s released “Method Actor,” which you can hear below.

Yanya said in a statement, “I was researching method acting – and from what I read, it’s based on finding this one memory in your life, a life-altering, life-changing memory. The reason why some people find method acting traumatic and maybe not safe mentally, is because you’re always going back to that moment. It can be good or bad but you’re always feeding off the energy, something that’s defined you – and that’s what helps you become the character. It’s a bit like being a musician. When you’re performing, you’re still trying to invoke the energy and emotion of when you first wrote it, in that moment. It definitely feels like you’re having to recreate or step into that headspace.”

My Method Actor follows 2022’s PAINLESS, which was on our list of the 50 Best Albums of 2022.

Nilüfer Yanya My Method Actor tracklist:

1. Keep On Dancing
2. Like I Say (I runaway)
3. Method Actor
4. Binding
5. Mutations
6. Ready for Sun (touch)
7. Call It Love
8. Faith’s Late
9. Made Out Of Memory
10. Just A Western
11. Wingspan

Nilüfer Yanya tour dates:

9/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts*
9/30 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat*
10/1 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel*
10/2 – Boston, MA @ Royale*
10/4 – Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe*
10/5 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre*
10/6 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop+
10/7 – Chicago, IL @ Metro+
10/9 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East+
10/10 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle+
10/11 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West+
10/13 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck+
10/15 – Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf+
10/18 – Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre+
10/19 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile+
10/20 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom+
10/22 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall+
10/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre+
11/24 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique Orangerie
11/25 – Amsterdam, NE @ Melkweg Old Hall
11/26 – Berlin, GE @ Kesselhaus
11/28 – Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise
11/30 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
12/2 – Bristol, UK @ Fleece
12/3 – London, UK @ HERE at Outernet
12/4 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
12/5 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2