Sweeping Promises announce new album, You Say I Romanticize

Sweeping Promises recently announced a whole bunch of tour dates in 2026, and now there’s a new album to go with them. On August 14, the post-punk duo will release You Say I Romanticize via Sub Pop. Today they’ve shared a new song, “Shooting Shadows,” which you can hear below. Also check out the album’s artwork and tracklist, and all those tour dates.

The album finds the band’s two core members, Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug, joined by touring drummer Spenser Gralla, to give the record more of the feel of their live performances.

You Say I Romanticize follows Sweeping Promises’ 2023 album Good Living Is Coming For You, which is on our list of the 50 Best Albums of 2023.

Sweeping Promises You Say I Romanticize tracklist:

1. Shooting Shadows
2. My Friend’s An Entomologist
3. Last Man
4. Rapture, Or…
5. Abduction On Camera
6. My Anchoress
7. Cocoon
8. Accent
9. Does He Want To Be The Weatherman?
10. Write Lightly

Sweeping Promises tour dates:

Sat. Jun. 20 – Calgary, ON – Sled Island Festival
Wed. Sep. 09 – Oklahoma City, OK – Resonant Head
Thu. Sep. 10 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
Sun. Sep. 12 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
Tue. 15 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Wed. Sep. 16 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Thu. Sep. 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Sid The Cat Auditorium
Fri. Sep. 18 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
Sun. Sep. 20 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Tue. Sep. 22 – Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret
Wed. Sep. 23 – Seattle, WA – Baba Yaga
Fri. Sep. 25 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club Basement
Sat. Sep. 26- Salt Lake City, UT – The DLC at Quarters
Sun. Sep. 27 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
Tue. Oct. 27 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown Front Room
Wed. Oct. 28 – St Paul, MN – Turf Club
Thu. Oct 29 –  Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
Fri. Oct. 30 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Sat. Oct. 31 – Detroit, MI – Lager House
Tue. Nov. 03 – Toronto, ON – Monarch
Wed. Nov. 04 – Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa
Fri. Nov. 06 – Boston, MA – Deep Cuts
Sat. Nov. 07 – Boston, MA – Deep Cuts
Sun. Nov. 08  – Hamden, CT, Space Ballroom
Tue. Nov. 10 – New York, NY – Nightclub 101
Wed. Nov. 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
Thu. Nov. 12 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Fri. Nov. 13 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
Sat. Nov. 14 – Richmond, VA – Cobra Cabana
Mon. Nov. 16 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook
Tue. Nov. 17 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Purgatory
Thu. Nov. 18th – Nashville, TN – DRKMTTR