[Cover photo credit to Anna Lee]
Instrumental Rock innovators Polyphia have release their fifth full-length studio album, Be Not Afraid, with Rise Records. With the release, they have put out a new music video directed by Caleb Young at Hand Crank Films for the track “Let There Be Light.”
Guitarist Scott LePage says:
‘LET THERE BE LIGHT’ is one of those beloved tracks that stuck with us throughout the writing process for the entire record. Being one of the first ideas that kickstarted the style for this album, it has seen every part of this record as it was being written – we’ve added and taken away many parts of the song, and we still feel like we could have kept going on it.
Guitarist Tim Henson says of the new album:
We turned the record in a couple months ago, but we love this record so much that we continued working on it all the way up to a week before its release. We were blessed to be able to work with the choir members who sang on Ye’s Sunday Service which is a bucket list item for me as I listen to them all the time.
Throughout 2024 and 2025, Polyphia worked together in various locations in Miami, Los Angeles and Dallas alongside co-Producer RJ Pasin and guitarist Spiro Dussias. Guitarist Tim Henson took a different approach to composition, initially singing lines aloud and then translating them onto guitar, creating a process that encouraged the entire band to build on each other’s ideas in real time.
This time around, the “instrumental push-and-pull invokes the polarity of the ultimate extremes: good and evil.”
When speaking on the themes of the record Henson adds:
The album takes you through the extremes of two different worlds / moods: one being very uplifting and triumphant, the other being spine-chilling and terrifying. There are moments on the record that legitimately scare me when I listen to them.
Polyphia will be on tour this fall in the UK and Europe, before heading out on the North American leg of their World Tour in early 2027. RJ Pasin will still support every date worldwide. North American shows will feature Ladrones, with select dates including Intervals. Perturbator will join all UK and European dates, which remain unchanged for Nov/Dec 2026.
North America Tour Dates 2027 w/ Ladrones & RJ Pasin:
* w/ Intervals
# No Ladrones
February 5 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
February 6 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
February 9 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
February 10 – San Diego, CA – SOMA #
February 11 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
February 14 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
February 17 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
February 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
February 20 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore Auditorium
February 23 – Minneapolis, MN – Uptown Theater
February 24 – Milwaukee, WI – Landmark Credit Union Live
February 25 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
February 26 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
February 27 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
March 2 – Toronto, ON – Great Canadian Toronto *
March 3 – Montreal, QC – L’Olympia *
March 5 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
March 6 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
March 7 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
March 9 – Washington, DC – Echostage
March 10- Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
March 12 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
March 13- Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
March 14 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
March 16 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
March 17- Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company
March 18 – Nashville, TN – The Truth
March 20 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
August 6 – Houston, TX- Daikan Park (with Slipknot and Bring Me The Horizon)
Europe/UK Tour Dates w/ Perturbator & RJ Pasin:
Nov 18 – Zurich, CH – Halle 622
Nov 19 – Lyon, FR – Le Radiant
Nov 20 – Toulouse, FR – Interference
Nov 22 – Barcelona, ES – Razzmatazz
Nov 23 – Madrid, ES – Sala La Riviera
Nov 25 – Milan, IT – Alcatraz
Nov 27 – Munich, DE – Zenith
Nov 28 – Prague, CZ – SaSaZu
Nov 29 – Warsaw, PL – Progresja
Nov 30 – Leipzig, DE – Haus Auensee
Dec 2 – Hamburg, DE – Docks
Dec 4 – Copenhagen, DK – Amager Bio
Dec 5 – Berlin, DE – Tempodrom
Dec 6 – Oberhausen, DE – Turbinenhalle
Dec 7 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
Dec 8 – Amsterdam, NL – AFAS Live
Dec 9 – Paris, FR – Zenith Paris
Dec 11 – Birmingham, UK – 02 Academy Birmingham
Dec 12 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
Dec 15 – Leeds, UK – O2 Academy Leeds
Dec 16 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
