[Cover photo credit to Elizabeth Landry]
UK artist Bess Atwell has announced her new album, Cut A Figure, arriving February 5th, 2026, via Nettwerk. Atwell has also shared the single “Glass” alongside a video, and confirmed full world tour dates in 2027.
For her follow-up to 2024’s Aaron Dessner-produced album Light Sleeper, Bess Atwell retreated from the UK to Quebec, where she lived for nine months, conceiving and writing what would become Cut a Figure.
To bring the album to life, she worked with Los Angeles-based Producer and mixer Chris Coady (Beach House, Future Islands, DIIV, Foals, and more).
“Glass” is “the emotional heart” of the new record, and its lyrics even inspired the album’s title. “Glass” is an Indie Pop song with lyrics “exploring how an eagerness to be understood can make someone invisible.”
Bess explains:
I knew I wanted to name the album after a line in this song as it feels like the heart of the record. Sometimes, an eagerness to be seen and understood can have the opposite effect – you can be so transparent that you end up invisible. When I was a teenager, I was really into doing ‘personality tests’. One test had you imagine a cube and then describe it (the cube supposedly representing how you express yourself). All my friends and family pictured various different sizes and colors, while I saw a transparent glass box floating in space.
| Full tour dates: UK |
| January 28th, Tramway, Glasgow |
| January 31st, The Crossing, Birmingham |
| February 6th, The Barbican, London – Album launch show North America |
| March 2nd, L’Esco, Montreal |
| March 3rd, Rainbow, Ottawa |
| March 4th, Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto |
| March 6th, 939 Cafe, Boston |
| March 7th, Elsewhere, New York |
| March 8th, Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia |
| March 10th, Schubas, Chicago |
| March 12th, Conor Byrne Pub, Seattle |
| March 13th, Wise Hall, Vancouver |
| March 14th, Show Bar, Portland |
| March 16th, Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco |
| March 18th, Moroccan Lounge, Los Angeles Australia |
| March 24th, Oxford Art Factory, Sydney |
| March 25th, Corner Hotel, Melbourne |
| March 27th, Brightside, Brisbane |
| March 30th, Jive Bar, Adelaide UK & Ireland |
| April 20th, Future Yard, Birkenhead |
| April 21st, Irish Centre, Leeds |
| April 22nd, Glasshouse International Centre For Music, Gateshead |
| April 23rd, New Century Hall, Manchester |
| April 25th, Limelight 2, Belfast |
| April 27th, Whelan’s, Dublin |
| April 29th, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham |
| April 30th, Electric, Bristol Europe |
| May 18th, La Boule Noire, Paris |
| May 19th, Ekko, Utrecht |
| May 20th, Hebebühne, Hamburg |
| May 21st, Privatclub, Berlin |
| May 23rd, Ideal Bar, Copenhagen Tickets & further information |
