Lime Garden have announced a new album called ‘Maybe Not Tonight’, check out the lead single ‘23’ and details of their new tour below.
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The record will mark the second album from the Brighton four-piece, and is set for release on April 10 via So Young Records. Visit here to pre-order.
According to the band, the album is designed to feel like “a night out, from start to finish”, and chart both moments of youthful ecstasy as well as trying times of frustration, anger and self doubt.
“As the night progresses, you’re having a great time, until your ex walks in with someone else,” vocalist and guitarist Chloe Howard explained. “You hate the way you look but rather than going home, you press the big red button and get even more drunk. Eventually, you take yourself home full of melancholy, chaos and anger.”
Today (Thursday January 22), the band have shared the first taster of the record in the form of new single ‘23’. In terms of the storyline behind the album, it marks the moment when you first step into the club at the beginning of a night out.
It is rife with playful basslines, shimmering synths and euphoric melodies, and somehow balances the feeling of excitement at the start of a new adventure, as well as the subtle feeling of anxiety at what comes next.
“‘23’ the concept was born from a dream I had where I was talking to my younger self,” explained Howard. “In the dream I was essentially ripping into my own personality and lack of success.
“‘23’ the song was born on a rainy January afternoon, a Happy Mondays–inspired jam paved the way for the main bassline.” Check it out above.
As for the album as a whole, ‘Maybe Not Tonight’ was written by Lime Garden following a period of intense personal upheaval, and helps tackle heavy themes including grief, drinking, body image and self-esteem.
The 10-track LP is produced by Charlie Andrew (Wolf Alice, alt-J) and has additional production from drummer Annabel Whittle.
“Part of the ethos of the record is about addressing, rather than ignoring, all the shitty things you’ve done,” Howard continued. “You have to actually face up to yourself.”
“By making this record, we’ve come back to what it felt like when we started the band. When we were 17 and thought we were the shit, and nobody could tell us different. We’ve got this fresh feeling that we deserve to be here. That’s a special thing,” the singer added.
Alongside the new music, Lime Garden have also shared a new list of 2026 UK tour dates. The shows kick off in Bristol on October 2, and continue throughout the month with further stops in Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Manchester and more.
A penultimate stop is scheduled for the Castle & Falcon in Birmingham on October 20, and this is followed by a final gig at Electric Brixton in London the next night (21). Visit here for tickets.
Lime Garden 2026 tour dates are:
OCTOBER
02 – Bristol, Electric Bristol
05 – Oxford, The Bullingdon
06 – Cambridge, Junction 1
09 – Birkenhead, Future Yard
10 – Leeds, Stylus
12 – Newcastle, The Grove
13 – Edinburgh, Mash House
14 – Glasgow, Mono
16 – Manchester, Gorilla
17 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
18 – Norwich, Waterfront
20 – Birmingham, Castle & Falcon
21 – London, Electric Brixton
Back in 2024, NME spoke to Lime Garden about their debut album ‘One More Thing’, and the band revealed how their tight-knit culture helped inspire the sound they captured.
“Whenever we’re together for a long period of time, we form a language that revolves around understanding each other’s routines and behaviours,” Whittle explained, sharing that the album was recorded entirely in a productive two-week burst. “But a lot of what we make reflects how our lives are made up of ridiculous highs and crazy lows – there’s no inbetween.”
That record was given a four-star review from NME, and praised as an “enjoyably jagged, ambitious cacophony”.
“‘Nepotism (Baby)’ and ‘I Want To Be You’ explore the complicated relationships women often have with one another; twisting sombre jealousy with admiration,” it read. “Witty and sardonic, Lime Garden’s lyrics would feel at home on any great sprechgesang record… yet the band’s exuberant sound marks them as their own distinct entity; entirely within their own league.”
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