The British folk trio follow up 2024’s Beauty In Your Wake with a more contemplative record, one centred on leaving home and finding direction. The Fink The City Is Coming To Erase It All album draws heavily on frontman Fin Greenall’s early life, particularly his decision to leave Bristol and travel across North America as a young man.
New single ‘Wishing For Blue Sky’ captures that moment of uncertainty. Lyrics such as “No point dying of patience” and “I find myself lying on my bed, wishing the ceiling was blue sky” reflect a restless mindset, caught between inertia and the urge to move.
Greenall explains:
“When you realise that getting away is the first step to the unknown future. For me, this moment was deciding in my suburban bedroom that I was going to travel, saving my tips from my after-school and weekend jobs so the moment I finished I could just get on a plane and go.”
Sonically, the album takes inspiration from Fully Qualified Survivor by Michael Chapman, with the band deliberately restricting themselves to pre-1974 instrumentation. Working alongside producer Sam Okell, Fink strip the sound back to something more direct and tactile.
The album release will be followed by an extensive tour, beginning with a run of UK in-store shows before moving to North America and Europe. Dates include Amsterdam’s Paradiso, Edinburgh’s Usher Hall and a headline London show at Electric Brixton.
The City Is Coming To Erase It All is released on 5th June via R’COUP’D.
Tour dates
June
07 Bristol, Rough Trade
10 Nottingham, Rough Trade
13 Brighton, Resident
26 Cornwall, Morvala Festival
November
04 Amsterdam, Paradiso
12 Manchester, Academy 2
13 Bristol, Electric Bristol
14 London, Electric Brixton
16 Cologne, Live Music Hall
19 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
