Bristol natives; Barney Matthews, Leo Fini, Matt Griffiths, and Tom Connolly [aka Fohn] are Quade. The group has announced a follow-up to their 2023 record, Nacre. The new album is titled, The Foel Tower, and it will be available April 18 via AD 93.

Quade has also released a brand new single that will kick off the record, "Beckett." The video is directed by Tom Whitson and features the band roaming through the expansive surrounding valleys of Nannerth Ganol in Wales.

Watch the "Beckett" music video below:

In order to find the sound of the record, Quade decided to shack up (quite literally) in a stone barn in the middle of a Welsh mountain valley. The quartet would sit around campfires each evening and roam during the day. According to the band, this excursion helped them reach what they semi-jokingly describe as “doomer sad boy, ambient-dub, folk, experimental post-rock."

Isolating themselves in this dramatic landscape was a major influence on the record, but so was the comradery and essence of togetherness the band experienced brought out by the situation they were in.

"We’ve individually experienced a lot of difficulty over the last several years and Quade has represented a space to shelter from these,” the band says. “This means we often communicate extensively with each other about the issues affecting us individually and collectively. These conversations and concerns are central to The Foel Tower.”

Quade is touring across the UK starting in April. Here are the upcoming dates:

04/05 Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew (Accidental Meetings: Saccade)
04/24 Oxford, UK @ The Bullingdon
04/27 Southampton, UK @ Heartbreakers
05/15 Manchester, UK @ The White Hotel
05/16 Glasgow, UK @ The Glad Café

The Foel Tower is out April 18 via AD 93. Pre-save here. Full tracklist below:

1. Beckett
2. See Unit
3. Bylaw 7.1
4. Nannerth Ganol
5. Canada Geese
6. Black Kites