Sex Week have announced their debut album, Ears as an Organ of Touch, out February 12 via Grand Jury Records. The New York duo, made up of Richard Orofino and Pearl Amanda Dickson, wrote and recorded the album in their Brooklyn apartment during their first year living together. 

Alongside the announcement, the band shared the album's title track and lead single, “Ears as an Organ of Touch,” with a self-directed music video. Watch it here: 

The video moves between the inside of people’s ears and a black room filled with lights, and the band used an inner ear cleaning camera to film the ear sequences. According to the press release, the album’s title treats hearing as a form of close bodily contact, and the record swings between states of total collapse and total connection. That back and forth is intentional; Orofino said: “It feels like our life.”

Sex Week have toured with Mitski, Fckers, and Cardinals, and played Pitchfork Festival Paris and Iceland Airwaves. They’ll be on tour for the rest of 2026 supporting Pretty Sick, with a headline date in London on November 10. Check out the full run of those dates down below. 

Ears as an Organ of Touch is out February 12. Pre-order it here. Full tracklist:

1. Life is a Circle
2. Big Brother
3. Walk Me Home
4. Barilinero
5. Collateral
6. American Pope
7. Ears as an Organ of Touch
8. Talk
9. Baby, Baby
10. Stockholm St

Tour Dates: 

11/10 London, UK @ Club Cheek
11/19 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent #
11/20 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey #
11/23 San Diego, CA @ Music Box #
11/24 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom #
11/27 Dallas, TX @ AM/FM Dinner & Lounge #
11/28 Austin, TX @ Mohawk - Outdoor #
11/29 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall - Upstairs #
12/01 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade - Hell #
12/02 Durham, NC @ Motorco #

# = supporting Pretty Sick

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