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Aldous Harding releases a second single from her forthcoming fifth studio album, Train On The Island (out 8 May). Premiered this morning by Lauren Laverne on her BBC 6Music show, ‘Venus In The Zinnea’ finds the New Zealander aided by H. Hawkline on bass, guitar and vocals, plus John Parish on drums, Wurlitzer piano and percussion. Adding to the impressive oeuvre of Aldous Harding visuals, the song’s companion video stars Harding and H. Hawkline.

The 10-track Train On The Island was co-produced by long-time collaborator John Parish (PJ Harvey, Dry Cleaning) at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, where the pair recorded the New Zealander’s previous bodies of work, Party (2017), Designer (2019) and Warm Chris (2022). Joining Harding and Parish on Train On The Island were pedal steel player Joe Harvey-Whyte, harpist Mali Llywelyn, synth artist Thomas Poli, drummer Sebastian Rochford (Polar Bear) and Huw Evans (H. Hawkline) on bass, vocals, acoustic/electric guitar and organ.

Train On The Island will be available digitally and on CD, standard black vinyl and limited-edition blue vinyl on 8 May 2026. To pre-order head to https://aldousharding.ffm.to/trainontheisland

To celebrate Train On The Island, Harding’s first headline shows since 2023 will kick off during album release week. A full list of UK, European and US tour dates is below. For more ticket information head to https://aldousharding.ffm.to/tour

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