Full Breakdown
Blondshell Announces Album “Violins” and Tour
6/25/2026, 9:38:47 PM
Album Release
Sabrina Teitelbaum, known as Blondshell, announced her third studio album, Violins, set for release on September 25, 2026 via Partisan Records. The eleven-track record debuted its title track as the lead single, with a Sabra Binder-directed video of a melting ice fawn. Teitelbaum calls the song the album’s “North Star,” reflecting trauma and gradual healing.
Artistic Context
Violins follows 2025’s If You Asked for a Picture and the 2023 self-titled LP. Teitelbaum said each record brings her nearer to the music she intends, noting a new “creative freedom.” The album retains her brooding rock style and “virtuoso hooks, swelling guitars, and big lead lines,” while adding lyrics about balancing violence and beauty, troubled friendships, religion, the body, and healing.
Production Team
Violins was produced by Yves Rothman, mixed by Beatriz Artola, and mastered by Emily Lazar (spelled Emily Laza in some reports). The title-track video was directed by Sabra Binder; the release is on Partisan Records.
Themes
The record’s eleven songs address trauma, patience, kindness versus violence, and the “long, unglamorous work of healing.” The previously released single “Heart Has to Work So Hard” appears on the album. Press materials describe the collection as “grand, dramatic, and tragic.”
Tour Schedule
Blondshell announced a 13-date North American tour from mid-October to early November 2026, covering Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and other cities. A European leg follows in December with shows in Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Manchester, Glasgow, London, and Dublin. Supporting acts include Bully, Starcleaner Reunion, Prewn, TTSSFU, and Theatre.
Official Statements
In the press release, Teitelbaum said the record is intense and that she aimed for songs that hit hard. She framed the creative process as trusting listeners and allowing patience, kindness, and slow healing without external pressure, while also expressing a desire to weed out limiting relationships.
Verbatim Quotes
- “I felt like I didn’t need to overexplain anything, like I can trust the people listening more,” — Sabrina Teitelbaum, Blondshell
- “It feels like every time I make a record, I get closer to making the thing that I really want to make.” — Sabrina Teitelbaum, Blondshell
- “This record’s heavy in a way,” — Sabrina Teitelbaum, Blondshell
- “I’m not at a point in life where I can have a no assholes policy yet, but I like the idea of weeding out people that aren’t going to let me have limitations.” — Sabrina Teitelbaum, Blondshell
Conflicts
Sources list the artist’s surname as both “Teitelbaum” and “Teitenbaum.” The mastering engineer appears as Emily Lazar in one outlet and Emily Laza in another. The full track list for Violins remains unreleased, and European tour dates differ between listings.
Next Steps
Violins releases worldwide on September 25, 2026. The North American tour begins in October, followed by the European leg in December, offering live exposure to the new material.
