Perennial Announce New Album ‘Modernism’ Out September 18, Share New Single and Tour Dates

New England mod dance punks Perennial have announced new album Modernism which will be out September 18 via Ernest Jenning Record Co. Once again they worked with producer Chris Teti (The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die).

The first single is earworm banger “What’s New On The Beat Scene,” a title that nods to Northern Soul and punk bands who took inspirations from it. “’What’s New On The Beat Scene’ was really fun because we went in with this very sharp Booker T. & The MGs / Rubber Soul groove and this big hooky chorus and then just started adding and subtracting to see what might fit,” the band say. “We wanted a tight, swinging pop song, but we also wanted to see how psychedelic we could make it — fuzz bass, mellotron, Vox organ through a wah pedal: you name it.”

You can watch the video below.

Perennial will be on tour this fall, including a show at Brooklyn’s Union Pool on September 17 which is with Oceanator . All dates are listed below.

Modernism

1. Modernism

2. Perennial ’65

3. Cloak & Dagger

4. Me and The Magpie

5. Granny Smith Apple

6. The Shadow

7. What’s New On The Beat Scene

8. Baby, Are You Abstract?

9. Ready! Steady! Go!

10. Emma Peel

Perennial – 2026 Tour Dates

June 24 – Holyoke, MA – Holyoke Media (w/ Downtown Boys)

June 25 – Philadelphia, PA – Little Big Planet

June 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Roboto Project

June 27 – Cleveland, OH – The 5 O’Clock Lounge

June 28 – Chicago, IL – The Lowdown

June 29 – Buffalo, NY – Area 54

June 30 – Troy, NY – No Fun

July 24 – Nice A Fest – Somerville, MA (w/ Downtown Boys, Krill, SAD13)

August 12 – Portland, OR – Turn! Turn! Turn!

August 13 – Corvallis, OR – Interzone

August 14 – Seattle, WA – Belltown Yacht Club

August 15 – Anacortes, WA – The Business

August 16 – Bellingham, WA – The Blue Room

August 17 – Olympia, WA – The Mortuary

September 16 – New Haven, CT – The Space Ballroom

September 17 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool (w/ Oceanator)

September 18 – Washington, D.C. – Comet Ping Pong

September 19 – Boston, MA – Deep Cuts (w/ Sinaloa & Miracle Blood)

October 8 – Oxford, UK – The Library

October 9 – Brighton, UK

October 10 – Liverpool, UK – Outpost

October 11 – Leeds, UK – Grindhouse

October 13 – Nottingham, UK – JT Soar

October 14 – Coventry, UK – Just Dropped In

October 15 – Manchester, UK – The Modernist

October 16 – London, UK – The Cavendish Arms

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/perennial-announce-new-album-tour-share-whats-new-on-the-beat-scene/)._