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Perennial presents Modernism

Posted by Loren on June 18, 2026

Perennial presents Modernism
Perennial presents Modernism

New England art rock band Perennial has a new album this fall: Modernism, out on Spet. 18 via Ernest Jenning Record Co (US) and Safe Suburban Home (UK).

They are touring the US and UK this summer.

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 Tickets
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 Tickets
July 24 - Nice A Fest - Somerville, MA (w/ Downtown Boys, Krill, SAD13) 
August 12 - Portland, OR - Turn! Turn! Turn! Tickets
August 13 - Corvallis, OR - Interzone
August 14 - Seattle, WA - Belltown Yacht Club Tickets
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 Tickets
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 

Modernism Track List

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 presents Modernism
Perennial presents Modernism

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