Greentea Peng announces new album ‘Tell Dem It’s Sunny’, shares single ‘One Foot’ and announces Spring 2025 UK and European tour
Greentea Peng has today (December 2) announced details of her new album, ‘Tell Dem It’s Sunny’, and has shared a new single ‘One Foot’ – check it out below.
The new 14-track album will be released on March 21 via AWAL recordings and can be pre-saved here.
It was unveiled alongside new single ‘One Foot’, which sees Peng look inward on a track where she explores feeling “exhausted” and “distorted” and wonder “is it too late for me?” She added: “One foot front and back again, the journey of perpetual longing.”
The new song’s video was filmed in the heart of London in monochrome and, according to a press statement, reflects the “soulful depth and emotion that has become Greentea Peng’s trademark.” The video is directed by Peng in collaboration with ABOVEGROUND. Check it out here:
The musician has also unveiled details of an extensive Spring 2025 UK and European tour dates.
Early access tickets will be available to those signed up to Greentea Peng’s mailing list on Wednesday December 4, while general sale will be available to purchase on Friday December 6 from 10am (GMT) here.
Greentea Peng’s 2025 UK and European tour dates are:
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25 – Birmingham, England – O2 Institute
26 – Leeds, England – Project House
27- Dublin, Ireland – 3Olympia Theatre
29 – Glasgow, Scotland – QMU
30- Newcastle, England – Boilershop
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2- Nottingham, England – Rock City
3 – Manchester, England – Albert Hall
4 – Brighton, England – CHALK
6 – Cardiff, Wales – Tramshed
8 – Bristol, England – O2 Academy
9 – London, England – O2 Academy Brixton
20 – Paris, France – Le Trianon
21- Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
23 – Berlin, Germany – Astra
24 – Brussels, Belgium – Les Nuits Botanique Festival
25 – Hamburg, Germany – MOJO
Last single, ‘TARDIS (hardest)’ gave fans the first taste of the upcoming new album, which a press release said “draws inward, from global place-finding, to the raw primality of being human. The politics of self anchors this 14 song exploration.”
In a statement, Peng added: “Tell em anything you want. Exploration of the self-political, the threads that make up this patchwork called life, all story, thought and emotion. All ups, downs, the ebb and flow. This album is the wave joining the cove, an exhale, the closing of a book. Collaged pieces of the soul chasing new pages. ‘Tell Dem It’s Sunny’, above the clouded path of self-enquiry. “
A statement said the album sees Peng “ more expressive and hands-on than ever before, with Peng playing bass on multiple tracks and delving more deeply into the production side of the craft.”
Producers who have worked on the album include longtime collaborator Earbuds as well as Samo, Nat Powers and St.Francis Hotel.
Last year a posthumous Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was announced, with Peng featuring on the first single. The influential Jamaican singer and musician passed away aged 85 on August 29, 2021.
In a four star review of Peng’s 2022 mixtape, ‘GREENZONE 108’, NME wrote: “With her second mixtape, Greentea Peng shows immense growth in her pen and musicality. She keeps what works – the psychedelic and futuristic sounds that transport us to alternative universes – but she also plays around within this context, the newer influences of rock and electric guitar adding grit and instant energy. It’s inspired. As she matures into all aspects of her life, ‘GREENZONE 108’ is an utter triumph.”
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Elizabeth Aubrey
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