Today marks the release of Naima Bock‘s new single, Rocks, released via Breakfast Records / Fire Talk. It is her first studio release since June 2025, when she released her standalone single Rolling. As noted on KLOF by Thomas Blake, Bock’s 2022 solo debut, Giant Palm, was a bit of a bolt from the blue. The former Goat Girl bassist delivered a startling, strong collection of thoroughly modern folk songs that leaned into chamber pop, avant-rock, and bossa nova, which seemed a far cry from her post-punk roots. On her 2024 album, Below a Massive Dark Land, her willingness to experiment with unconventional musical forms hadn’t dimmed. Blake highlighted how the many elements she used, alongside the beautiful and surprising sonic details, made the album work so well, adding:
That’s because of the risks she takes: the songs on Below a Massive Dark Land play with the idea of structure in such an original way that they end up sounding like everything and nothing else on Earth. It’s an album full of antic juxtapositions and barely recognisable shapes, but it deals with serious themes, and it confirms Naima Bock as a major songwriter.
From the off, we are given a glimpse of that same experimentation at work on Rocks, from the multi-vocals to the instrumentation. She shared the following about the song, which is accompanied by a video by Peter Eason Daniels.
“‘Rocks’ is a very personal song, the story of which I’ll leave to the listener to interpret. It came to me on a rainy autumn night as my flight was ascending to somewhere less cold. I’d been listening to Palace Music non-stop for a month. Writing it saved me from my chronic oscillation between to-be home and not-to-be home, that is when I decided I would do both.”
The track was produced by Jack Ogborne (Bingo Fury, The Cindys), and recorded at St Mark’s Church in North London, with additional arrangements by Oliver Hamilton (caroline, Shovel Dance Collective) and Naima.
Naima heads out on an extensive UK and EU tour from April 2027, details below.
Stream ‘Rocks’: https://lnk.to/rocksnaimabock
UK 2027 Tour dates:
6 Apr – Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club
7 Apr – Liverpool @ St Brides Church
9 Apr – Manchester @ Halle St Peter’s
10 Apr – Newcastle @ The Common Room
11 Apr – Glasgow @ Cottiers Theatre
13 Apr – Oxford @ Holywell Music Room
14 Apr – Cardiff @ St Johns Church
16 Apr – Southampton @ Papilion
17 Apr – Brighton @ St Lukes
18 Apr – Frome @ Cheese & Grain / Tree House
20 Apr – Exeter @ Phoenix
21 Apr – Bristol @ The Lantern
22 Apr – London @ Earth Theatre
EU 2027 Tour dates:
10 May – Munich, DE @ Kulturzentrum Trafo
12 May – Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus
13 May – Berlin, DE @ Schokoladen
15 May – Stuttgart, DE @ Merlin
17 May – Milan, IT @ Arci Bellezza
20 May – Paris, FR @ Le Chinois
21 May – Brussels, BE @ TBA
22 May – Diksmuide, BE @ 4AD
23 May – Cologne, DE @ EDP
25 May – Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar
27 May – Stockholm, SE @ Nalen Klubb
29 May – Oslo, NO @ Himmel
31 May – Aarhus, DK @ Phono
Tickets are on sale from this Friday, November 13th, here:
https://naimabock.com