Nilüfer Yanya releases new album 'My Method Actor' to critical acclaim

NILÜFER YANYA RELEASES MY METHOD ACTOR VIA NINJA TUNE TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM HEADLINE WORLD TOUR LAUNCHES THIS MONTH

My Method Actor album artwork My Method Actor  https://niluferyanya.lnk.to/my-method-actorPR What the press is saying about Nilüfer Yanya:  “A melodically rich meditation on identity, desire and the reverberations of heartache, My Method Actor is confident and hypnotic” The New York Times "Ms. Yanya remains a master of emotional shading with a knack for writing tunes that stay with you after a single play. The expressive power of her singing continues to set her apart" The Wall Street Journal  "Nilüfer Yanya returns with the vibrant, spare and breathtaking ‘My Method Actor’. The London-based singer-songwriter is like no one else out there, offering songs that appear at first like pleasing soft sketches until they reveal their depth and power, like tissue paper made of palladium." Associated Press "On ‘My Method Actor,’ Nilüfer Yanya draws deeply from a search for meaning with vulnerability and humor. Yanya has created a collection of songs that both grasp at the opacity of what is to come and revel in the freedom of letting go. ‘My Method Actor’ is Yanya’s most self-assured and driven album to date" The FADER “Nilüfer Yanya might well be the new best British rockstar. ‘My Method Actor’ stakes a claim for Yanya as one of the most powerful voices in British rock music today.” Under The Radar “Mesmerizing” Rolling Stone ‘Best Songs of 2024’ (September 13th, 2024) - Today, Nilüfer Yanya releases her highly-anticipated new album My Method Actor via Ninja Tune. The album houses songs that bloom into being in unexpected ways and help Yanya make sense of her world as well as the ways it’s changing as she enters her late twenties and grapples with what it means to be an established musician. “For me, writing is definitely problem-solving - in the way they say that dreaming is like problem-solving. You're like, oh, that sounds good. That looks good. That makes sense. But you don't really know why. You're kind of using that part of your creative brain that doesn't have to make sense.”  The album includes Yanya’s previously released singles including “Just a Western,” “Mutations,” and “Call It Love,” the latter of which NPR highlighted in their ‘songs they can’t stop playing’ podcast. The album also includes title track “Method Actor,” which The FADER described as “stellar” and “Like I Say (I runaway),” which The New York Times depicted as “reveling in contrasting textures,” landing a spot on their 40 Best Songs of 2024 list. “Like I Say (I runaway)” has also hit the top 50 at AAA radio in the US and, along with “Method Actor,” was A listed at BBC 6 Music and added to the playlist at BBC Radio 1. Nilüfer will be heading on her world tour this Fall following the album's release. The tour begins with North America starting in Philadelphia on September 28th and continuing on with stops including New York, Toronto, Atlanta, Seattle and Los Angeles. Full tour routing can be found below.  As a whole, Nilüfer Yanya’s third album asks questions with no easy answers. It is a supple, expansive body of work that peers into the crevices of life, exploring them with comforting strings, skittering beats, soul-tinged melodies and swooning harmonies. It asks, who are we? Why do we follow the paths we follow? What is at the heart of it all?  My Method Actor follows Nilüfer’s previous albums ​​PAINLESS and Miss Universe, both of which were met with an overwhelming amount of critical praise, ranking among the year's best by The New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork with a Best New Music stamp, Vulture and more. Nilüfer performed celebrated singles on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, Later with Jools Holland and NPR’s legendary Tiny Desk concert series. She’s supported Adele, the XX and Mitski on tour, headlined London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire and sold out shows across Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA. Yanya has also been remixed by Sampha, King Krule and Little Dragon and has collaborated with Bombay Bicycle Club and Liss. Nilüfer is a founding member of the community project Artists In Transit which takes creative workshops and other support to displaced communities and people in times of hardship. Listen to My Method Actor above and find fall touring details below.

Official tour artwork Upcoming Live Dates TICKETS 9/28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts 9/30 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat 10/1 - New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 10/2 - Boston, MA @ Royale 10/4 - Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe 10/5 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre 10/6 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop 10/7 - Chicago, IL @ Metro 10/9 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East 10/10 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle 10/11 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West  10/13 - Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck 10/15 - Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf 10/18 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre 10/19 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile 10/20 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom 10/22 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall 10/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre EU & UK Dates 11/24 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique Orangerie 11/25 - Amsterdam, NE @ Melkweg Old Hall SOLD OUT 11/26 - Berlin, GE @ Kesselhaus 11/28 - Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise SOLD OUT 11/29 - Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise SOLD OUT 11/30 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 12/2 - Bristol, UK @ Fleece SOLD OUT 12/3 - London, UK @ HERE at Outernet 12/4 - Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms 12/5 - Manchester, UK @ Academy 2 Nilüfer Yanya  My Method Actor  September 13, 2024  Ninja June  1. Keep On Dancing 2. Like I Say (I runaway) 3. Method Actor 4. Binding 5. Mutations 6. Ready for Sun (touch) 7. Call It Love 8. Faith’s Late 9. Made Out Of Memory 10. Just A Western 11. Wingspan Connect with Nilüfer Yanya:  Instagram | Website | X (Twitter)