Marika Hackman’s new album, False Dogs, is due on February 19, 2027. Its opening song, “33,” is out today with a music video. The twelve-track record comes through Chrysalis, with Hackman leading the production and arranging its strings. She has also announced a tour that begins in London a week after release.

  • October 14, 2026: the opening track “33” is released.
  • February 19, 2027: False Dogs arrives.
  • February 26, 2027: the tour opens at Royal Festival Hall in London.
Marika Hackman in the back seat of a car in a promotional photograph from her official website.
Marika Hackman, in the promotional photograph used on her official False Dogs announcement page.

There is a small cast of voices inside the announced album. A children’s choir appears on “33,” representing fear rooted in nostalgia. Another choir answers a love letter to Hackman’s pet on “Half Painted Dog.” “Hello Sunshine” is described as a song for her grandmother. These are different kinds of relationship to put into one record, from the voices of children to family and domestic companionship.

That gives the title and tracklist more to work with than a general statement about getting older. Our interest is in the way other voices can answer the lead singer. A choir can be an additional character as well as an arrangement choice. In February, it will be worth following who is speaking on those songs and how that changes the perspective. The announcement supplies that question; the complete music will supply the answer.

Hackman developed the recordings at her East London studio. The production then moved to Ramsgate’s Big Jelly Studios, with help from Charlie Andrew and Polly Mackey. David Wrench mixed the record. The instrument list includes mandolin, harmonium, piano and drums, and Hackman arranged the strings. The credits make this an artist-led production with collaborators, rather than a claim that she worked in isolation.

Peter Gabriel’s alternative mixes recently gave us a way to look at the final presentation of a song. This announcement points further back in the work: which instruments are chosen, and which voices take part? A songwriter’s role doesn’t stop at the lyric sheet. The arrangements described for False Dogs give readers a specific part of that authorship to follow.

“33” starts the sequence, with “Close To Me” next and “Crimson” last. Hearing the single now is one thing; hearing it introduce eleven more songs in February is another. For London concertgoers, the album date leaves seven days before Royal Festival Hall. Bristol, Glasgow and Manchester follow on March 1, 2 and 3, before the European run moves from Amsterdam on March 6 to Stockholm on March 17.

Signed CD and vinyl preorders are open. The official shop advertises UK tour presale access for October 22 at 10 a.m. BST, with a no-purchase registration route linked too. The record’s release and the first concert are close together, but the ticket decision comes months earlier.