London artist Nilüfer Yanya releases her sophomore album PAINLESS today. The album see’s Nilüfer at her most direct and open yet. The title comes from a grown understanding that pain isn’t always a negative thing, while also experiencing a freeing kind of joy while making this record. The 12-track album features the previously released singles “the dealer,” “anotherlife,” which arrived with a music video directed by Molly Daniel in Sri Lanka, “stabilise” and “midnight sun“, which Nilüfer will be performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon airing March 11th.

Along with the release of PAINLESS, Nilüfer Yanya embarks on her 2022 world tour next week with the UK and Irish dates starting in Glasgow on 10^th March and ending with London’s Electric Brixton on 16^th March. A full run of European dates follows closely behind, with the North American leg kicking off with Coachella in April. Tickets are on sale now HERE and full tour routing is listed below.

PAINLESS is the follow-up to Nilüfer Yanya’s renowned 2019 debut album Miss Universe, which fully established her as a singular artist and a distinctive voice that simply has to be heard. The critically acclaimed Miss Universe – a widescreen concept record that took a tongue in cheek swipe at the most self-involved corners of the health and wellness industry – was followed last year by the three song EP Feeling Lucky?, which further explored Yanya’s fascination with ‘90s alt-rock melodies and drew on themes of resentment, her fear of flying, and the concept of luck. Pitchfork summed up Feeling Lucky? and her now peerless songwriting aptitude best: “Nilüfer Yanya’s melodies have a pull so strong they almost necessitate their own law of physics.”

Upcoming Live Dates
*Month/Day
*= with Altin Gun

03/10 – Glasgow, UK @ St Lukes
03/12 – Dublin, IE @ Whelans
03/14 – Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall
03/15 – Bristol, UK @ Trinity
03/16 – London, UK @ Brixton Electric

03/20 – Paris, FR @ Trabendo
03/22 – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
03/23 – Munich, DE @ Ampere
03/24 – Vienna, AT @ Grelle Forelle
03/26 – Berlin, DE @ Säälchen
03/27 – Hamburg, DE @ Nochtspeicher
03/28 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
03/30 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique Orangerie

4/16 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
4/20 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
4/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy*
4/23 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
04/26 – Austin, TX @ Antones
04/28 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
04/29 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
04/30 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
05/01 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
05/03 – Washington, DC @ Black Ca
05/04 – Philadelphia ,PA @ Underground Arts
05/06 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
05/07 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
05/09 – Montreal, QUE @ L’Astral
05/10 – Toronto, ONT @ The Axis Club
05/12 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
05/13 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
05/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
05/17 – Boulder, CO @ The Fox Theatre
05/18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Commonwealth
05/20 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune
05/21 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
05/22 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

06/11 – Copenhagen, DK @ Syd For Solen Festival
08/11-13 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival

Purchase tickets here