Indie-pop quintet Heavenly will pair their already-announced 2026 tour with a new album, their first since 1996’s Operation Heavenly. The band—original members Amelia Fletcher, Cathy Rogers, Peter Momtchiloff, and Rob Pursey, plus new drummer Ian Button— recorded Highway to Heavenly with producer Toby Burroughs. It will be released on February 27 via Fletcher and Pursey’s label, Skep Wax. You can hear Highway’s peppy second single, “Excuse Me,” below. (Lead single “Portland Town” came out last June.)
In a statement, Heavenly promises an album filled with songs “of anger, of grief, of empathy, of love, and set themselves in opposition to the resurgence of the cold ‘masculine energy’ that is making the world a miserable, aggressive place.”
The band’s forthcoming tour kicks off this February, in Coventry, England before crossing Europe and heading to North America. Tickets for their West Coast shows will go on sale this week. You can check out the full list of dates here.
From 1989 to 1996, Heavenly released four studio projects before disbanding due to the sudden death of drummer Matthew Fletcher. The remaining members would soon rebrand as Marine Research and later Tender Trap before officially reuniting in 2023 as Heavenly.
Highway to Heavenly:
01 “Scene Stealing”
02 “Portland Town”
03 “Press Return”
04 “Skep Wax”
05 “Deflicted”
06 “Excuse Me”
07 “A Different Beat”
08 “Good Times”
09 “The Neverseen”
10 “She Is The One”
11 “That Last Day”
