Robyn Hitchcock announces new album ‘The Confuser,’ shares “I Am This Thing”

Robyn Hitchcock has announced a new album, The Confuser, which will be out July 24 on Tiny Ghost Records. Depending on how and what you count, this is around his 23rd long-player and features Jeremy Fetzer (guitar), Todd Bolden (bass), and Eric Slick (drums), plus Robyn’s old Soft Boys bandmate Kimberly Rew.

“Can you recall first realising that you were basically just a tenant in your body: that it’s not yours in perpetuity? (Can I, for that matter?),” Robyn muses in a lead-up to talking about “I Am This Think,” the album’s first single. “It came to me in the summer of 2022, a golden age all of its own. I was standing waist-deep in the chilly English sea on Compton Bay, my favourite Isle of Wight beach, and found myself singing it, splashing about in the waves like a 5-year-old. I was that age when I first visited the Island, so perhaps being back in those waters for the first time since the pandemic triggered that song.”

As usual, Robyn has given us a very catchy song in his own inimitable style. Watch the “I Am This Thing” video below.

Robyn and his band will be busy on tour starting in April, and they play Woodstock’s Bearsville Theatre on June 10. All dates are listed below.

The Confuser
1. I Am This Thing 02:35 video
2. How To Feel Alright
3. My Dead Astronaut
4. Breathless
5. Ghost In Sunlight
6. Building From The Ruins
7. The Vanishing Kind
8. Yesterday’s Rain
9. Monday For Me
10. Wasted

Robyn Hitchcock – 2026 Tour Dates
Apr 9 Thu – Turf Club – St Paul, MN, United States
Apr 10 Fri – Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture – Chicago, IL, United States
Apr 11 Sat – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON, Canada
Apr 23 Thu – The Basement East – Nashville, TN, United States
Apr 24 Fri – 40 Watt Club – Athens, GA, United States
May 13 Wed – Hopmonk Tavern – Sebastopol, CA, United States
May 14 Thu – The Chapel – San Francisco, CA, United States
May 15 Fri – The Crepe Place – Santa Cruz, CA, United States
May 19 Tue – Zebulon – Los Angeles, CA, United States
May 20 Wed – The Venice West – Venice, CA, United States
Jun 3 Wed – The Southgate House Revival – Newport, KY, United States
Jun 4 Thu – The Magic Bag – Ferndale, MI, United States
Jun 6 Sat – Beachland Ballroom & Tavern – Cleveland, OH, United States
Jun 10 Wed – Bearsville Theater – Woodstock, NY, United States
Jun 12 Fri – Ardmore Music Hall – Ardmore, PA, United States
Jun 13 Sat – White Eagle Hall – Jersey City, NJ, United States
Jun 14 Sun – Brighton Music Hall – Allston, MA, United States
Jun 17 Wed – Rams Head On Stage – Annapolis, MD, United States
Sep 19 Sat – Kino-Teatr – Saint Leonards-on-sea, United Kingdom
Sep 23 Wed – Portland Arms – Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sep 24 Thu – The Church – Ipswich, United Kingdom
Sep 25 Fri – Acapela Studio – Cardiff, United Kingdom
Sep 26 Sat – Hallé at St Michaels – Manchester, United Kingdom
Sep 27 Sun – The Central – Gateshead, United Kingdom
Sep 29 Tue – Cottiers Theatre – Glasgow, United Kingdom
Oct 1 Thu – The Deer’s Head – Belfast, United Kingdom
Oct 2 Fri – The Sugar Club – Dublin, Ireland
Oct 4 Sun – Roisin Dubh – Galway, Ireland
Oct 6 Tue – Trades Club – Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom
Oct 7 Wed – South Street Arts Centre – Reading, United Kingdom
Oct 8 Thu – Komedia Bath – Bath, United Kingdom
Oct 9 Fri – St Mary’s Church, Twyford – Twyford, United Kingdom
Oct 10 Sat – Union Chapel – London, United Kingdom
Oct 11 Sun – Les Trois Baudets – Paris, France
Oct 17 Sat – Stadttheater Landsberg – Landsberg Am Lech, Germany
Oct 18 Sun – Privatclub – Berlin, Germany
Oct 20 Tue – Ole Bull Scene – Bergen, Norway
Oct 21 Wed – Bar Moskus – Trondheim, Norway
Oct 23 Fri – Drammen kulturhus – Drammen, Norway
Oct 24 Sat – Tungenes Fyr – Randaberg, Norway
Oct 25 Sun – BLÅ – Oslo, Norway
Oct 27 Tue – DR Koncerthuset – København S, Denmark
Oct 28 Wed – Debaser Hornstulls Strand @ 6:30 PM – Stockholm, Sweden
Oct 30 Fri – KULT – Helsinki, Finland