Last year, we named Phoenix's Glixen a Band To Watch and put Quiet Pleasures on our list of the best shoegaze albums of 2025. Now, the band is back with an ultra-hazy new track called "Unwind."
"'Unwind' is about that feeling of relief when someone comes back to you after they've left," bandleader Aislinn Ritchie explains. "It's human nature to crave that push and pull — a drug weaned off. Blindingly hard to say no, we succumb to willful ignorance. We recorded this song in Los Angeles with Sonny Diperri producing, and it's the first song we incorporated different instrumental elements, and it's a glimpse into our evolution."
Listen below.
TOUR DATES:
MARCH
03/12 – Nagoya, JP @ Huck Finn
03/13 – Osaka, JP @ Pangea
03/14 – Kyoto, JP @ Urbanguild
03/15 – Tokyo, JP @ Nine Spices
03/16 – Tokyo, JP @ Fever
04/10 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger *+
04/11 – Houston, TX @ The Secret Group *+
04/13 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa *+
04/14 – Orlando, FL @ The Social *+
04/15 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade – Hell *+
04/16 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy *+
04/17 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 *+
04/18 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage *+
04/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *+
04/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere Hall *+
04/22 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair *+
04/23 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount *+
04/24 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck *+
04/25 – Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch *+
04/26 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *+
04/28 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge +#
04/29 – Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall +#
05/01 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck #$
05/02 – Denver, CO @ Marquis #$
05/03 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court #$
05/04 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Basement #$
05/05 – Seattle, WA @ Substation #$
05/06 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre #$
05/08 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel #$
05/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom #$
05/10 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar #$
05/12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Walter Studios #$
05/13 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad #$
05/15 – Austin, TX @ Brushy Street Commons #$
05/16 – Dallas, TX @ Trees #$
06/26-28 – Manchester, UK @ Outbreak Festival
* - w/ Her New Knife
+ - w/ Knifeplay
# - w/ Keep
$ - w/ Money
