Anika announces new album, shares “Hearsay”

Anika is back with Abyss, her third album and first in four years, which will be out April 4 via Sacred Bones. This is a decidedly darker, heavier record than 2021’s Change. “There’s so much going on in the world, and you have to sit there and watch it through a screen that you’ve allowed into your home, like a vampire who had been preying at your door, then immediately digest it, have an opinion, and publicly comment on it,” Anika says. “The state of the world just feels like an abyss right now.” With the album she’s trying to put a positive spin on all this. “Abyss is like a call to action,” she says. “To come and figure it out together.”

As with her last few records, Anika worked with Martin Thulin of Exploded View to help bring her songs to life with studio help from Andrea Belfi on drums, Tomas Nochteff (Mueran Humanos) on bass and Lawrence Goodwin (The Pleasure Majenta) on guitar. The first single from the album is the opening track, “Hearsay,” which is one of the most rock songs Anika has ever given us and was inspired by PJ Harvey. She says, “This song is about media moguls – about the power of the media, whether social, tv or beyond – we are as much under its spell as we ever were and some nasties are exploiting it for their own gains. Parasites feeding off the blood of the public.” 

You can watch the “Hearsay” video, directed by Laura Martinova, below.

Anika has UK/EU tour dates on the horizon and those are listed below.

Abyss:
1. Hearsay
2. Abyss
3. Honey
4. Walk Away
5. Into The Fire
6. Oxygen
7. Out Of The Shadows
8. One Way Ticket
9. Last Song
10. Buttercups

Anika – 2025 Tour Dates:
Sun. Apr. 20 – Berlin, DE @ Volksbühne
Thu. Apr. 24 – Cologne, DE @ C/O Pop
Fri. Apr. 25 – Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix
Sun. Apr. 27 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
Mon. Apr. 28 – London, UK @ Omeara
Tue. Apr. 29 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
Wed. Apr. 30 – Manchester, UK @ YES (Pink Room)
Thu. May 1 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Fri. May 2 – Belfast, UK @ Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Sat. May 3 – Dublin, IE @ Whelans
Mon. May 5 – Brighton, UK @ DUST
Tue. May 6 – Paris, FR @ Gonzai Night @ Petit Bain
Wed. May 7 – Strasbourg, FR @ La Grenze
Thu. May 8 – Düdingen, CH @ Bad Bonn
Fri. May 9 – Zürich, CH @ Bogen F