Tricky sets July 17 release for Different When It’s Silent on False Idols

The musician Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, professionally known as Tricky, will release his fifteenth studio album, Different When It’s Silent, on July 17th through the label False Idols. The fourteen-track record represents his first full-length collection under his main moniker since the 2020 release Fall To Pieces.

Featured image: © Steve Gullick (read our interview with Steve Gullick)

The material for the upcoming record was recorded across two locations, split between sessions in Bristol and the artist’s home in France. Originally conceived by Tricky as a side project rather than a main release, the direction of the material shifted after his manager, Alan McGee, heard the tracks and advised him that the collection should function as a core Tricky album. The instrumentation spans blues structures, guitar riffs, hip-hop rhythm patterns, and electronics.

The third track from the collection, titled “I’m Yours,” has been made public. It features vocals from Bristol-based singer Mitch Sanders, who shares a similar regional background with Tricky and is scheduled to appear across several portions of the forthcoming album. The composition places Sanders’ melodic vocals over distorted guitars, electronic textures, and a rhythmic bass line, interspersed with Tricky’s own spoken delivery. The single follows the prior release of two other album tracks, “Out Of Place” and “Because I Don’t Know.”

Despite the six-year interval since Fall To Pieces, the artist has issued several projects under alternative configurations on False Idols. These include the collaborative banner Lonely Guest, a project titled Fifteen Days produced alongside Mike Theis under the name Theis Thaws, and a 2025 collaboration with Marta Złakowska titled Out The Way. Following the July album launch, a North American concert tour is scheduled to begin on September 16th.

Tricky 2026 Tour Dates

July

4th – Amarante, Portugal – Mimo Festival
9th – Milan, Italy – Triennale (Palace Of Art)

August

23rd – Brecon Beacons, UK – Green Man Festival
29th – Bristol, UK – Forwards Festival

September 

2nd – Vilnius, Lithuania – Kably’s
3rd – Riga, Latvia – Spelet Concert Hall
4th – Narva, Estonia – Station Narva Festival
16th – Detroit, MI – El Club
18th – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
20th – Dallas, TX – Trees
21st – Austin, TX – Mohawk
23rd – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
24th – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
28th – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
29th – Vancouver, B.C – Hollywood Theatre
30th – Seattle,WA – Neumos

October

2nd – Salt Lake City, UT – Commonwealth
4th – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
6th – Minneapolis, MN – FIne Line
8th – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
9th – Montreal, QC – Le Studio TD
11th – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
12th – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
13th – Washington, D.C – Lincoln Theatre
15th – Atlanta, GA.- The Loft at Center Stage

16th – Miami, FL – III Points Festival