Barry Can’t Swim announces second album ‘Loner’ with disorienting new single ‘Different’

Barry Can’t Swim has announced his second album ‘Loner’ and has shared his disorienting new single ‘Different’. Check it out below.

The new track features a swirl of skittering beats and electronics, with the word ‘Different’ signifying the song’s beat drop. The song serves as the third taster of the Scottish electronic producer and DJ’s forthcoming album ‘Loner’.

‘Different’ follows the previously released ‘Still Riding’ and ‘The Person You’d Like To Be’. ‘Loner’ is set for release on July 11 via Ninja Tune and is available for pre-save / pre-order here.

‘Loner’ will follow the producer’s 2023 debut LP ‘When Will We Land?’. Speaking about his second album in a press release, the DJ shared: “If my first album was a collage of all the music I loved and was inspired by growing up, then this album is the most authentic expression I could offer of myself and my life over the past year.”

A press release also shares that the LP will see the DJ “navigate and explore the world he’s found himself in, a highly personal album that asks profound questions of its creator and his audience.”

An album trailer was also released today and sees Barry Can’t Swim – real name Joshua Mainnie – sitting on a red plastic chair in a light blue waiting room with three dogs and a vending machine filled with award ribbons. He is then seen sitting and lying on a bed while a person in an award ribbon suit is standing outside of the room in a vibrant yellow hallway with green flooring. The final shot sees that award ribbon suit figure dancing in the blue waiting room.

‘Loner’ album tracklist is :

1. ‘The Person You’d Like To Be’
2. ‘Different’
3. ‘Kimpton (with O’Flynn)’
4. ‘All My Friends’
5. ‘About To Begin’
6. ‘Still Riding’
7. ‘Cars Pass By Like Childhood Sweethearts’
8. ‘Machine Noise For A Quiet Daydream (feat. Séamus)’
9. ‘Like It’s Part Of The Dance’
10. ‘Childhood’
11. ‘Marriage’
12. ‘Wandering Mt. Moon’

Elsewhere, Barry Can’t Swim is set to headline this year’s edition of All Points East at Victoria Park in London on Friday August 22 – which is also his birthday. It will mark his only London show of the year.

He is also set to embark on a massive tour across the US, UK and Europe with both headlining gigs and festival slots later this month. Check out a full list of dates below and visit here to purchase US tickets and here for UK tickets.

Barry Can’t Swim 2025 US, UK and European tour dates are: 

MARCH
21 – Lollapalooza Festival, Buenos Aires, AR
22 – Lollapalooza Festival, Santiago, CL
28 – Picnic Estereo Festival, Bogota, CO
30 – Lollapalooza Festival, São Paulo, BR

APRIL
4 – Tecate Pal Norte Festival, Monterrey, MX
5 – Axe Ceremonia Festival, Mexico City, MX
17 – Royale, Boston, MA
18 – Terminal 5, New York, NY SOLD OUT
19 – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY SOLD OUT
20 – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY SOLD OUT
23 – HISTORY, Toronto, ON SOLD OUT
26 – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA SOLD OUT
27 – Fox Theater, Oakland, CA

MAY
2 – Shrine Expo Hall, Los Angeles, CA
3 – Shrine Expo Hall, Los Angeles, CA SOLD OUT
23 – Radio 1 Big Weekend, Liverpool, UK

JUNE
5 – Northside Festival, Aarhus, DK
13 – Best Kept Secret Festival, NL
13 – Sonar By Night, Barcelona, ES
15 – Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN
21 – Electric Forest Festival, MI

JULY
5 – Rock Werchter Festival, BE
10 – NOS Alive Festival, Lisbon, PT
26 – Fuji Rock Festival, JP

AUGUST
1 – Osheaga Festival, Montreal, QC
3 – HARD Summer, Los Angeles, CA
21 – Rock en Seine Festival, Paris, FR
22 – All Points East, London, UK
23 – Forwards Festival, Bristol, UK
24 – Lost Village Festival, Lincoln, UK

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