Fresh off a whirlwind 18 months that has seen them explode from a viral debut to festival main stages across the globe, Good Neighbours today release their highly-anticipated debut album Blue Sky Mentality via Polydor Records, alongside focus track ‘Walk Walk Walk’.
The 14-track record distills the meteoric rise of the duo into a bold statement of intent – weaving together the euphoric indie-pop anthems that defined their ascent, alongside a set of brand new songs that showcase the duo’s widescreen sound in full for the first time.
Latest track ‘Walk Walk Walk’ was written in LA with legendary kingpin Justin Tranter, and is one of the few writing collaborations featuring on the duo’s debut. On the process of its inception, they reflect: “He’s someone we’ve always dreamed of working with – and we learnt a bunch from it. One of our fave things about the sessions with Justin was how deep his musical knowledge is, it’s easy to pin him in as a pop god, but we bonded over a bunch of early 2000s indie bands before we wrote this. It’s also nice to have a big riff in this song as a nice little nod to those MGMT era tunes.”
Written on the road across a year of late nights, long-haul flights and fleeting moments between shows, Blue Sky Mentality captures both the chaos and clarity of a life in constant motion. It’s a record about distance and belonging, about holding onto the people and places that shape you, and about finding light even when things feel heavy. As Oli puts it himself –“The world’s been a dark place for the last few years so if you listen tour our music or come to our shows and you feels even slightly better than you did then we’ve done our job”. Pairing luminous synths with soaring choruses and lyrics rooted in community, resilience and togetherness, it’s an album built for both the quiet moments of reflection and the communal release of a festival crowd.
Speaking on it themselves, the duo add: “It’s surreal to finally say we have a debut album out. Blue Sky Mentality was written across cities, vans, tour buses and hotel rooms – we’ve been playing these songs live for too long, it’s amazing that everyone can finally hear them the way we imagined from a tinny iPhone speaker. It’s a big record, but it’s not polished, which feels really fun. This is our dream.”
Since forming in late 2023, friends Oli Fox and Scott Verrill have experienced a rise nothing short of remarkable. Their debut single ‘Home’ became the most streamed debut single globally from a new artist in 2024, amassing half a billion global streams, going Platinum in both the UK and US, and holding its place in the UK Top 40 for 15 weeks. Just as striking was its impact on fans: a heartfelt anthem about finding comfort in the people you love, the track quickly became a song that people clung to in their darkest moments.
In less than two years they’ve transcended from a sweat-soaked debut at London’s Sebright Arms to releasing a self-titled debut EP, selling out their own headline tour, making their US television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and making landmark festival debuts at Reading & Leeds, Glastonbury, Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Osheaga, Outside Lands, Rock en Seine and more. Between a BRIT Rising Star nomination, a BBC Sound of 2025 longlist spot and support slots for the likes of Mumford and Sons, Foster The People and Benson Boone, their music has soundtracked global stages and even the EA FC soundtrack – two years running.
With mixing by Dan Grech-Marguerat (The Killers, Lana Del Rey) and songwriting collaborations with Justin Tranter, Joe Janiak and Pablo Bowman, Blue Sky Mentality finds Good Neighbours balancing a raw, DIY spirit with expansive pop ambition. It’s a record that wears its heart loudly and proudly, smuggling big feelings – grief, love, hope, resilience – into massive choruses and sun-streaked synths. Featuring fan favourites ‘Home’, ‘Keep It Up’, ‘Ripple’ and ‘Starry Eyed’, alongside recent singles ‘People Need People’, ‘found u/me’ and ‘Suburbs’, Blue Sky Mentality radiates hope even in its heaviest moments, and a rallying cry for openness, optimism and togetherness.
The release is marked with a run of intimate UK indie store shows – a nod back to the small rooms where it all began – before Good Neighbours head out on their biggest UK & Ireland headline tour to date in February 2026. Built for big stages and collective catharsis, the tour will bring Blue Sky Mentality to life in rooms full of people singing shoulder to shoulder – exactly where these songs belong. Full itinerary below.
Blue Sky Mentality tracklist:
1. Keep It Up
2. Skipping Stones
3. Ripple
4. found u/me*
5. Walk Walk Walk
6. Kids Can’t Sleep
7. Home
8. Small Town
9. Starry Eyed
10. People Need People
11. Left Hand Man
12. Suburbs
13. Wonderful Life
14. The Buzz
*Vinyl edition includes ‘Somebody’ instead of ‘found u/me’
UK & Ireland Tour Dates 2026:
Tue 10 Feb – Dublin, The Academy
Thu 12 Feb – Glasgow, SWG3
Fri 13 Feb – Manchester, New Century Hall
Sat 14 Feb – Sheffield, The Foundry
Mon 16 Feb – Birmingham, O2 Institute
Tue 17 Feb – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
Wed 18 Feb – Brighton, CHALK Live
Fri 20 Feb – Bristol, The Electric
Sat 21 Feb – Oxford, O2 Academy 1