Brigitte Calls Me Baby wrote most of ‘Irreversible’ in transit. Lyrics in hotel rooms, melodies over headphones, voice memos traded while the rest of the world slept. The Chicago alt-rock four-piece spent the years between albums on the road with Morrissey, Muse, and Fontaines D.C., selling out rooms across the US, UK, and Europe, and all of that time moving shaped what the record became.
‘Irreversible’ is out now on ATO Records, produced by Yves Rothman and Lawrence Rothman (Blondshell, Yves Tumor) and recorded live at Lawrence’s home studio across intentionally brief four-hour sessions. The songs arrived at the studio already knowing what they wanted to be. Eleven tracks, more layered and less direct than the debut, with more texture, tension, and room to sit inside emotional extremes.
“Our first album taught me that you’ve got to reach as far down into your soul as possible and be willing to show something real and raw to the world,” says vocalist Wes Leavins. “With this album that felt even easier and more natural. There was a time when I tried to bury the kind of feelings we’re displaying on this record, but now I’m at the point where I don’t feel the need to hold anything back.”
The two singles out ahead of the album make the emotional range of ‘Irreversible’ clear. “Slumber Party” was written about the kind of person who isolates until leaving home becomes a chore. “I Danced With Another Love in My Dreams” started as an attempt to write something happy and ended up about infidelity played out in a dream, leaning into the bright, shiny surface of something that cuts underneath. Both tracks were tested live before they were finished, refined in soundchecks and set lists until the crowd’s reaction confirmed what the band already sensed.
Brigitte Calls Me Baby formed in 2022 and their debut ‘The Future Is Our Way Out’ landed in 2024 to critical acclaim, building a diehard following fast. Television performances at Kimmel, Kelly Clarkson, and CBS followed. The North American headline tour is currently underway with remaining dates running through late May across Texas, the South, the East Coast, and Canada.
‘Irreversible’ is out now on ATO Records.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
4 May — Dallas, TX — Puzzles
5 May — Austin, TX — Antone’s Nightclub
6 May — Houston, TX — White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
8 May — Nashville, TN — The Basement
9 May — Atlanta, GA — Vinyl at Center Stage
11 May — Washington, DC — The Atlantis
12 May — Philadelphia, PA — The Foundry at The Fillmore
14 May — New York, NY — Bowery Ballroom
15 May — Boston, MA — The Red Room at Cafe 939
16 May — Uncasville, CT — Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun Resort
19 May — Toronto, ON — Longboat Hall
20 May — Ferndale, MI — The Loving Touch
21 May — Indianapolis, IN — HI-FI
‘Irreversible’ Tracklisting:
- There Always
- Slumber Party
- I Danced With Another Love in My Dreams
- The Pit
- Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
- These Acts of Which Were Designed
- Sillage
- I Can’t Have You All To Myself
- I Can Take the Sun Out of the Sky
- The Early Days of Love
- Send Those Memories