Soda Blonde are heading to North America for the first time, and they’re arriving with a new single that makes the strongest case yet for why this Dublin alt-pop outfit has been building one of the most devoted fanbases in Irish music. “Suit & Tie” is out now, built around industrial guitar, liquid production, and a relentless forward pulse, and it’s one of the most focused, emotionally direct tracks the band has released.
Vocalist Faye O’Rourke explains the song’s origins with real candour. “I wrote ‘Suit & Tie’ about my own feelings of un-belonging and displacement. I didn’t grow up with a strong sense of national identity and I began to explore my current feelings of loss and isolation through that lens while living in the Liberties, a part of Dublin with a very strong sense of itself. The song became a way of reclaiming something I felt I’d lost.”
That tension between identity and belonging has always been close to the centre of Soda Blonde’s songwriting, and “Suit & Tie” channels it into something urgent and physical, inspired by Ireland’s recent cultural resurgence and shaped by the friction of existing between worlds.
Formed in Dublin in 2019 by members of Little Green Cars, the band has spent 3 studio albums building a reputation for emotionally charged performances and immersive sound that has steadily grown an international following. 2025 accelerated everything, with packed SXSW shows, a UK and European tour, the ‘People Pleaser’ EP, and a landmark live orchestral project with Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra at Dublin’s National Concert Hall, captured in both a concert film and a live album. Both that release and ‘People Pleaser’ reached number 2 on the Irish Independent Charts.
The first-ever North American tour runs September 11 through October 9, covering 21 dates across the US and Canada, from Detroit and Toronto through Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and more.
US & Canada Tour 2026:
September 11 – Detroit, MI, Third Man Records (Cass Corridor)
September 12 – Toronto, ON, Longboat Hall
September 14 – Boston, MA, The Red Room at Cafe 939
September 15 – Brooklyn, NY, Baby’s All Right
September 16 – Philadelphia, PA, Johnny Brenda’s
September 17 – Washington, DC, Union Stage
September 18 – Pittsburgh, PA, Club Café
September 19 – Columbus, OH, Rumba Café
September 21 – Chicago, IL, Schubas
September 22 – Madison, WI, High Noon Saloon
September 23 – Minneapolis, MN, 7th St. Entry
September 27 – Seattle, WA, Sunset Tavern
September 28 – Vancouver, BC, Fox Cabaret
September 29 – Portland, OR, Mississippi Studios
October 1 – San Francisco, CA, The Chapel
October 2 – Santa Cruz, CA, The Crepe Place
October 3 – Los Angeles, CA, The Echo
October 4 – Phoenix, AZ, Valley Bar
October 6 – Denver, CO, Larimer Lounge
October 8 – Kansas City, MO, Record Bar
October 9 – St. Louis, MO, Off Broadway