Greg Mendez has released a fantastic new song, “No Evil,” the final single from his anticipated new album, Beauty Land, out May 29th via Dead Oceans. The stark track is paired with a surreal and uncanny video directed by frequent collaborator Douglas Dulgarian of They Are Gutting A Body Of Water, featuring CPR dummies, parking signs, and the streets of Philadelphia. Watch below.

The bulk of Beauty Land was recorded directly to tape, almost entirely alone in Mendez’s makeshift home studio in Philadelphia – a small room with no natural light. It’s his first full-length album since his unexpected breakthrough self-titled album in 2023, which was a slow-burning success following 15 years of writing and recording music in relative obscurity between Philly and New York. Beauty Land picks up where we left off three years ago – plumbing the depths of grief, love, and addiction – but its intense, quiet clarity shows Mendez at his songwriting best.

“A lot of the time, I feel locked inside my own head, or maybe it’s inside all these screens. I’m not sure if I can tell the difference anymore,” Mendez explains. “This song isn’t about that, at least not in the ‘about’ sense. It’s not trying to explain or show that in particular; it’s more coincidental. Like how a landscape painting can show the sky without being ‘about’ the sky. It can just happen to be there.”

On the album, which was recently named one of the most anticipated records of the spring by Pitchfork and has already earned adulation from outlets like Rolling Stone, Consequence, Paste, Stereogum, and more, we’re guided by a wry but forgiving narrator, an underdog who has learned to balance cynicism and faith. These songs are self-effacing without self-pity, carefully constructed altars of imperfection channeled through pop melodies, shimmering but urgent guitars, and a voice that reaches for choir boy innocence.

Mendez is touring across North America this summer in support of Beauty Land. Tickets for all shows are available now via gregmendez.net. All dates below.

Tour Dates:
06/10 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd #
06/11 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall #
06/12 – Asheville, NC – Static Age #
06/13 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room #
06/15 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop #
06/16 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon #
06/17 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry #
06/19 – Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s Oasis #
06/20 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall #
06/21 – Detroit, MI – Lager House #
06/23 – Toronto, ON – Sound Garage #
06/24 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall #
06/25 – Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery #
06/26 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair #
06/27 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom #
06/30 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
07/01 – Kingston, NY – Tubby’s #
07/10 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church #
07/31 – Durham, NC – Cat’s Cradle Back Room ^
08/01 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5 ^
08/02 – New Orleans, LA – Siberia ^
08/04 – Austin, TX – 29th Street Ballroom ^
08/05 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada ^
08/08 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar ^
08/09 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar ^
08/10 – Los Angeles, CA – Sid the Cat Auditorium ^
08/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent ^
08/14 – Portland, OR – Polaris ^
08/15 – Seattle, WA – Barboza ^
08/16 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret ^
08/18 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club ^
08/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court ^
08/21 – Denver, CO – Lost Lake ^
08/22 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar ^
08/23 – St Louis, MO – Off Broadway ^
08/24 – Newport, KY – Southgate House Revival ^
08/25 – Pittsburgh, PA – Bottlerocket ^

# with Scarlet Rae
^ with Maria BC