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14 October 2026 – Marika Hackman Announces False Dogs and Confronts the Existential Horror of Turning 33
By Editorial Team - October 14, 2026
Summary
British alternative-folk artist Marika Hackman announces her self-produced fifth album False Dogs for February 2027, releasing introspective single 33.
Key Facts
- Fifth studio album 'False Dogs' arrives February 19, 2027 via Chrysalis Records.
- Entirely written, arranged, and produced by Hackman, who played nearly every instrument across twelve tracks.
- Lead single '33' features a children's choir and an official surrealist music video directed by JOFI Films.
- Entities: Marika Hackman, False Dogs, Chrysalis Records, 33, Big Sigh, JOFI Films
- Tags: marika-hackman, false-dogs, chrysalis-records, indie-folk, alternative-rock, indie-rock
British alternative-folk singer-songwriter Marika Hackman has announced her fifth studio album False Dogs, scheduled for February 19, 2027 through Chrysalis Records. The announcement arrives alongside "33", a deeply personal new single examining the complicated emotional experience of growing older.
Hackman wrote, produced, and arranged the album entirely herself, performing almost every instrument across its twelve tracks—including guitar, piano, drums, bass, mandolin, and synthesizers. This fiercely independent creative process allowed her to pursue idiosyncratic musical impulses without external compromise.
The new single explores the relationship between nostalgia, uncertainty, and societal pressure to achieve specific milestones by thirty-three. A children's choir lends poignant harmonies to the arrangement, symbolising an encouraging internal voice pushing the narrator through existential dread. The surreal video, directed by JOFI Films, visualises these psychological tensions.
Following 2024's acclaimed Big Sigh, False Dogs underscores Hackman's mastery of sophisticated guitar arrangements and razor-sharp lyricism. Discover more singer-songwriter features in our news archive.