24 September 2026 – The Somnambulist Wake From a Four-Year Recording Silence With 'September Shoals'

The Somnambulist have premiered the video for "September Shoals," their first new song since 2022 album Some More Songs Lost in Themselves and the opening glimpse of a new EP expected early next year. The track receives its official release September 25, but the video arrives a day early and brings Tuxedomoon's Luc Van Lieshout into the arrangement on trumpet, alongside pianist Marius Moritz and double bassist Sofia Eftychidou.

That Tuxedomoon connection feels particularly natural for a band whose experimental, European art-rock approach has often prompted comparisons with similarly borderless music. Marco Bianciardi previously described The Somnambulist as functioning more like a jazz collective than a conventional rock band, and the personnel on "September Shoals" reinforce that idea.

Rather than announcing their return with an enormous production designed to erase four years of silence, the group have chosen something more exploratory and collaborative. The forthcoming EP will reveal whether this is a stylistic doorway or simply one particularly atmospheric room. Either way, the return is welcome. Four years is enough time for a somnambulist to wander a very long distance without waking up. "September Shoals" suggests the band have finally found their way back to the studio—and fortunately remembered to bring a trumpet player.