The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is just that – the Grammy Award-winning group’s promised seventh studio, which draws on 11 total movements: lyricless journeys that evoke the canter of eight original compositions parsed with three traditional songs that were arranged especially for the feat. The band’s forthcoming seventh album is due on July 24, 2026, via Nonesuch Records, and represents their first all-instrumental set, as well as their initial offering with new member and fiddle player, Brittany Haas, who joined in 2023. As a debut listen and preview, the group has turned over the single “New Bike.” 

As suggested, the record’s title is more than wordplay; it’s a directive for the listener’s ride through stories, impressions, and emotions elicited by strings – a melodic spin that conjures a harmony-rich tapestry with quilted squares dedicated to the balance of rhythm and harmony while advancing their acoustic innovations. The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers was produced by the band with engineering from Joseph Lorge. 

The album was recorded at Guildford Sound Studio in Vermont last year when the trees dropped their leaves and branches collected snow. Reflecting on the task, Punch Brothers founder, Chris Thile says, “This music is the result of what feels to me like our deepest but also most joyful exploration of the American string band in the twenty years we’ve been making music together.”

“Something about the dichotomy of all the water under the bridge plus a new, brilliant teammate in Brittany. We all felt like kids in a candy store … so many possibilities and so much energy with which to pursue them, except with the kind of collective discipline and clarity of intent that only decades of collaboration affords.”

The initial single “New Bike” arrives with its official performance video: a tried-and-true sampling of ten hands across five stringed instruments, melding movement and mood, in pursuit of Haas’ centered slow build and ascent as a tonal leader and instrumental powerhouse. Around the 3:30 mark, she rips, calling on tradition and timing before a pass back to her bandmates. Haas’ insertion of a high-energy melody functions like a rustic roar, one that could have been played 100 years ago or 100 years from now. 

On the single, Thile remarks, “We discovered the first theme of ‘New Bike’ during one of the first writing sessions for Unsung Adventures, and it seemed thesis-statement-y from the jump. It’s downright euphoric to play and reminds me of being allowed to ride my new Diamondback Topanga mountain bike to the library for the first time when I was ten years old. We get that much of a thrill out of it … and good Lord, when Britt takes off towards the end of the secondary gesture? WHEEEEEE!!!” Listen below. 

In addition to the promise of a new record, Punch Brothers have unveiled their live itinerary. See a complete list of dates below. 

The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers–

New Bike

porthole

Found in a Frozen Fog

Solve Knut (untied) *

Le Ruisseau

Saturn: Pogo Ball of the Gods

Song of the Water Kelpie (unsung) *

June Apple (poisoned) *

portal

Descend, O Diamondback!

New Book

*Traditional, arranged by Punch Brothers

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Tour Dates:

May 14, Morristown, N.J. —Mayo Performing Arts Center 

May 15, Allentown, Pa.—Archer Music Hall 

May 16, Rocky Mount, Va.—The Harvester Performance Center 

May 17, Durham, N.C.—The Carolina Theatre 

May 19, Charlotte, N.C.—Knight Theater 

May 21, Richmond, Va.—Maymont 

May 22, Cumberland, Md.—DelFest 

May 23, Wilmington, N.C.—Greenfield Lake Amphitheater 

May 24, Charleston, S.C.—Spoleto Festival 

May 26, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.—Ponte Vedra Concert Hall 

May 27, South Birmingham, Ala.—Avondale Brewing Company 

May 28, Knoxville, Tenn.—Tennessee Theatre 

May 29, Pelham, Tenn.—The Caverns 

May 30, Atlanta—The Eastern 

June 20+21, Telluride, Colo.—Telluride Bluegrass Festival 

June 23, Kansas City, Mo.—Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts 

June 24, St. Louis, Mo.—Powell Hall 

June 25, Owensboro, Ky.—ROMP 

June 26, Cincinnati—Taft Theatre 

June 27, Boone, N.C.—Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 

July 18, Katonah, N.Y.—Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts—Venetian Theater 

July 19, Hammondsport, N.Y.—Concerts at Point of the Bluff 

July 21, South Deerfield, Mass.—Tree House Brewing Company – Deerfield 

July 22, Bar Harbor, Maine— 1932 Criterion Theatre 

July 24, Hiram, Maine—Ossipee Valley Music Festival 

July 25, Newport, R.I.—Newport Folk Festival

July 26, Lyons, Colo.—RockyGrass Festival 

September 9, Grand Rapids, Mich.—Frederik Meijer Gardens

September 11, Evanston, Ill.—Cahn Auditorium

October 17, Manteo, N.C.—Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival 

November 4, New York—Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall

Feb 26-Mar 4, Miami—Cayamo Cruise