Parisian alt-rock band Paerish return October 16, 2026 with Rita, their fourth full-length and latest release for SideOneDummy Records. Once again working with longtime collaborator Will Yip, the Paris quartet built the album around the energy of their live show, leaning into heavier riffs, driving rhythms and a more direct attack of their anthemic alternative rock, emo and post-grunge, while keeping the dreamy shoegaze textures that have long been central to their sound.
The album draws heavily on childhood memories, the passage of time and the effort to preserve the instinct to create. Its title references Saint Rita, patron saint of lost causes, and a bell tower vocalist/guitarist Mathias Court remembers seeing from his family’s apartment in the South of France. Across eleven tracks, the band balances nostalgia with the pressure to keep moving forward, touching on working life, toxic relationships, jealousy and the fear of losing the creative spark that once came naturally.
Lead material from the record includes “Vapor Cloud,” a driving song about holding onto that creative impulse as life changes, and the earlier “Wait For Dark,” which introduced the album’s heavier, more visceral direction. Paerish recorded Rita with Yip at his studio in Philadelphia, shaping these songs specifically to hit harder in a live setting.
