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May 26, 2026 By Mark Redfern

Los Angeles-based indie rock trio Cheekface are releasing a new album, Podium, July 28. Now they have shared its fourth single, “I Don’t Work Here,” via a music video in which the band performs in a grocery store. Mallory Turner shot and edited the video. Watch it below.

Cheekface is vocalist/guitarist Greg Katz, bassist Amanda Tannen (formerly of stellastarr*), and drummer Mark “Echo” Edwards.

Podium includes “Hostile Street,” a new song they shared in February that was one of our Songs of the Week. When the album was announced they shared its second single, “Black Site,” via a music video that featured the band in prison, complete with orange jumpsuits. It was also one of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared its third single, “MFT,” via a music video. It also landed on Songs of the Week.

Podium is self-released, like all their albums, and also features contributions from Teddy Roxpin (known for his work with Mac Miller), Skatune Network’s Jer Hunter, and Elise Okusami of Oceanator.

Podium is the band’s sixth album and follows Middle Spoon, a new album the band released last year that made our Top 100 Albums of 2025 list.

Cheekface surprise-released another new album, It’s Sorted, in March 2024. It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2024.

Read our interview with Cheekface on It’s Sorted.

Read our review of It’s Sorted.

Cheekface Tour Dates:

Support on this tour comes from Catbite, Apes of the State, and Bodega, depending on the date.

with Catbite:

Thursday August 21 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Music Hall
Friday August 22 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
Saturday August 23 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
Sunday August 24 - Albuquerque, NM - Revel
Tuesday August 26 - Oklahoma City, OK - Beer City Music Hall
Wednesday August 27 - Dallas, TX - Puzzles
Thursday August 28 - Austin, TX - Antone’s
Friday August 29 - Houston, TX - White Oak Upstairs
Sunday August 31 - New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
Monday September 1 - Pensacola, FL - Handlebar
Tuesday September 2 - Tampa, FL - New World Music Hall
Wednesday September 3 - West Palm Beach, FL - Respectable Street
Friday September 5 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
Saturday September 6 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
Sunday September 7 - Nashville, TN - The End
Tuesday September 9 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
Wednesday September 10 - Durham, NC - Motorco
Thursday September 11 - Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall

with Apes of the State:

Tuesday September 16 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
Thursday September 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
Friday September 19 - New York, NY - Racket
Saturday September 20 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Sunday September 21 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
Wednesday September 24 - Pittsburgh, PA - Spirit
Thursday September 25 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
Friday September 26 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Sunday September 28 - Toronto, ON - The Mod Club
Monday September 29 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall
Tuesday September 30 - Cleveland, OH - Cambridge Room @ HOB
Wednesday October 1 - Madison, WI - High Noon
Friday October 3 - Des Moines, IA - xBk
Saturday October 4 - Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge
Sunday October 5 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
Tuesday October 7 - St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
Wednesday October 8 - Indianapolis, IN - HI-FI
Thursday October 9 - Kansas City, MO - RecordBar

with Bodega:

Saturday October 11 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
Monday October 13 - Midvale, UT - The Pearl on Main
Tuesday October 14 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club
Wednesday October 15 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
Thursday October 16 - Vancouver, BC - Wise Hall
Saturday October 18 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
Tuesday October 21 - Reno, NV - Holland Project
Wednesday October 22 - Fresno, CA - Strummers
Thursday October 23 - Berkeley, CA - Cornerstone
Friday October 24 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom

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