"Singing with a roomful of strangers": Angus & Julia Stone announce new album Karaoke Bar, share title track

Due 4 September via Virgin Music, the album takes its name and initial inspiration from a night out on the Greek island of Hydra, steps from Leonard Cohen’s former home. The sibling duo wrote "Karaoke Bar" between late-night sessions and days by the water, tapping into what they describe as a creative energy that defines the new collection of songs.

“It was a magical time on one of the strangest and most beautiful islands we’ve ever been to,” Angus Stone recalls. Julia adds: “A night at a karaoke bar can hold so much goodness. Everyone has the chance to be heard. And it’s so often more than that — a moment of real connection. We’re together singing with a roomful of strangers, and the things that normally separate us in life fall away.”

The track arrives as the first glimpse of a record that the duo say balances intimacy with a sense of scale, created across multiple locations including Greece, France and Australia.

Karaoke Bar sees Angus & Julia Stone continuing to evolve their songwriting and production approach. The pair have built a catalogue since their 2007 debut EP Chocolates and Cigarettes and breakthrough A Book Like This, later earning five ARIA Awards for Down the Way and its single "Big Jet Plane". Their most recent LP, Cape Forestier, arrived in 2024.

Following the single’s release, the duo will play European and UK shows in June and July, including London’s KOKO on 1 July.

Karaoke Bar artwork