Leftfield indie music would not look the way it does today without Black Midi, and Black Midi would arguably not have occupied that singular position without bassist and vocalist Cameron Picton. That same appetite for risk, tension and unpredictability continues on Picton’s remarkably ambitious self-titled debut as My New Band Believe. A record that feels as intricate as it is emotionally generous. Built entirely from acoustic instrumentation —nylon-string guitars, upright bass, strings and pianos — the album moves through baroque arrangements, sudden shifts and restless rhythmic detours with striking elegance, while echoes of Picton’s background in punk still quietly reverberate beneath the surface. The songs twist between the detailed and the chaotic, while Picton’s soft falsetto drifts through lyrics that blur the line between everyday life and the quietly absurd. It is the kind of fearless, uncompromising album artists usually make deep into their careers, once expectations have disappeared and success has already been secured. Instead, this is a debut, which perhaps says everything. This summer, one of this year’s most compelling new projects, My New Band Believe, plays Stay Out West.