dälek announce new album ‘Brilliance of a Falling Moon,’ share “Better Than”

A month after MC dälek teamed up with This Heat drummer Charles Hayward for the very cool HAYWARDxDÄLEK album, dälek have announced their own new album, Brilliance of a Falling Moon, due March 27 via Ipecac (pre-order). “The whole project was very influenced by what’s happening in the world and this country,” says MC dälek. “During the initial days of the I.C.E. raids, it got me thinking. You see those powerful photos from the sixties when Black men were marching with the ‘I AM A MAN’ sandwich board signs. It was powerful then; it’s powerful now.”

The first single is a dark, gripping, industrial rap song called “Better Than,” which dälek says “encapsulates the new sound and feel of the record perfectly. It conveys the anger, frustration, and defiance of the moment. Sonically, it is somehow simultaneously, sparse and stripped down, yet complete and dense. A new wall of sound built only of the absolutely necessary elements.” Check it out below.

Tracklist
1 – Better Than
2 – Knowledge | Understanding | Wisdom
3 – Normalized Tragedy
4 – Expressions Of Love
5 – Substance
6 – I AM A MAN
7 – For The People
8 – By The Time We Arrive In El Salvador

dälek — 2026 Tour Dates
MARCH
04/03/2026 FR Nancy – L’Autre Canal
05/03/2026 FR Lorient – Hydrophone
06/03/2026 FR St Malo – La Route du Rock (winter edition) / Nouvelle Vague
07/03/2026 FR Lyon – Sonic

APRIL
14/04/2026 DE Karlsruhe – Jubez
15/04/2026 DE Nuremberg – Musik Verein
16/04/2026 BE Kortrijk – De Kreun
17/04/2026 BE Brussels – Magasin 4
18/04/2026 NL Tilburg – Roadburn Festival

MAY
09/05/2026 AT Krems – Donau Festival
10/05/2026 CH Geneva – Cave 12
11/05/2026 CH St Gallen – Palace
12/05/2026 CH Neuchâtel – Case-à-Chocs
13/05/2026 – GR Athens – An Club
14/05/2026 DE Berlin – Neue Zukunft
15/05/2026 – PL Poznan – LAS