Manchester-based expatriate New Zealander Nadia Reid has announced the release of her fourth album, “Enter Now Brightness”, on 7th February 2025 via her new label Chrysalis Records as well as UK and European tour dates for March 2025. Since ‘Out of My Province” (2020), Reid toured the record as best she could and put on hold her plans to move to the UK. In July of 2021, she gave birth to her first daughter, Elliotte; her second, Goldie, arrived Spring 2024. Shortly before, Reid finally relocated to the UK, settling in Manchester. Lately, Reid has been thinking about the past decade.
“Ten years of documenting my life in song,” is one way she describes it. “The highest privilege” is another. The time leading up to the new record was marked by a reassessment of many moments across those years. “You have points in life that when you look back you see were a time of almost cellular change,” she stated. “I think for me, becoming a mother brought all of [the issues of] the inner child and all of my own mothering right back up to the surface,” she says. “A lot of women say that when they’ve had babies they’ve said to their own mums ‘Thank you so much!’ because they have this revelation of what their mother’s sacrificed for them. And I guess I had that in a different way.”
Reid was pregnant during its creation and plagued by morning sickness — there are photos of her asleep on the studio sofa and memories of vomiting between takes. But she found impending motherhood, and, later, the intricate process of raising her daughter, brought a new focus for songwriting. It runs through the tracks on “Enter Now Brightness” — including the new single ‘Baby Bright’.
“When my first daughter was born, she had these massive bright blue eyes – she still does. And when she was born, I did have this really intense drive to create – I felt very invigorated. Everything felt sharper and accessible, and it all came to the surface,” Reid reveals on the song which you can listen to below.
The pre-save / pre-order links can be found here. Reid has also announced a series of tour dates in the UK and EU which are listed below. Tickets can be obtained via this link.
Nadia Reid 2025 European Dates:
03.03.25 BE, Antwerpen – Arenberg
04.03.25 DE, Hamburg – Aalhaus
05.03.25 DE, Berlin – Privatclub
06.03.25 NL, Amsterdam – Paradiso Upstairs
07.03.25 FR, Tourcoing – Le Grand Mix
08.03.25 FR, Paris – La Boule Noire
10.03.25 UK, London – EartH Theatre
11.03.25 UK, Brighton – CHALK
12.03.25 UK, Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
13.03.25 UK, Glasgow – Room 2
14.03.25 UK, Bangor – Court House
15.03.25 IE, Dublin – Whelans
17.03.25 UK, Nottingham – The Bodega
18.03.25 UK, Bristol – Strange Brew
19.03.25 UK, Manchester – YES (Pink Room)
