Memorials (members of Electrelane & Wire) announce ‘All Clouds Bring Not Rain’ on Fire Records
Memorials
Memorials, the British experimental pop duo of Verity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms (Wire), will release their second album “All Clouds Bring Not Rain” on March 27 via Fire Records. The 12-track album will be available digitally, on CD, and on limited citrus orange, lemon and lime vinyl editions each with four hand-stamped art prints and a sticker sheet.
The album was written, performed, recorded and mixed by Susman and Simms. Most of the material was recorded in a barn studio in southwestern France, with additional sessions involving a harpsichord at 4AD’s London studio and a vibraphone and vintage Leslie speaker at Press Play, the studio of Stereolab drummer Andy Ramsay. The duo said they are drawn to older recording methods because it is about “capturing a moment in time and committing to that.”
Preview tracks already out from the album include “Cut Glass Hammer”, “In The Weeds”, “Wildly Remote”, and “Dropped Down The Well”.
Memorials tour dates 2026
- March 27 – Resident Records (instore), Brighton, UK
- March 28 – South Records (instore), Southend-On-Sea, UK
- April 1 – Stranger Than Paradise (instore), London, UK
- April 8 – Le Hasard Ludique, Paris, France
- April 9 – Le Club, Évreux, France
- April 10 – Variations Festival, Nantes, France
- April 11 – CALM, Limoges, France
- April 12 – La Petite Populaire, La Réole, France
- April 14 – Le Consortium, Dijon, France
- April 15 – Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France
- April 22 – The Croft, Bristol, UK
- April 23 – Little Bully, Oxford, UK
- April 24 – The Prince Albert, Brighton, UK
- April 25 – Verdant Tap Room, Falmouth, UK
- April 26 – Heartbreakers, Southampton, UK
- April 29 – The Lexington, London, UK
- April 30 – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK
- May 1 – Castle Hotel, Manchester, UK
- May 2 – NeoAncients, Stroud, UK
- May 7 – Studio 919, Victoria, BC, Canada
- May 8 – The Pearl, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- May 9 – Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA, USA
- May 10 – Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR, USA
- May 12 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA
- May 13 – The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- May 14 – Casbah, San Diego, CA, USA
- May 15 – Swan Dive, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- May 16 – Pappy & Harriet’s, Pioneertown, CA, USA
- May 17 – Club Congress, Tucson, AZ, USA
- May 19 – 13th Floor, Austin, TX, USA
- May 20 – Pie Shop, Washington, DC, USA
- May 21 – Tubbys, Kingston, NY, USA
- May 22 – O’Brien’s, Allston, MA, USA
- May 31 – Nachtasyl, Hamburg, Germany
- June 1 – Kantine am Berghain, Berlin, Germany
- June 2 – Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig, Germany
- June 3 – Kohi, Karlsruhe, Germany
- June 4 – Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany
- June 5 – Bellevue di Monaco, Munich, Germany
- June 7 – Rotown, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- June 8 – Cactus, Brugge, Belgium
About Memorials
Memorials are a British Canterbury-based duo featuring Verity Susman and Matthew Simms. Susman is best known as a founding member and frontwoman of Electrelane. Simms is best known for his work with Wire and had previously formed It Hugs Back before joining Wire in 2010.
Susman and Simms began working together during the pandemic on documentary scores, including music for “Women Against The Bomb” and “Tramps!”. Their soundtrack albums “Music For Film: Tramps!” and “Music For Film: Women Against The Bomb” were released on May 12, 2023, and later appeared together on the 2xLP “Music For Film: Tramps! & Women Against The Bomb”. Susman, Simms and Kat Duma were later nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for their work on “Tramps!”.
Fire Records released the duo’s first full-length album “Memorial Waterslides” on October 4, 2024. That record followed the 2023 soundtrack work and a Centre Pompidou commission. On December 12, 2025, Fire also issued the limited single “Cut Glass Hammer / Reasonably Invisible”.
“All Clouds Bring Not Rain” now follows as the duo’s second studio album.
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