Credit: Harry Steel

Today, SCALER have shared a new single titled “Evolve” ft. Bristol-based multidisciplinary artist Tlya X An. The single comes on the back of the band’s recent return with the announcement of their highly anticipated new album Endlessly – out 26^th Sept via Bristol tastemaker label Black Acre (home to Commodo, Sully, Karen Nyame KG, Waldo’s Gift, Crimewave, and more).

Powerful and immediate, like a raised pulse under taut skin, Endlessly tugs at emotional threads and sonic touchpoints that feel tangled up – deliberately so – in the musical heritage of their city. There are traces of trip-hop, drum‘n’bass and experimental electronic, plus flashes of pupil-dilating techno, metal and drill, all carried by immense low-end pressure and tempered by more subdued, spatial stretches that drift and sprawl. Voices layer and loop, instrumentals do the same.

Contributors from Bristol and beyond add new colour to the band’s darkened palette and point to the left-turns they’re leaning into. Guests include Akiko Haruna, who appeared on their recent single “Salt”, as well as Art School Girlfriend, Shadow Stevie, Cold Light’s ELDON, “techno wizard” Thomas Ridley, and on this latest single, Tlya X An. “Evolve” arguably marks the most melodic and hook-led moment on Endlessly, offset by warped instrumentation inflected with nu-metal and rivethead industrial elements.

Speaking on the single, the band says “This song came to life in January 2024 – The strange bells in the chorus were the first element that set the scene, they created the perfect backdrop that inspired the rest of the song. Talia’s amazing melodic choices make the song a standout moment on the record – the harmonies and backing vocals throughout the track envelop you further into the swathes of emotion.

Throughout the creation of this song we were trying to keep the arrangement relatively simple and stripped back – I (James Rushforth), was trying to encourage everyone to sit back a little and rely on songwriting more than sonic warfare, a practice we’re not particularly well versed in. We had worked up the lyrics in the verse, evoking confusion and searching for stasis – we had visualised an expansive abandoned cityscape being flooded, a sense of no future or past. It felt like a mental state.

HEAR / STREAM “EVOLVE” FT. TLYA X AN HERE

Speaking on her contribution of the record, Tlya X An says “I had the melody for the chorus written for one of my own songs, but I was struggling to finish the song. Now I think it’s because it was always meant for ‘Evolve’. The chorus – “Only one I know who can see more colours” is about my dad, as he is the most positive person I know, always seeing the best in people.”

The single is also accompanied by a new visualiser edited by, and starring, Tlya X An.

WATCH THE VISUALISER FOR “EVOLVE” FT. TLYA X AN HERE

Having recently finished a packed-out EU tour with And So I Watch You From Afar and Robocobra Quartet, the band recently announced details of a UK headline tour for November 2025 – their first since 2023. Today, SCALER have also announced additional EU dates to follow the UK leg. Routing is as follows:

LIVE DATES:

6th November – London, UK – Electrowerkz
11th November – Glasgow, UK – Room 2
12th November – Newcastle, UK – Cluny 2
13th November – Manchester, UK – YES Pink Room
14th November – Sheffield, UK – Sidney & Matilda Gallery
17th November – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
18th November – Leeds, UK – Brudenell
19th November – Cardiff, UK – Clwb Ifor Bach
30th November – Paris, FR – Point Éphémère
2^nd December – Dunkirk, FR – Les 4Écluses
3^rd December – Brussels, BE – Rotondes
5^th December – Utrecht, NL – EKKO
6^th December – Gronigen, NL – Vera
8^th December – Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain

Tickets are on sale HERE