Acclaimed South London collective ARCHIVE and Italian, Bologna-based sound explorers JOYCUT announce a co-headline tour that will unite the two bands for a run of 9 dates across Canada and the USA in 2026.
The tour begins in Montreal on 23 April at the Beanfield Theatre, before heading to Toronto, Boston, New York and Chicago. The tour then heads to the US west coast for dates in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, before culminating in Los Angeles at the Lodge Room on 11 May.
The tour brings together two bands that share a common ambition to push musical boundaries and innovate – a meeting of kindred spirits and a cohesive package with a story to tell.
Despite Archive’s arena status in Europe the tour represents the band’s first visit to North America – speaking about the upcoming tour Archive founding member Darius Keeler said, “we’re just so happy and excited to finally have the chance to play live for our fans in North America, it’s been a long, long wait for them. And for us! It’s something that we’ve wanted to do for the longest time, I think it’s going to be very special.”
JOYCUT have built a long-standing relationship with North American audiences through extensive touring and media support, most recently highlighted by a featured in-studio session at KEXP.“For us, playing has always meant connecting with people, in a gentle and protective collective embrace. Music is too powerful not to be lived viscerally together. It can tear you open, but it makes us feel alive, and it never lies. Returning now, especially now, alongside ARCHIVE, with whom we share a deep sense of humanity and respect, feels like the most natural way to do it.”
ARCHIVE and JOYCUT 2026 Co-Headline Tour Dates
Thu, 23 April – Montreal, QC – Beanfield Theatre
Fri, 24 April – Toronto, ON – Great Hall
Sun, 26 April – Boston, MA – Sonia
Tue, 28 April – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thu, 30 April – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
Tue, 5 May – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Thu, 7 May – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
Sun, 10 May – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Mon, 11 May – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
Get tickets here: https://archive.ffm.to/usca-dates
About JOYCUT:
JOYCUT is a creative music outpost, never afraid to follow unconventional paths. Formed in Bologna, Italy, and devoted to long-form sound research and exploration, the band has developed a language built around dual tribal and industrial drumming, electronic architectures, orchestral saturations and immersive dynamics, shaped by a cosmic blue sonic identity and extended instrumental compositions.
Sound remains central and uncompromised. From this position, their practice engages deeply with themes of the Anthropocene, the vulnerability of nature, animal farming and the erosion of human values.
Their latest album, TheBluWave (2022), stands as a clear and monumental body of work devoted to the climate emergency, the melting of glaciers and the fragility of humankind — seeking love as a response to fear. This independent, research-driven approach has led JOYCUT to present works in major international cultural contexts, including the debut of the six-act opera KOMOREBI at the Biennale di Venezia, conceived as a soundtrack tribute to Japan.
In 2023, the project expanded further with Wall Of Humanity, premiered in a sold-out performance with a 50-piece philharmonic orchestra, where sound, image and narrative converged to explore collective responsibility and the fragility of human ethics.
JOYCUT were personally invited by Robert Smith to perform as headliners at the Meltdown Festival in London — an experience documented in the award-winning film “One Step Closer To The Moon”. They were later selected by Brian Eno to contribute to the EarthPercent project with the track The Plastic Whale. More recently, in June 2025, JOYCUT contributed the remix Drone:NoDrone to Mixes of a Lost World, a project curated by Robert Smith featuring reinterpretations of The Cure’s latest album.
About Archive:
Archive is a South London-based musical collective renowned for their cinematic soundscapes, genre-defying evolution, and uncompromising artistic vision. Formed in 1994 by Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths — the band debuted with the critically acclaimed Londinium in 1996, blending trip-hop, rap, and orchestral textures. Over the next two decades, Archive became known for reinventing their sound with each album, incorporating elements of progressive rock, electronica, soul, and post-rock. Following widespread success in Europe, Archive composed the soundtrack to Luc Besson’s Michel Vaillant and cemented their reputation with their album Noise, which propelled them to stardom across the continent. After shifting to a flexible, collective lineup, they released Lights and the politically charged Controlling Crowds series showcasing their lyrical depth and genre versatility. Their later works With Us Until You’re Dead, Axiom, Restriction and The False Foundation, pushed creative boundaries further, with Axiom even spawning a dystopian film premiered at Sundance Film Festival in London.
Upcoming album, Glass Minds – released 27 Feb through PIAS Recordings in North America, is a sonic and emotional odyssey through electronics, motorik rock, subtle dance grooves and beautifully heartfelt songwriting. As with so many of their albums, it sounds different from its predecessors and yet is somehow recognisably, inimitably Archive.
Talking about the newly released City Walls single, taken from the forthcoming album, Keeler says “City Walls is a hauntingly beautiful song with a ‘stop you in your tracks’ vocal from Pollard Berrier, and the video that accompanies it is a truly stunning piece of art in its own right”.
Check out the Maxim Kelly directed video for City Walls
Previous singles taken from the forthcoming Glass Minds album, Look At Us and Wake Up Strange are also accompanied by videos directed by Maxim Kelly.