Black Doldrums share new single 'Waiting' from incoming album 'Repetition Compulsion' out Nov 13th

Black Doldrums share ‘Waiting’, the third single from their forthcoming album ‘Repetition Compulsion’, out November 13th 2026. Stream it now and pre-order on limited LP and CD in the Fuzz Club Stores.

Written around the same time as the band’s second album 'In Limerence', the track forms a link between the two records, carrying forward the theme of limerence while exploring the darker side of love, longing and obsession. “When we were going through the finished mixes of the second album, Sophie noticed this recurring theme of limerence, which pushed ‘Waiting’ further in that direction. I liked the idea of writing about waiting for someone you love, that if you love someone enough, you’ll wait forever. I wrote all the lyrics in one go, early one morning, while I was literally waiting for Sophie to wake up. I just started jotting it down.”

Taking its title from the psychological concept first explored by Freud, ‘Repetition Compulsion’ examines “the unconscious tendency to recreate familiar emotional patterns, destructive behaviours and inherited cycles from the past.” Across its eleven tracks, Black Doldrums explore how these repetitions shape intimate relationships, collective memory, politics and mental wellbeing, creating a record that feels both deeply personal and quietly universal. Through evocative songwriting and cinematic production, Gibbard says “the album invites listeners to confront the echoes of the past while questioning whether those patterns can ever truly be broken.”