Greg Mendez announces new LP ‘Beauty Land’ & tour, shares “I Wanna Feel Pretty”

Over a decade into his career, Philadelphipa singer/songwriter Greg Mendez released his first music for Dead Oceans, the EP First Time / Alone, in 2024, and now he’s announced his first full-length album for the label, Beauty Land , which is due out on May 29. Most of it was recorded directly to tape in his home studio, and you can see the cover art and tracklist below.

He’s shared the lead single and opening track, “I Wanna Feel Pretty,” which starts out much like his bare bones First Time / Alone material before adding orchestration. Rhys Scarabosio directed the accompanying video, and Mendez says, “I spent most of my childhood in the suburbs, surrounded by the American Dream. Grand and lonely, strip malls and housing developments. Cathedrals of consumerism and reconstituted culture. The stores weren’t built for the towns, the towns were built for the stores. No one really belongs. The dream is close enough to smell but as soon as you reach out, your hand passes right through – a hologram of a promise. I hoped this video would feel like that.”

Mendez also announced a summer tour, which runs from June into July with Scarlet Rae, picking up later in the month and running through August with Maria BC. See all dates below.

The NYC show is at Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 30, and there’s a Kingston show at Tubby’s on July 1, both with Scarlet Rae. Tickets to those and all dates go on sale Friday, March 6 at 10 AM local.

GREG MENDEZ – BEAUTY LAND TRACKLIST
1. I Wanna Feel Pretty
2. Looking Out Your Window
3. Mary / Dreaming
4. Everybody Wants To Be Your Friend (Except Me)
5. Gentle Love
6. Frog
7. It Breaks My Heart
8. Sunsick
9. No Evil
10. Geranium
11. Interlude in D Minor
12. Serving Drinks
13. So Mean
14. Concussion

GREG MENDEZ – 2026 TOUR DATES
06/10 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd #
06/11 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall #
06/12 – Asheville, NC – Static Age #
06/15 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop #
06/16 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon #
06/17 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry #
06/19 – Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s Oasis #
06/20 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall #
06/21 – Detroit, MI – Lager House #
06/23 – Toronto, ON – Sound Garage #
06/24 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall #
06/25 – Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery #
06/26 – Boston, MA – Sinclair #
06/27 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom #
06/30 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
07/01 – Kingston, NY – Tubby’s #
07/10 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church #
07/31 – Durham, NC – Cat’s Cradle Back Room ^
08/01 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5 ^
08/02 – New Orleans, LA – Siberia ^
08/04 – Austin, TX – 29th Street Ballroom ^
08/05 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada ^
08/07 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf ^
08/08 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar ^
08/09 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar ^
08/10 – Los Angeles, CA – Sid the Cat Auditorium ^
08/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent ^
08/14 – Portland, OR – Polaris ^
08/15 – Seattle, WA – Barboza ^
08/16 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret ^
08/18 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club ^
08/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court ^
08/21 – Denver, CO – Lost Lake ^
08/22 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar ^
08/23 – St Louis, MO – Off Broadway ^
08/24 – Newport, KY – Southgate House Revival ^
08/25 – Pittsburgh, PA – Bottlerocket ^

# with Scarlet Rae
^ with Maria BC