Following the announcement of her second album, ‘If You Asked For A Picture’ (Out 2 May 2025 via Partisan Records) Blondshell has announced that she will be coming to Whelan’s for a live show as part of her If You Asked For A Tour this September.

News of ‘If You Asked For A Picture’ is accompanied by the album’s second preview track. The accidental love story ‘T&A’, is twinned with a video by Hannah Bon which features three rescue dogs (Luna, Rooster, and Radar) matched with male counterparts. It’s a twist on the adage that “men are like dogs” exploring the idea that the dogs with the loudest barks are the ones that are the most afraid, exposing a vulnerability deep within the surface of a tough exterior.

Teitlebaum says, “There’s a Rolling Stones song on Tattoo You called “Little T&A” and at one point in the song, he says “tits and ass,” so I’m borrowing that. I think in music, it’s easy to see things as either more sexualized or more romantic, and I wanted this to be both. I see it as a love story – maybe not the most fairy tale love story – but I wanted it to feel like a really narrative song, where one thing leads to another and then you end up somewhere you didn’t expect. Normally that’s not how I write, but I wanted a song like that.”

The album title borrows from the 1986 poem ‘Dogfish’ by Mary Oliver, which sees the author grappling with the idea of telling one’s own story: how much to share, how much to keep for oneself.

“There’s a part of the poem that says: ‘I don’t need to tell you everything I’ve been through. It’s just another story of somebody trying to survive” Teitelbaum says. “Something I love about songs is that you’re showing a snapshot of a person or a relationship, and showing a glimpse into a story can be just as important as trying to capture the entire thing. Sometimes it’s even truer to the entire picture than if you tried to write everything down.”

Reflecting on the difference between her debut album and ‘If You Asked For A Picture’ Teitelbaum reflects, “The first record feels really black-and-white to me. This record has more questions.”

Blondshell at Whelan’s September 2nd 2025. Tickets €24.90 incl booking on sale Friday January 17th 2025.

If You Asked For A Picture artwork &  tracklisting:

1. Thumbtack
2. T&A
3. Arms
4. What’s Fair
5. Two Times
6. Event Of A Fire
7. 23’s A Baby
8. Change
9. Toy
10. He Wants Me
11. Man
12. Model Rockets

Pre-order HERE