Plini announces new album ‘An Unnameable Desire’

PLINI has announced a brand new album!

The Australian progressive guitarist and composer has confirmed his new full‑length record, An Unnameable Desire, set for release on April 24th, 2026. Serving as the long‑awaited follow‑up to 2020’s Impulse Voices, the ten‑track album showcases PLINI’s trademark blend of technicality, melody, and genre‑blurring creativity, elevated by an even broader collaborative cast.

Mixed by Simon Grove and mastered by Adam “Nolly” Getgood, An Unnameable Desire features an expansive roster of guests, including Grove (bass, auxiliary guitar, engineering, co‑production), Chris Allison (drums, percussion, engineering, co‑production), Dave Mckay (piano, synths), A.J. Minette (string arrangement), Misha Vayman (violin), Yoshi Masuda (cello), and contributions from Devesh Dayal and Jakub Zytecki on Ciel, with harp from Emily Hopkins on After Everything. The artwork was created by Patti Bai.

Discussing the process behind the album, PLINI shares, “something I’m very happy about, after many years of making music and the ‘career’ aspect of it becoming a whole lot more serious, is that the process hasn’t changed – still just me sitting in a room, tinkering on a guitar until I come across an interesting idea, and then following it down various rabbit holes until it starts feeling like a song.

The intention with this album was to let that side of the process be as playful as possible, and then when it came to executing these ideas as finished songs, trying to expand the music in every direction possible: the heavier parts should be heavier, the pretty parts should be prettier, the hard‑to‑play stuff should be harder to play… and also in being as thoughtful and intricate as possible in relating the songs to each other through various themes and references.”

Alongside the announcement, PLINI has released the album’s title track An Unnameable Desire, arriving with a charismatic music video. Speaking about the new track, he explains, “I picked this as the first single because it sets the tone/sound of the album without really giving anything away. I’m known as a guitarist, but this song doesn’t even really contain a guitar ‘solo’. Much like the video, it’s the whimsical first chapter of an adventure, and hopefully gives a false sense of security for what’s to come.”

Watch the official music video for An Unnameable Desire here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. Dorénavant
2. An Unnameable Desire
3. Ciel
4. Canyon
5. Now & Then
6. Manala
7. Vespertine
8. Ruin
9. After Everything
10. The Time Will Pass Anyway

An Unnameable Desire is set for release on April 24th, 2026.

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