Karina Rykman Maps 2026 Fall Tour Dates Around New Album ‘Late Checkout’

Karina Rykman confirmed her sophomore album, Late Checkout, and shared the lead single, “Easy, Rider.” The singer-songwriter/bassist also announced 2026 Fall Tour dates around the record, which arrives on Friday, September 25 via Karina Rykman/High Rotation Records.

Rykman returned to Trey Anastasio's The Barn studio in Vermont, where she cut her Anastasio-produced debut album Joyride, to record Late Checkout. She also tracked at LCD Soundsystem's DFA Studios. The bassist reconvened with frequent collaborator Gabe Monro to work on Late Checkout along with bandmates Adam November (guitar, loopers, effects) and Chris Corsico (drums).

Karina shared the first taste of the new record today in the form of “Easy, Rider,” which she detailed:

“‘Easy, Rider’ is a summer bop. The propulsive bass line, the reverb-drenched guitar chords, the unbothered vocal vibe…I love this tune. It was written in a windowless basement studio with my producer, Gabe Monro, and then brought to Adam November and Chris Corsico (my band), where we fleshed out the sections together. It was a collaborative triumph.”

“The song is a fictionalized story about a NorCal criminal and their escape down the California coast, inspired by a visit to Boonville, CA, last summer. Cash buried in the hills, stolen sailboats pushed to 30 knots, diffusing bombs by cutting wires – it was extremely fun to write about what I don’t know, and run wild with it for the first time ever. What I do know is I can’t listen to it without bobbing my head, and I’m thrilled to let ‘Easy, Rider’ welcome people into the orbit of Late Checkout.”

Stream “Easy, Rider” via the official music video below:

Karina Rykman is taking her band out on the road this fall to support Late Checkout, beginning with a hometown album release celebration at Webster Hall in New York City on September 25. The coast-to-coast fall trek will also hit Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, St Louis, Nashville, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle and Denver, among other stops. The tour wraps on December 5 at Higher Ground in Burlington, Vermont.

Following presales, tickets go on sale Friday, June 26 at 10 a.m. local.

Late Checkout Tracklist

1. Easy, Rider
2. Late Checkout
3. Shoegaze Summer
4. Riverside Drive
5. Zoom Out
6. Childlike
7. 90
8. Old Enough To Know Better
9. Seafood Towers
10. Balcony
11. Spacecase
12. Where You At?