Naima Bock has released Rocks while announcing new label arrangements with Fire Talk and Breakfast in Britain. The London musician accompanies the song with a video featuring a horse and a European concert itinerary. Her account of writing during a flight follows the release of Below a Massive Dark Land and subsequent touring.
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Rocks accompanies Bock’s label changes
Naima Bock, a singer-songwriter based in Britain, has released Rocks alongside new recording arrangements with Fire Talk and the Bristol independent label Breakfast in Britain. The London-based musician previously released her solo music through Sub Pop and played in Goat Girl before that. A horse appears in the accompanying video, directed by Peter Eason Daniels.[1], [2]
The release follows Below a Massive Dark Land, her album from 2024. Between that album and Rocks, Bock put out the standalone single Rolling in June 2025 and toured with Dinosaur Jr. and Jake Xerxes Fussell. Her first solo album, Giant Palm, appeared in 2022.[1], [2]
Bock traces the song to a flight
Bock says Rocks began coming to her while a flight was taking off on a rainy autumn night, heading somewhere warmer. She had been listening to Palace Music repeatedly for a month. She describes writing the song as a response to her oscillation between staying at home and being away: her eventual decision was to do both.[1], [2]
Jack Ogborne, known for work as Bingo Fury and with The Cindys, is the track’s producer. Recording took place at St Mark’s Church in North London. Bock and Oliver Hamilton supplied additional arrangements; Hamilton also works with caroline and Shovel Dance Collective. Bock describes Rocks as a personal song and leaves its story for listeners to interpret.[2]
The concert route crosses Britain and continental Europe
The announced 2027 concert itinerary starts on April 6 at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. British venues include St. Brides Church in Liverpool, Halle St Peter’s in Manchester and The Common Room in Newcastle. Glasgow, Oxford, Cardiff, Southampton, Brighton, Frome and Exeter follow, before Lantern in Bristol on April 21 and Earth Theatre in London on April 22. Liverpool is scheduled for April 7, Manchester for April 9 and Newcastle for April 10.[1], [2]
The continental route opens in Munich on May 10, then reaches Hamburg, Berlin and Stuttgart. Arci Bellezza in Milan is listed for May 17 and Le Chinois in Paris for May 20. Brussels, Diksmuide and Cologne are also on the itinerary, followed by northern stops including Copenhagen and Aarhus.[1], [2]
