Lesoir return with Tomorrow Is Now Today, their new album, set for release on 23 October 2026 via V2 Records. The record marks a defining moment for the Maastricht art-rock band: a point where years of touring, writing, refining and evolving come together in a sound that feels urgent, cinematic and deeply human.

The title Tomorrow Is Now Today captures the central thought behind the album. The future is no longer something distant. The things we hope for, fear, dream of or fight for are already present in the world around us. For Lesoir, that idea carries both urgency and hope: do not wait for tomorrow to act, feel, change or speak out, because tomorrow has already begun today.

Since forming in Maastricht in 2009, Lesoir have built an international following through immersive songwriting, emotional dynamics and a live reputation that continues to grow. The band’s reach has taken them far beyond the Netherlands, including four headline tours in China and extensive touring across Europe. Their five-week European tour with prog icons Riverside in 2019, followed by a triumphant return with Riverside in 2023, introduced Lesoir to a wider international audience. Along the way, they have shared stages with artists such as The Gathering, Evergrey, The Pineapple Thief, Airbag, Delain and Within Temptation.

Lesoir’s festival history further underlines their position within the European art-rock and progressive scene, with appearances at festivals such as Night Of The Prog, IO Pages Festival, Midsummer Prog Festival, Morvala Festival, Fekete Zaj Festival and Nene Valley Rock Festival. These stages have helped shape the band’s identity as a powerful live act: atmospheric and emotional, but also rhythmically driven, dynamic and heavy when the music demands it.

With Tomorrow Is Now Today, Lesoir take that identity further. The album builds on a long creative relationship with producer John Cornfield, whose work has helped shape several important chapters in the band’s catalogue. For this new phase, Lesoir also continued their collaboration with Paul Reeve, known for his vocal work with Matt Bellamy of Muse, while Steve Kitch of The Pineapple Thief handled the mastering. Together, this production team helped the band sharpen its sound without losing the raw emotion, atmosphere and live energy that define Lesoir.

Where Push Back The Horizon leaned into the rock side of the band, Tomorrow Is Now Today embraces melody, contrast, atmosphere and emotional weight even more deeply. Fragile passages open into bombastic sections; delicate textures are placed against heavy dynamics; progressive structures are present, but always in service of the song. Live percussion, a real string quartet and carefully developed arrangements give the album a broader, more cinematic character, while the band’s unmistakable sense of groove and tension remains at its core.

Lyrically, Tomorrow Is Now Today looks outward without losing its personal heart. Maartje Meessen writes from the perspective of people who feel unheard, damaged, mistreated or caught in situations beyond their control. The album reflects on conflict, empathy, love, responsibility and the fragile state of the world, but always through a human lens. These are not isolated stories; together they form a powerful collection of voices, emotions and questions connected by one shared truth: the time to care is now.

The current Lesoir line-up is Maartje Meessen on vocals, piano, flute and guitar; Ingo Dassen on guitar; Rutger Martens on guitar, pedal steel and backing vocals; Ramon Reijnders on percussion and beats programming; Staf Wouters on bass; and Bob Van Heumen on drums and backing vocals.

Musically, the album is Lesoir at their most complete: grand but intimate, progressive but direct, urgent but full of hope. It is a storybook to be heard, a musical journey that takes the listener by the hand and does not let go until the final note has sounded. With every listen, new details appear: hidden textures, emotional turns and quiet moments that slowly reveal the full weight of the record.

Tomorrow Is Now Today is a mature, ambitious and deeply human chapter in Lesoir’s discography — the sound of a band stepping fully into who they are, with more courage, belief and emotional force than ever before.

Tomorrow is not waiting anymore. Tomorrow is now today.