Talking Heads Announce 'New Feeling' Book for May 2027
Talking Heads will publish a new book, Talking Heads: New Feeling, on 18 May 2027. The publisher, Abrams Books, announced the title on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, in a reel posted to its Instagram account.
The book is a coffee-table book, a large, heavily illustrated volume made to be left out on a table and leafed through. According to Rolling Stone, it contains handwritten lyrics, original album sketches and private photos. Some of that material has not been seen outside the band's archive for more than 40 years.
The lyrics include handwritten pages for "Psycho Killer" and "Life During Wartime," according to the publisher's listing. All four members of the band, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison, wrote original essays for the book. Abrams describes it as the first authorised book written by all four of them.
The publication date falls in a notable year for the group. It marks 50 years since the release of the band's debut album, Talking Heads: 77, which came out in 1977. The Instagram reel frames the book around that anniversary.
The four members have been working together again in recent months. In September, they reunited for an interview moderated by Este Haim to launch Talking Heads Radio, a channel on Sirius XM, the American subscription satellite radio service. Earlier in the year, the band released Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, a collection of early recordings. Rolling Stone also reports that the band plans to re-release its 1979 album Fear of Music, though it has not given a date for that.
Readers who want the book will have several choices. Abrams lists a standard hardcover, a Collector's Edition and a Limited Edition, along with an ebook version. Its featured new releases page prices the Limited Edition at US$350.00 and the Collector's Edition at US$150.00.
For a book built from private archive material, the May date gives the project a clear anchor: a half-century since the album it celebrates. Anyone who has ever bought a record at a shop counter knows how much a physical object can carry. This one is aimed squarely at that kind of reader.
