Liz Cooper – Baby Steps
Liz Cooper has shared “Baby Steps,” the final preview of her forthcoming album New Day, due out February 20th, 2026.
A driving track layered with gorgeous mellotron and string flourishes that serves as the album’s closer, “Baby Steps” is “is the beginning of my new day,” shares Cooper. “I was falling in love while simultaneously going through heartbreak over and over again and I really wanted this to be the last song on the record as sort of a hopeful send off. All of the songs and the stories lead up to this one.”
The Vermont-based singer/songwriter made her third album during a period of intense self-discovery and reinvention. She moved to New York for the first time, weathered a pandemic, came out to herself after falling in love with a friend, and experienced her first queer relationship and breakup, all in the course of a few years.
New Day marks both a personal and a musical revolution for Cooper – a plunge into psychedelic pop depths and a fullhearted reflection of a whirlwind chapter in her life. These songs scintillate with the kind of self-confidence that only beams through after you’ve aimed a sharp gaze inward and realized that whatever you see will always keep darting ahead of you.
Last Winter, Cooper announced an extensive run of North American headline dates set for this Spring
March 18th – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
March 19th – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
March 20th – Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge
March 21st – Felton, CA @ Felton Music Hall
March 22nd – Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone
March 23rd – Healdsburg, CA @ Little Saint
March 25th – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
March 26th – Portland, OR @ MS Studios
March 27th – Boise, ID @ Treefort Fest
March 28th – Boise, ID @ Treefort Fest
March 30th – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
March 31st – Fort Collins, CO @ Armory
April 3rd – Austin, TX @ Antone’s
April 4th – Dallas, TX @ Ferris Wheelers
April 5th – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
April 22nd – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
April 23rd – Somerville, MA @ Rockwell
April 24th – Beacon, NY @ The Yard
April 25th – New York, NY @ Public Records
April 26th – Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy
April 27th – Washington, DC @ DC9
April 29th – Durham, NC @ Pinhook
April 30th – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
May 1st – Nashville, TN @ Third Man
May 2nd – Louisville, KY @ Whirling Tiger
May 3rd – Newport, KY @ Southgate House
May 5th – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
May 6th – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
May 7th – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
May 8th – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
May 9th – Detroit, MI @ Lager House
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