Arlie Announces New Album SOMEONE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN Out Dec. 12th via SoundOn

Listen to the title track below

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Alex G., Arlie, Mac DeMarco, Nathaniel Banks, North Virginia, SoundOn

Arlie is the stage name of North Virginia’s Nathaniel Banks. (Image: Ralston Finney)

After two years off the road, Arlie returns with his most ambitious work yet: a concept album structured like a radio drama.

SOMEONE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN comes out on Dec. 12, and Rock & Roll Globe is honored to present its title track today on the site. Its the opening salvo for a set of songs showcasing tremendous sonic growth from the Northern Virginia native’s days as a Soundcloud pop artist recording from his dorm room at Vanderbilt.

Arlie SOMEONE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN, SoundOn 2025

“I wrote this one as if I was singing it to a specific individual, but now I can see I was writing it to myself,” he explains of the song, which is written in small caps in contrast to the all caps LP title. “Wanting to be that steady, trustworthy presence for someone else — I was really asking to become someone I myself could trust. The refrain line ‘all I want is to be someone you can believe in’ could also be a message to my core fans, after all I’ve been through. And I mean it. This is the album’s title track, and appears twice on the record, once full band at the beginning, and later towards the story’s climax in a lower key on a single nylon-string acoustic.”

Fans of Mac DeMarco and Alex G take note.

Have a listen below and catch Arlie on the road from Sept. 26 to Oct. 28. See tour dates here.