brakence brings marroW to The Fillmore, his first Philadelphia show since 2022

Two weeks after his first album in four years, brakence has booked The Fillmore Philadelphia for Sunday, March 28, 2027.

The last time brakence played Philadelphia was December 15, 2022, at The Foundry at The Fillmore. That was the same year his breakout album, hypochondriac, came out. More than four years later he's coming back to the same building, and this time he has the big room: The Fillmore Philadelphia itself, which our listings put at 2,500 capacity.

brakence plays The Fillmore Philadelphia on Sunday, March 28, 2027, at 8 p.m. The show was announced Oct. 27, and tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster. It's a stop on the Marrow Tour, the North American run behind his new record.

That record is why he's coming back. brakence released marroW on Columbia on Oct. 23, and The Fader reported that the 18-track album is his first full-length project since hypochondriac in 2022. The rollout opened with the lead single "ready or noT," a video directed and edited by Quadeca. Four years is a long wait between albums for anyone. For an artist whose last record was the one that broke him, it makes marroW the real test of what comes next.

The tour around it is long. Archyde reports that the Marrow Tour opens March 4 at Soma in San Diego and closes Aug. 21 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. In between it works the coasts, the South and the Midwest, then heads north into Canada. Philadelphia comes a little more than three weeks in, on a Sunday night, when the set should be tight and the new songs still fresh.

Genre tags don't hold brakence well. Our data files him under EDM and hip-hop. The Fader calls him a hyperpop and rock artist. If you've heard hypochondriac you know both are right some of the time and neither is right all of the time. Expect a mix of glitchy production, guitars and very online emotional candor.

The move from The Foundry to the main Fillmore room is the clearest local sign of how far he's come. The 2022 date was a club show in the smaller space. The 2027 date is a full-size Fillmore booking on the strength of an album that is only two weeks old as of this writing. Whether the room fills is up to Philadelphia, but the people who booked it are clearly betting it will.

The tour is named for the new album, so marroW will be the center of the night. Anyone who caught him at The Foundry four years ago will be listening for how the older songs sit next to it.

March is a long way off, and Sunday shows have a way of creeping up on people. If brakence was one of your 2022 records, this is the show that tells you whether he's one of your 2027 ones too.

Sources: Brakence releases 'marroW,' his first album in four years — The Fader (thefader.com); Brakence Announces North American Tour for New Album Marrow — Archyde (archyde.com); brakence at The Fillmore Philadelphia — JamBase (jambase.com); brakence tickets — Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.evyy.net)