The Confuser is the twenty-fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock, released on 24 July 2026 through Tiny Ghost Records and produced by Brad Jones with Hitchcock. Led by the singles "I Am This Thing", "My Dead Astronaut", "How to Feel Alright", and "Yesterday's Rain", the album was met with very positive reception from critics and reached No. 60 on the UK Album Downloads Chart upon release. A main theme of the record revolves around the subject of life and death. Described as psychedelic rock and jangle rock, the album was primarily recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, originally with Jones and a backing band consisting of Todd Bolden, Jeremy Fetzer, and Eric Slick. Further Nashville sessions were recorded with Jordan Lehning. Guest appearances include guitarist and former Soft Boys bandmate Kimberley Rew on five tracks and singer Gillian Welch on "Ghost in Sunlight". From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Con...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)