LEILA ABDUL-RAUF Announces East Coast US Andros Insidivm Tour MMXXVI With Vaelastrasz; Sixth LP From Dark Ambient/Ritual Folk Venture, Andros Insidium, Out Now On 20 Buck Spin

photos by Samuel Foster

Following the 20 Buck Spin release of her intense sixth solo LP, Andros Insidium, in April, LEILA ABDUL-RAUF continues to support the album live, announcing a run of East Coast North American tour dates this October.

Preceded by shows in San Francisco and Oakland with Geist & the Sacred Ensemble and others on September 19th and 20th, the Andros Insidivm Tour MMXXVI will see LEILA ABDUL-RAUF touring through the mid-Atlantic, Northeastern US, and lower Canada, joined by fellow soloist Vaelastrasz. The tour launches out of Durham on October 1st, then hits Richmond, Washington, Philadelphia, New York City, Pawtucket, Allston, Montreal, and Toronto before ending in Pittsburgh on October 10th. See all confirmed dates below and expect further announcements to be posted over the weeks ahead.

LEILA ABDUL-RAUF Tour Dates:
9/19/2026 Napsugar Warehouse – San Francisco, CA w/ Dying Fortress, Geist & The Sacred Ensemble, Lachrymarum
9/20/2026 Temescal Arts Center – Oakland, CA w/ Geist & The Sacred Ensemble, ASOMC, Captain McSweeney
Andros Insidivm Tour MMXXVI w/ Vaelastrasz:
10/01/2026 Fuzzy Needle – Durham, NC duo set w/ Sholeh Asgary (no Vaelastrasz)
10/02/2026 Cobra Cabana – Richmond, VA
10/03/2026 Rhizome – Washington, DC
10/04/2026 Studio 34 – Philadelphia, PA
10/05/2026 TV Eye – Queens, NY
10/06/2026 Machines With Magnets – Pawtucket, RI
10/07/2026 O’Brien’s Pub – Allston, MA
10/08/2026 La Sotterenea – Montreal, QC
10/09/2026 Monarch – Toronto, ON
10/10/2026 The Storyville Lounge – Pittsburgh, PA

Through her work across five Vastum albums, Oakland, California-based multi-instrumentalist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF has been a sonorous contributor to 20 Buck Spin’s discography for more than fifteen years now. Concurrently, she has amassed an impressive body of solo work whereby she could showcase the full range of her multi-instrumental artistic and vocal talents. The label now welcomes that part of her output to the label, showcasing her darkest and most confrontational material to date with Andros Insidium. Here, she draws us into a ceremonial descent, through the architecture of shadow itself. Unfolding like a ritual text etched in obsidian, each movement traces the violent and sacred geometry of transformation. The presence and wisdom of the feminine divine looms throughout, as an ancient and uncompromising force, in conflict with everything buried, exiled and made monstrous by the machinery of societal pressures and unrealistic expectations. The album delves deep into the dark vastness of the psyche of woman: wild, ugly, vulnerable, and powerful.

Sonically, Andros Insidium is a mutation of the cinematic dark ambient, industrial, and ritual folk expressed in prior releases, now sharpened into something far darker, more narrative, and intimate. ABDUL-RAUF’s vocal work becomes a new focus with a wider variety of styles and characters, exorcising the demons of patriarchal fragmentation and revenge fantasy as lived myth. In its most potent moments, Andros Insidium suggests that wholeness is not purity or light, but the terrifying act of reclaiming everything that was discarded, learning to speak with its voice.

Composed, recorded, and performed by LEILA ABDUL-RAUF, Andros Insidium features guest contributions from Samuel Foster (ex-Saros, ex-Weakling), Kienan Hamilton (Cartilage, False Figure), Gregory C. Hagan (ex-Common Eider, King Eider, ex-Thomas Carnacki), and Drew Zercoe (Field Of Fear), adding to the album’s intense sound. Andros Insidium was mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios (High On Fire, Autopsy, Vastum), with cover art by Justyna Koziczak, layout by Chimere Noire, photography by Samuel Foster, and calligraphy by Gregory C. Hagan.

Fans of Dead Can Dance, Diamanda Galas, Arcana, Amber Asylum, Jarboe/Swans, and Chelsea Wolfe, make LEILA ABDUL-RAUF’s Andros Insidium a priority album to hear.