Los Angeles, CA – October 7, 2026 – As he prepares to hit the road this weekend on a fall solo tour with just a piano, veteran indie-pop singer-songwriter-pianist and keynote speaker Andrew McMahon has announced Strings Attached Vol. II (Something Corporate Years) and released the EP’s first single “She Paints Me Blue.” Due out November 13th via ONErpm, the 5-track collection features beautiful new stripped-down versions of songs from Something Corporate’s acclaimed albums Leaving Through The Window and North. To preview the forthcoming EP, McMahon has issued a striking new take on North’s “She Paints Me Blue”. Recorded at The Treehouse in Los Angeles, Strings Attached Vol. II (Something Corporate Years) was produced by Suzy Shinn (Weezer, Fall Out Boy) and McMahon and features string arrangements by Allie Stamler.
“‘She Paints Me Blue’ has always been one of my favorite Something Corporate songs,” shares McMahon. “The choice to reharmonize the verses and approach it in a different key for the EP gave it something special I hadn’t anticipated. This new recording has truly become one of my favorite things I’ve done in recent memory.”
Strings Attached Vol. II (Something Corporate Years) follows the release of last year’s Everything In Transit: Strings Attached EP from Jack’s Mannequin. That five-song collection – also produced by Shinn with string arrangements from Stamler – helped the acclaimed alternative pop rock group fronted by McMahon celebrate the 20th anniversary of their Gold-certified debut album, Everything In Transit.
The new string versions of McMahon’s music will soon get the full symphonic experience when Andrew performs his Strings Attached live show with orchestras across the country. Marking his first official catalog-spanning symphony show, Strings Attached will feature orchestral versions of music from all three of his acclaimed bands – Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin, and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – highlighting McMahon’s impressive decades-long and ever-evolving career. The show will make its debut at the 17th Annual Dear Jack Benefit taking place this year in Denver on November 13th and 14th with two sold-out evenings alongside the Colorado Symphony. The annual charity event supports McMahon’s Dear Jack Foundation, his nonprofit assisting adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer that was founded 20 years ago after Andrew survived his own battle with leukemia at 22 years old. Then, next year, McMahon’s Strings Attached show will make special stops in Atlanta, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Seattle. Limited tickets are still available for the 2027 symphony shows.
Until then, McMahon is kicking off an 18-date sold-out solo tour this Friday, October 9th in Boston. “An Evening with Andrew McMahon and His Piano” will travel across the U.S. until November 22nd with support from singer-songwriter Ivory Layne. With just McMahon and his piano on stage, the intimate shows offer a special evening filled with storytelling, laughter, and hits and rarities from all three of his beloved bands. See below for all upcoming Andrew McMahon tour dates. As an artist who has been outspoken in recent years against the dangers of the secondary ticketing market while advocating for change and fairness for fans, McMahon has partnered with CashorTrade, a fan and artist-friendly ticketing platform, for his “Evening With” fall dates to allow fans to transfer tickets to buyers and maintain the face value price he set his tickets at.
Strings Attached Vol. II (Something Corporate Years) Track Listing
1. She Paints Me Blue
2. I Woke Up In A Car
3. Punk Rock Princess
4. 21 and Invincible
5. Watch The Sky
About Andrew McMahon:
Over the last 25 years, Andrew McMahon has successfully experienced musical rebirth many times and has consistently arrived on the other side stronger than ever. In 1998, the East Coast-born, SoCal-based artist co-founded the pop-punk outfit Something Corporate while in high school, serving as singer, pianist, and songwriter, and leading the band to major chart success in the early 2000s with the acclaimed albums, Leaving Through the Window and North. Soon after, McMahon resurfaced in 2005 with the deeply personal solo project Jack’s Mannequin, releasing three acclaimed studio albums, including the Gold-certified Everything In Transit and the two subsequent Billboard Top 10 albums, The Glass Passenger and People and Things. In 2014, he released his debut album under his own name and new moniker, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, featuring the breakout top 5 Alternative radio single “Cecilia and the Satellite” and has since followed with the hook-packed Wilderness albums Zombies on Broadway, featuring another top 5 single “Fire Escape,” Upside Down Flowers, and Tilt At The Wind No More. Across his three projects, McMahon has sold nearly 2.5 million albums, surpassed 1.3 billion streams, performed at major festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits, and toured alongside the likes of Weezer, Panic! At The Disco, Gavin DeGraw, Dashboard Confessional, and even his idol, Billy Joel. McMahon has also received an Emmy nomination for his work on the NBC show “Smash” and launched his own curated cruise experience, Andrew McMahon’s Holiday From Real. In July 2025, he brought all three of his acts together at Red Rocks Amphitheatre making history with his sold-out Three Pianos show, where he became the first artist to perform as opening act, direct support, and headliner at the iconic venue all in one special career-spanning night. McMahon’s path has been shaped by his very public battle with leukemia at the age of 22, leading him to launch his nonprofit, the Dear Jack Foundation, in 2006. His survival and continued creativity are also chronicled in the documentary “Dear Jack” and his searingly honest 2021 memoir Three Pianos, which blends personal storytelling with original music scored by McMahon himself. Through it all, Andrew McMahon has found solace and hope in the things that matter most: his family and the one instrument he’s always turned to, his piano. He has built a career on resilience, reinvention, and the healing power of music, creating a body of work that continues to inspire others as much as it has sustained him.
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