Art School Girlfriend announces third album, Lean In
London-based artist and producer Art School Girlfriend has announced her third studio album, Lean In, alongside the release of new track, "The Peaks".
“During the making of this album, there was a period of time when everything around me felt fragile — the things worth living for came into focus with a kind of hyperreal clarity. It’s a beautiful but health anxiety-inducing thing to realise: how lucky we are to be here. The lyrics are desperate and widescreen: “I want to give you the peaks, don’t slip, hold me.” The production and arrangement are designed to overwhelm, with peaks and troughs, offering moments of deep calm amidst the waves of relentless beats and stuttering synths,” Art School Girlfriend explains of the new single.
"The album is very existential. Over the last few years I’ve experienced for the first time what people call “Big Life Shit.” Everything in life had been distilled down to its purest essence, and it terrified me to see it so purely because it just felt so incredibly precious and fragile. It’s the price you pay for having lots of amazing things to care about," she continues.
next year, she will perform these new tracks for the first time on a UK headline tour, with tickets available to subscribers of her mailing list.
Tracklist:
- Doing Laps
- L.Y.A.T.T.
- The Field
- Down The Line
- Almost Transparent
- Save Something
- The Peaks
- Hope More, Hopeless
- Lines
- Framer
Lean In, is due for release on 11 March via Fiction Records, and is available to pre-order now.
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