Lydia Loveless readies new EP Accolades with title track
Lydia Loveless has announced she will return with a new EP, Accolades, on 30 October via Bloodshot Records. The alt-country songwriter from Columbus, Ohio has shared the title track and a video.
The EP will be Loveless' follow up to the 2024 full length Something Else, which featured piano versions of the songs on her 2014 album Somewhere Else, as well as her 2025 project of releasing a song a month on Bandcamp; several of those appear on Accolades. It was recorded with Matt Ross-Spang, the Grammy-winning producer who has worked with The Mountain Goats, Margo Price, and John Prine, and was recorded at his Memphis studio Southern Grooves with a host of local session player pros.
In a press statement, Loveless said the heart of “Accolades” is “trying to return to a place of quiet observation and meditation, the deep dark hole being more a place to sit and think about motivation for doing things as opposed to a place to wallow.” The video is available to watch below.
Following a stop at AMERICANAFEST last week, Loveless has a number of shows coming up this autumn, including two dates with Ha Ha Tonka in November.
Accolades tracklisting
“Accolades”
“Avoiding Highways”
“Let Me Get My Hopes Up”
“Oklahoma”
“What We Learned”
“Accolades Reprise”
Accolades is released on 30 October 2026 via Bloodshot Records
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