Carly Simon has announced her new album, Comes in Waves, marking her first proper studio effort in 18 years. The LP isn’t out until August 14th, but the lead single “Howl” is out now. Stream it below.
Comes in Waves is centered on longtime themes such as love, memory, family, self-reckoning, and forgiveness, while moving between “contradiction, ambiguity, and emotional evolution,” according to a press release.
The album features contributions from the late Fugees affiliate John Forté, as well as Simon’s son Ben Taylor and daughter Sally Taylor. Whereas Ben served as a singer, musician, producer, and songwriter on the project, Sally is featured on vocals and created the artwork for “Howl.”
Co-written and produced with David Spencer, “Howl” voices the anger that must be released while moving on from betrayal to forgiveness. “So get it out of your system,” Simon sings. “Bang your fists and beat your brow/ Howl like the wind/ Roar like the river.”
“It’s about letting the frustration out so it doesn’t sit and simmer,” Simon explained in a statement. “The song begins in anger, but it moves toward forgiveness, and speaks to any situation where trust has been broken.”
Comes in Waves follows Simon’s 2009 album, Never Been Gone, which featured new acoustic versions of career-spanning hits. Her most recent album of all original songs was 2008’s This Kind of Love.
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Comes in Waves Tracklist:
01. Howl
02. Maybe I Never Loved You
03. Peaches
04. Love Has No Ending
05. Mother of Pearl
06. Slowly
07. Four in the Morning
08. The More I Look For You
09. Love The Way I Do
10. The Father Daughter Dance
11. Share the End
12. Do It Anyway
