After weeks of teasing, Ed Sheeran has officially lifted the lid on his new album ‘Autumn Variations.’
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Re-affirming the potency of his work-rate, the Brit-bred hitmaker made the announcement while still in the midst of simultaneous stadium and intimate venue tours.
Set for release on September 29, ‘Autumn Variation’ via Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records (in partnership with Warner Music Group).
Speaking on the LP, Sheeran said:
“Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded.
When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time. There were highs of falling in love and new friendships among lows of heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion.”
Diving into his creative process of piecing the project together, Sheeran added:
“My dad and brother told me about a composer called Elgar, who composed ‘Enigma Variations’, where each of the 14 compositions were about a different one of his friends. This is what inspired me to make this album. When I recorded Subtract with Aaron Dessner, we clicked immediately. We wrote and recorded non-stop and this album was born out of that partnership. I feel he has captured the feeling of autumn so wonderfully in his sonics and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”
Check out the official tracklist:
Autumn Variations Tracklist
1. Magical
2. England
3. Amazing
4. Plastic Bag
5. Blue
6. American Town
7. That’s On Me
8. Page
9. Midnight
10. Spring
11. Punchline
12. When Will I Be Alright
13. The Day I Was Born
14. Head > Heels