Rufus Wainwright Releases Four New Songs on iTunes

Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright has released four new tracks on iTunes, the first of two installments composing his upcoming download-only album Want Two. This EP is titled Waiting for a Want, and the songs include “Gay Messiah, “This Love Affair,” “The Art Teacher” and “Waiting for a Dream.” Recording for Want Two started at a friend’s apartment on New York's Lower East Side, and the finished product will include songs from a variety of venues, including some of Wainwright's tour stops in Europe with Sting.

Wainwright calls the iTunes collection, “some of the more daunting tracks, the operatic, weird stuff, some heavy numbers that relate to my classical sensibilities." Rounding up his Northeast tour with Ben Folds and Guster, Wainwright will hit the U.K. this fall.

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