Aldous Harding Announces New Album Warm Chris, Shares First Single “Lawn”
Photo by Emma Wallbanks
New Zealand singer/songwriter Aldous Harding is back with the follow-up to 2019’s Designer, announcing Warm Chris (March 25, 4AD) and sharing its first single, “Lawn,” with a music video directed by (and starring) Harding and Martin Sagadin.
“Lawn” is every bit an Aldous Harding song, piano-driven yet groovy, charming yet slightly askew. There’s a twee mystery to her songwriting that keeps you both grasping at her meaning and wrapped up in her melodies. “Time flies when you’re writing B sides,” she slyly remarks. In the black-and-white “Lawn” video, Harding, Sagadin and Skud Gambosi pose and perform, appearing at times as reptile/human hybrids. By the video’s end, they’ve given into their lizard brains, if you will.
Harding reunited with producer John Parish (PJ Harvey, Dry Cleaning) to record her fourth album at his Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, U.K. The LP spans 10 tracks, and features contributions from H. Hawkline, Seb Rochford, Gavin Fitzjohn, John and Hopey Parish, and Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods. Harding’s 2022 tour in support of Warm Chris kicks off in March, spanning the spring (in the U.K. and E.U.) and summer (in North America).
Watch the “Lawn” video below, and see the details of Warm Chris and Harding’s tour dates further down. You can preorder her album here.
Warm Chris Tracklist:
01. Ennui
02. Tick Tock
03. Fever
04. Warm Chris
05. Lawn
06. Passion Babe
07. She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain
08. Staring At The Henry Moore
09. Bubbles
10. Leathery Whip