Alabama Shakes are again with their first new music in a decade. “One other Life” is the rock trio’s first authentic observe because the 2015 album Sound & Coloration—and their debut single for brand new label residence Island. Hearken to it under.
“After I wrote ‘One other Life,’ I used to be desirous about all of the lives we stock,” Shakes vocalist and guitarist Brittany Howard shared in a press release. “Those we’re dwelling proper now, those that slipped away due to totally different decisions, the what ifs, the what wasn’t meant to be, the goodbyes, and the possibility encounters that really feel divine. This music is about these threads and the way they stretch throughout time and area, connecting each model of who we’re. It’s about letting them come collectively, letting them harmonize, and realizing that goodbye isn’t actually goodbye. It’s extra like I’ll goodbye. A collective story that by no means stops unfolding. I’m glad we opened this door into this actuality of us making music collectively once more.”
Alabama Shakes—the trio of Howard, Heath Fogg, and Zac Cockrell—went on official hiatus in 2018. Since then, Howard has launched two solo albums below her personal identify: 2019’s Jaime and 2023’s What Now. The band are at present within the midst of their first tour since 2017, which is able to proceed by means of the tip of September.
Examine Sound & Coloration at No. 138 on “The 200 Finest Albums of the 2010s.”
