Blondshell, the recording mission of Sabrina Teitelbaum and our 2023 Rookie of the 12 months, has introduced her sophomore album, If You Requested for a Image (out Might 2nd by way of Partisan Data). As a preview, Teitelbaum shared the only “T&A.” Watch the music video for the brand new music beneath.
If You Requested for a Image arrives because the follow-up to Blondshell’s well-received self-titled debut. For the brand new set, the songwriter as soon as once more teamed up with producer Yves Rothman to craft hooky, grunge-tinged guitar tunes. The mission takes its title from the 1986 Mary Oliver poem “Dogfish,” which explores the tough nature of sharing private tales — a subject Teitelbaum herself continues to grapple with.
“There’s part of the poem that claims: ‘I don’t must let you know the whole lot I’ve been via. It’s simply one other story of any individual making an attempt to outlive,’” Teitelbaum says. “One thing I really like about songs is that you simply’re displaying a snapshot of an individual or a relationship, and displaying a glimpse right into a story could be simply as necessary as making an attempt to seize your entire factor. Typically it’s even more true to your entire image than should you tried to put in writing the whole lot down.”
As a glimpse into the brand new period of Blondshell, “T&A” sees Teitelbaum embrace Pixies-esque dynamics as she muses over a less-than-healthy relationship. The accompanying music video furthers the metaphor with three (extraordinarily cute) rescue canine.
“There’s a Rolling Stones music on Tattoo You referred to as ‘Little T&A,’ and at one level within the music, he says ‘tits and ass,’ so I’m borrowing that,” she stated of the brand new lower. “I feel in music, it’s simple to see issues as both extra sexualized or extra romantic, and I wished this to be each. I see it as a love story — possibly not probably the most fairy story love story — however I wished it to really feel like a extremely narrative music, the place one factor results in one other after which you find yourself someplace you didn’t anticipate. Usually that’s not how I write, however I wished a music like that.”
Teitelbaum shared the primary single of the album, “What’s Honest,” final August. In 2024, she additionally dropped the non-album single “Docket” with Bully and contributed to A24’s cowl album of Cease Making Sense.
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