Blondshell debuts two new tracks at Woodsies

Blondshell revealed to followers at Glastonbury 2024 that manufacturing of her second album is nicely beneath approach, and he or she debuted two new tracks to show it.

Acting on the Woodsies stage earlier at this time (June 30), Blondshell advised the group: “I’m making a brand new album, we’re gonna play a few songs from it.”

The LA-based artist gave the viewers a style of two new tracks — the primary, which she didn’t reveal a title for, is a grungy exploration of a poisonous relationship, that options the lyrics “You need me to be well-known so you'll be able to dwell by proxy / You at all times had a purpose to touch upon my physique”. The second observe debuted on the competition is named ‘T&A’, which Blondshell advised the group “stands for tits and ass”.

Elsewhere throughout her first ever Glastonbury efficiency, Blondshell coated ‘Jane Says’ by Jane’s Dependancy, introducing it as a “very American cowl”. She additionally performed tracks from her self-titled debut album, together with ‘Sober Collectively’, a music that particulars making an attempt to stop alcohol and medicines with a good friend who retains relapsing. She launched the music between sips of water by saying: “I do know that festivals aren’t he most drug and alcohol locations on earth however it is a music about having to get sober.”

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Signing off her debut set at Worthy Farm, Blondshell thanked the group for coming to see her, telling them: “It actually means loads and I’m gonna bear in mind it perpetually.”

Blondshell’s Glastonbury 2024 setlist was:

‘Veronica Mars’
‘Docket’
‘Cartoon Earthquake’
‘Sepsis’
New observe – title not revealed
‘Joiner’
‘Sober Collectively’
‘Tna’ – New observe
‘Olympus’
‘Harmful’
‘Jane Says’ – Jane’s Dependancy cowl
‘Kiss Metropolis’
‘Tarmac’
’Salad’

Final yr, Blondshell revealed she had already written her comply with as much as her 2023 self-titled debut album. In an interview with The Forty 5, she mentioned the brand new themes she’d been exploring within the course of: “I wrote about a variety of completely different topics by means of speaking about relationship and now I’m simply making an attempt to speak about these topics immediately.”

The LA-based artist additionally spoke in regards to the struggles of writing whenever you’re in a contented relationship — one thing she revealed she’d mentioned with Samia. “Once you’re somebody who’s written about heartbreak a lot, how do you proceed to put in writing songs whenever you’re in a steady relationship? She and I are each in relationships, however then I realised, nicely, [Wilco frontman] Jeff Tweedy has been married for thus lengthy. They usually put out an album yearly, so…”

In June final yr, Blondshell featured on NME‘s The Cowl the place she spoke out about how ageism within the music business made her really feel “too outdated” to be successful.

“There’s that horrible factor the place individuals say you must be beneath a sure age to be a musician, and I felt that as a result of it was explicitly mentioned to me,” she mentioned on the time. “The concept was at all times there by means of media and folks speaking in regards to the music business – there was at all times an emphasis on youth and this concept that you simply write your greatest songs earlier than a sure age.”

NME gave Blondshell’s 2023 debut album a glowing five-star evaluation, with Thomas Smith calling it, “One of many different rock albums of the yr, and one to treasure tightly for fairly a while.”

Nonetheless set to come back this weekend at Glastonbury 2024 are performances from SZA, Janelle Monae, The Nationwide, Two Door Cinema Membership, Avril Lavigne, Justice, Nia Archives, James Blake, Alvvays, Romy and extra.

Camila Cabello’s chaotic set scored a three-star score, whereas Dua Lipa’s Friday headlining efficiency earned her 4 stars. IDLES and Fontaines D.C nabbed good five-star rankings as did the competition’s first Ok-pop performers SEVENTEEN.

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