Ed Sheeran Announces New Album

He’s back!

Pic: Annie Leibovitz

Ed Sheeran just released an album at the start of the year, but now he has announced he has even more music coming out.

How exciting!

He confirmed that his fourth album ‘-‘ (Subtract) would be the last in his decade-spanning mathematical album era.

Now he’s stepping into a new era with his fifth album, Autumn Variations.

This is so exciting!

The 14-track album will be released on the 29th of September.

Speaking about his new record, Ed said: “Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded.

“When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time. There were highs of falling in love and new friendships among lows of heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion.

“My dad and brother told me about a composer called Elgar, who composed ‘Enigma Variations’, where each of the 14 compositions were about a different one of his friends. This is what inspired me to make this album. When I recorded Subtract with Aaron Dessner, we clicked immediately. We wrote and recorded non-stop and this album was born out of that partnership. I feel he has captured the feeling of autumn so wonderfully in his sonics and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”

Check out the Autumn Variations tracklist below:

1. Magical

2. England

3. Amazing

4. Plastic Bag

5. Blue

6. American Town

7. That’s On Me

8. Page

9. Midnight

10. Spring

11. Punchline

12. When Will I Be Alright

13. The Day I Was Born

14. Head > Heels

Autumn Variations will be released on 29th September

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