Amy Allen – Amy Allen

Today singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Amy Allen announces her debut solo album, the self-titled Amy Allen, which will be released this August 23 on AWAL.

To mark the occasion, Allen shares the album-opener lead single “darkside” alongside its accompanying lyric video. On the track,

Allen delivers an otherworldly piece of alt-pop layered with shadowy beats and spellbinding strings, presenting a poetic meditation on “learning to show your true self to someone you love, and how that can be painful and beautiful at the same time.”

One of the most vital behind-the-scenes forces in pop music today, Allen has brought her massive songwriting talents to a steady stream of smash hits in the first few months of 2024 alone, with her contributions to songs like Sabrina Carpenter’s culture-dominating “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” and more. A Billboard Hot 100 hitmaker who has worked with superstars like Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber, and Leon Bridges, won an Album of the Year GRAMMY for her work on Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, and was nominated for the inaugural Songwriter of the Year award, Allen showcases a new dimension of her one-of-a-kind artistry on his record. Centered on a gorgeously composed and endlessly unpredictable form of indie-rock, with inspiration ranging from Cocteau Twins to John Prine, Amy Allen introduces an essential new artist whose music you didn’t know you already loved.

Developed over the course of two years with collaborators including producers Ethan Gruska (Phoebe Bridgers, Ryan Beatty), John Hill (Sylvan Esso, Cage the Elephant), and Eg White (Florence + the Machine, Adele) and co-writers like Tobias Jesso Jr., Amy Allen highlights the range of one of the most prolific songwriters in pop music today. She says the record is full of “songs so personal there’s no way I could ever give them to anyone else.”

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