ill peach – EAVSDROPPING
Los Angeles three-piece, ill peach are boldly stepping into their next chapter and today, announce their forthcoming sophomore record EAVESDROPPING out June 26 on Handwritten Records.
The new album kicks off the band’s exciting next era – unfolding like a fly-on-the-wall study of human connection – from overheard conversations, internal spirals, moments of intimacy and more.
“‘Eavesdropping’ is an album that immerses you in the experience of being a fly on the wall, privy to the strange, unsettling, and yet strangely beautiful tapestry of human interactions,” explains lead singer Jess Corazza. “In the middle of making this album, I lost my father in 2024. And even though every bone in my body was screaming with grief I put all my creative energy towards completing this album. Which in turn felt cathartic and therapeutic because it forced me out of the heaviness and into something that felt like colorful, life giving energy. I’ve always had a bad habit of eavesdropping but this time around it helped me step out of my grief in a way and almost place myself in someone else’s story for a moment. Call it dissociation but whatever it is I’m so fucking proud of the album. And maybe all those feelings of loss can go towards the next one.”
With EAVESDROPPING, ill peach sound closer to themselves than ever before, without getting too comfortable. The album’s 10 tracks find them in the space between chaos and catharsis, building a world that’s slightly crooked on purpose. Embracing the mess, embellishing, experimenting, and fine-tuning a sound that refuses to sit still – the new record is a perfect distillation of who the band is and where they’re going next.
Today, ill peach also shared their newest single, the full-bodied “Small Talk,” which follows the release of their two earlier tracks “Cult Daddy” and “Molly’s Not A Friend.
“The concept of ‘Small Talk’ came from this collection of overheard moments, but it really clicked for me while I was eating at a nice restaurant in Minneapolis,” explains Corazza. “I was already deep into making the album at that point, and I’d find myself going out to eat with a bit of a mission—if I’m being honest, mostly to eavesdrop. Maybe I’d be bored with the conversation at my own table, or just more interested in everything happening around me. And no matter where I turned, it was always the same thing—so painfully mundane and basic. Weather, traffic, errands, work. Just… autopilot conversation, as I like to call it. Apparently I don’t hide my boredom very well. I’ve been told I’ll literally do an audible yawn when in these situations.”
The new music follows their 2023 debut THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Hardly Art/Sub Pop).
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