Dawn Richard and multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Spencer Zahn have announced their second collaborative album, Quiet in a World Full of Noise. The follow-up to 2022’s Pigments will be released on October 4 via Merge Records. Check out the lead single ‘Breath Out’ below, and scroll down for the album cover, tracklist, and the duo’s just-announced tour dates.
The making of the new LP began last year in upstate New York. “I wrote all these stream-of-consciousness pieces on piano, and they were eerie, spacious piano tracks,” Zahn said in a press release. A day after listening to Zahn’s piano recordings, Richard went into the studio to write and record melodies and lyrics. “I did not write this down—I purged it out, and then I didn’t change anything after it,” she explained. “Our family has a distorted view of therapy; I’ve had to do a lot of healing on my own.”
Quiet in a World Full of Nois features Bryan Senti on strings, CJ Camerieri on brass, and the 26-person Budapest Film Orchestra. “Right now, everyone’s a little bit overwhelmed,” Richard concluded. “I hope that this will be the record that people put on when they need the opportunity for reflection, when they need the stillness in their lives, now more than ever.”
Quiet in a World Full of Noise Cover Artwork:
Quiet in a World Full of Noise Tracklist:
1. Stains
2. Quiet in a World Full of Noise
3. Traditions
4. Diets
5. Stay
6. Life in Numbers
7. Moments for Stillness
8. The Dancer
9. Breath Out
10. To Remove
11. Ocean Past
12. Try
Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn 2024 Tour Dates:
Sat Jul 27 – Carrboro, NC – Merge 35 Festival
Tue Oct 22 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota
Wed Oct 23 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
Thu Oct 24 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music
Sat Oct 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Andy Warhol Museum
Sun Oct 27 – Toronto, ON – Lula Lounge
Tue Oct 29 – Brooklyn, NY – National Sawdust
Wed Oct 30 – Brooklyn, NY – National Sawdust
Sat Nov 2 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Sun Nov 3 – Boston, MA – Institute of Contemporary Art
Sat Nov 16 – London, UK – London Jazz Festival
