New York City-based singer-songwriter allie has announced her second album, Every Dog, sharing a video for the title track. Featuring the recently released single ‘Radio Shower’, the follow-up to 2021’s Maybe Next Time is set to arrive on September 27. It was recorded in Brooklyn with guitarist Alex Harwood, bassist Maxwell Zikakis, and drummer Patrick Freeman. Check out the video for ‘Every Dog’, directed by Zikakis, along with the album artwork and tracklist below.
“Every Dog highlights different growths I’ve experienced as a songwriter, in the efficacy of both more abstract-leaning and literal-leaning types of storytelling,” Allie Cuva explained in a statement. “I felt freer to write about my own experiences and wherever else my imagination took me, worrying less about fitting in with other artist peers, and just wanting to make something that felt fair and real and true to my life in this vast and crazy world.”
“I wanted to create something that felt flickering – the oscillating guitar can resemble the constantly churning transportation flowing through NYC – and that also evolved to deliver the listener somewhere different than expected, which was meant to represent big, structural change in a relationship,” she continued.
Commenting on the title track, Cuva said: “I understand ‘Every Dog’ to be a somewhat abstract representation of my own journey and the journeys of my loved ones, especially artist friends, to find solace in such a trying, chaotic environment here in NYC.”
“Looking back,” she added, “I think the song ‘Every Dog’ was a way for me to honor both the pain of necessary separation from beloved people who had once been very close to me, and also the sense of peace and acceptance I felt in knowing such decisions were made for the right reasons–out of love for the other and myself.”
Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with allie.
Every Dog Cover Artwork:
Every Dog Tracklist:
1. Sweet
2. Radio Shower
3. Every Dog
4. From The Dead
5. Tiny Colored Pills
6. Three Dykes in a White Pacifica
7. I Was Here (Valentines Day Song)
8. Cereal Box Lottery
