Alex G is back. Having signed to RCA last year, the singer-songwriter has announced his first album for the label, Headlights. The follow-up to 2022’s God Save the Animals is set for release on July 18. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Afterlife’, which is accompanied by a Charlotte Rutherford-directed music video. Check it out below, and scroll down for the LP’s cover art and tracklist.
The banjo is at the forefront of ‘Afterlife’, which homes in on the sprightly, direct sound of Alex G’s previous album while further twisting its surreal, animalistic lyricism. Which is to say, the artist’s major label pivot does not seem to have dramatically altered his approach – only brightened it. According to a press release, Headlights is “a collection of absurd twists and mundane milestones,” demonstrating how “Alex’s lexicon of symbols and sounds has, over years and albums, grown into something bigger: a musical mythology that is affecting and unmistakable.”
Headlights Cover Artwork:
Headlights Tracklist:
1. June Guitar
2. Real Thing
3. Afterlife
4. Beam Me Up
5. Spinning
6. Louisiana
7. Bounce Boy
8. Oranges
9. Far and Wide
10. Headlights
11. Is It Still You in There?
12. Logan Hotel (Live)
