“Thinking Out Loud” singer Ed Sheeran has a new album coming out sooner than you think called Autumn Variations.
The British singer is making his departure from the mathematical album titles and he’s moving to seasons now. Sheeran has just announced that his upcoming album will be dropping sooner than anyone thought.
Just a few months after the release of “-” (Substract), Ed Sheeran announces Autumn Variations. The “Perfect” singer revealed the announcement on social media with a brief video explaining his thought process.
It turns out he worked on Autumn Variations at the same time as “-” (Substract). He’ll be teaming up again with The National‘s Aaron Dessner, Taylor Swift‘s frequent collaborator.
Sheeran explained that this is the album he originally wanted to make instead of Substract, and it’s the first one on his own record label, Gingerbread Man Records.
The First Album In a Season-Themed Series?
Although there’s no information whether he plans on doing a full series, Ed Sheeran’s track record precedes him. Given that he seems to like “matching” albums, luckily for all of us, there are four seasons.
And the first one is Autumn (fall for the U.S.).
Sheeran wrote in the caption of the video, “Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded. When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time. There were highs of falling in love and new friendships among lows of heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion.”
Sheeran also explained that, “My dad and brother told me about a composer called Elgar, who composed ‘Enigma Variations’, where each of the 14 compositions were about a different one of his friends. This is what inspired me to make this album. When I recorded Subtract with Aaron Dessner, we clicked immediately. We wrote and recorded non-stop and this album was born out of that partnership. I feel he has captured the feeling of autumn so wonderfully in his sonics and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.“
Autumn Variations will be out September 29th.
