Declan McKenna has returned with buoyant new single ‘Sympathy’, and teased details of his currently-unannounced third album.
Check out the new track below, along with our interview with the Enfield-raised indie star.Following his second album, 2020’s ‘Zeros’ – which hit #2 in the UK Charts – the 24-year-old has shared ‘Sympathy’, the first preview of his forthcoming third LP.
The new track was recorded in LA in January 2022 alongside producer Gianluca Buccellati, who has previously worked with Arlo Parks on her Mercury Prize-winning debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’.“‘Sympathy’ is a summery tune, and it feels like the most outwardly upbeat song I’ve made, with the most positive message,” McKenna explained to NME. “It made a lot of sense as the first single.
It’s a bit of a stark introduction to the new world I’ve created; I’ve made a new record that is as probably as different as it could be from my previous albums.”He continued: “It’s been a much more natural process in the way that I have written and produced my new material.
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