Ed Sheeran announces new album ‘-‘

nme.com:

Ed Sheeran has shared details of his new album, ‘-‘ (‘Subtract’).The singer-songwriter’s latest album, which is the follow-up to 2021’s ‘=‘, is released on May 5 via Asylum/Atlantic.

Pre-order it here and see more details including the tracklist below.‘-‘ is described in press material as the “last in his decade-spanning mathematical album era” and is an acoustic-driven album that was written and rewritten against a backdrop of personal turmoil.Aaron Dessner of The National teamed up with Sheeran on writing and production.Sheeran explained in a statement: “I had been working on ‘Subtract’ for a decade, trying to sculpt the perfect acoustic album, writing and recording hundreds of songs with a clear vision of what I thought it should be.

Then at the start of 2022, a series of events changed my life, my mental health, and ultimately the way I viewed music and art.“Writing songs is my therapy.

It helps me make sense of my feelings. I wrote without thought of what the songs would be, I just wrote whatever tumbled out.