Ed Sheeran Announces Second Album of 2023, ‘Autumn Variations,’ Reteaming With Aaron Dessner
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Even though he is through with mathematical album titles, Ed Sheeran is still practicing the art of addition.
The suddenly prolific recording artist will soon be adding to his catalog the second new album he’s released in 2023… the second in six months, in fact.
Sheeran announced Thursday that “Autumn Variations,” a collection he’s been teasing on social media, will be out Sept. 29. Like “-” (“Subtract”), which came out on May 5, this follow-up was produced by Aaron Dessner, the guitarist for the National, who has stayed busy doing projects with Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams as well as Sheeran.
It doesn’t look as if Sheeran will be touring behind the album per se, at least not immediately in America; he made a choice to release the new set a week after the U.S.
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