The magnificent Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, having announced their self-titled debut album out on 7 February 2025 via Jagjaguwar, have unveiled another track, ‘Trouble’, as a tempting taste of what’s to come.
‘Trouble’ starts with a sonorous ambulant bass that flows throughout the track as other instruments glide in over the top: it’s an enigmatic sound that builds up with Van Etten’s voice velvet and soft, floating across the surface like a silken veil. it’s a melancholic reflective delight that drips with emotion and is deliciously hypnotic and sensuous.
Van Etten says of the track:
‘Trouble’ is about the idea of having to coexist with people you love who have opposing views and not being able to share deep parts of yourself and your narrative based on someone else’s beliefs. It’s about when there’s that big part of you that someone who loves you can’t know because it’s not something they want to hear or are willing to learn about or understand, and those painful realisations when you choose to love and respect someone else’s needs over your own to salvage a relationship.
It’s another signifier of an album that is quite simply stunning.
The video for ‘Trouble’ was shot and directed by Susu Laroche during the album’s recording sessions at Eurythmics’ former London studio, The Church.
You can download and stream ‘Trouble’ here.
The self titled album is out on 7 February and you can pre-save it here or through the link below:
Feature Photograph: Susu Laroche
