Vancouver's Jordan Klassen returns today with the details of his sixth studio album, as well as new single "Niko."
Titled after the phenomenon of speaking in religious tongues, Glossolalia is due April 8. It follows the singer-songwriter's 2020 album Tell Me What to Do.
"Everything is about longing," Klassen said of the pandemic-produced album's ethos, "longing for change but trying to be realistic about change as well."
The new single "Niko" marks the third release ahead of the album, following last year's "Milk and Honey" and "Carried Away." Of the fiddle-flushed track, the artist said: "With all the ridiculous cacophony of information we currently swim in, it is no wonder that we've seen a resurgence of conspiratorial thinking. Most of us see this every day: online, from the mouths of relatives; maybe even in our own brains."
"I wrote 'Niko' as a bit of a tongue-in-cheek ode to finding out that someone that you know and love is buying in," he added. "Pleading my case that the earth is in fact round."
Get out of the Facebook comments and listen to "Niko" below, where you'll also find the album tracklist.
Glossolalia:
1. Lotusland
2. Milk and Honey
3. Hard on Myself
4. Carried Away
5. Good Intentions
6. Brothers in Arms
7. Pangea
8. Ash Wednesday
9. Niko
10. Sleeper in the Cabin
Titled after the phenomenon of speaking in religious tongues, Glossolalia is due April 8. It follows the singer-songwriter's 2020 album Tell Me What to Do.
"Everything is about longing," Klassen said of the pandemic-produced album's ethos, "longing for change but trying to be realistic about change as well."
The new single "Niko" marks the third release ahead of the album, following last year's "Milk and Honey" and "Carried Away." Of the fiddle-flushed track, the artist said: "With all the ridiculous cacophony of information we currently swim in, it is no wonder that we've seen a resurgence of conspiratorial thinking. Most of us see this every day: online, from the mouths of relatives; maybe even in our own brains."
"I wrote 'Niko' as a bit of a tongue-in-cheek ode to finding out that someone that you know and love is buying in," he added. "Pleading my case that the earth is in fact round."
Get out of the Facebook comments and listen to "Niko" below, where you'll also find the album tracklist.
Glossolalia:
1. Lotusland
2. Milk and Honey
3. Hard on Myself
4. Carried Away
5. Good Intentions
6. Brothers in Arms
7. Pangea
8. Ash Wednesday
9. Niko
10. Sleeper in the Cabin