Sarah McLachlan announces first album in 9 years, premieres new song
Better Broken, the singer-songwriter’s 10th album, is out in September
While Sarah McLachlan has remained a mainstay in the Canadian music scene since her debut in the early '90s, it's been nine years since she's released new music. It was announced today that fans will only have to wait a few more months to hear McLachlan's tenth album, Better Broken (out Sept. 19).
Better Broken follows Wonderland, McLachlan's 2016 Juno-winning and Grammy-nominated Christmas album, and 2014's Juno-winning album Shine On.
The new album's first single, the title track, is pared-back and serene, an emotional slow burn as McLachlan contemplates the unravelling of a relationship.
In a press release, McLachlan shared the cathartic backstory of her motivation to write this new album.
"A lot of the lyrics on this record came from thinking about the world right now and asking, 'How do we move through this landscape? How do we keep our heads above water when it feels like so much is falling apart?' I don't know if I have any answers, but channeling all that angst and uncertainty into the music has been so cathartic," she said. "I hope that this record provides people with some relief and release — but in the end I just want them to take whatever they need from it, and make the songs part of their own story."
The release of the album in September will be followed by her Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th anniversary tour with special guests Boston pop-folk group Tiny Habits. The tour is making its way across Canada, from Oct. 15 to Nov. 9, stopping in Victoria, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Toronto and more cities. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was McLachlan's breakout 1993 album, including singles Possession and Hold On.
McLachlan will also be gracing the stage at the Canada Day celebration in Ottawa on July 1. She'll share the stage with Tom Cochrane, Mitsou, Amanda Marshall, Roch Voisine, Randy Bachman and Talk.
The full Better Broken tracklist:
1. Better Broken
2. Gravity
3. The Last To Go
4. Only Way Out Is Through
5. Reminds Me (feat. Katie Gavin of Muna)
6. One In A Long Line
7. Only Human
8. Long Road Home
9. Rise
10. Wilderness
11. If This Is The End…
