London-based eight-piece post-rock band Caroline have announced their second studio album, aptly titled ‘Caroline 2. ‘ The new record is scheduled for release on May 30th via Rough Trade Records, following their 2022 self-titled debut. ‘Caroline 2’ was produced by the band’s core trio of Jasper Llewellyn, Casper Hughes, and Mike O’Malley. The material was developed over an 18-month period in Margate and Essex before the band entered Ramsgate’s Big Jelly Studios for recording sessions.
Accompanying the album announcement is the release of a captivating new single, “Tell Me I Never Knew That.” The track immediately establishes its experimental nature, commencing with the soothing tones of acoustic guitar, offering a glimpse into the sonic explorations of Caroline’s forthcoming album.
Of the single, the band state,
We used to call this one ‘Backstreet boys’ because the opening top line felt like a Backstreet Boys song. The main riff was written by Casper on acoustic guitar and stuck out as a really catchy, bouncy, hypnotic thing. We wrote the opening top line together and straight away we thought ‘this sounds like a melody that Caroline Polachek might sing’ in its hooky-ness. We sort of joked that we’d ask her to sing it but didn’t think it’d actually be on the cards, until about a year later when we sent her the half-finished song and she was up for it!
“Caroline was amazing. She wrote a load of extra parts that gave the whole thing such a lift, and then spent a few hours tracking a load of more improvised parts. We were still recording at about 1.30am when we decided to call it, but there was no indication that Caroline was the slightest bit tired or that she had lost any momentum in her ability to sing, even though she’d been singing for about 6 hours. It was an inspiring thing to witness! We did a little bit more re-ordering together with Caroline a few weeks after the session and then the song was finally there.”
To support the release of ‘Caroline 2,’ Caroline will embark on a UK tour running from May 31st to June 8th. Following their headline dates, the band is also scheduled to perform at the Green Man festival in Brecon, Wales, in August.
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