Esther Rose has announced her new album ‘Want’, coming to New West Records in May

Esther Rose has announced her new album ‘Want’, set for release on 2nd May via New West Records.

The 11-track collection, produced by Ross Farbe of Video Age, was recorded live-to-tape at the Bomb Shelter in Nashville. The record features appearances from Dean Johnson alongside members of Video Age, The Deslondes, and Silver Synthetic.

Following 2023’s ‘Safe to Run’, Rose’s new material embraces distortion and full-band spontaneity. “For me, these songs felt like revelations,” she says, comparing the record to a memoir.

The album’s first single ‘New Bad’ arrives with a video directed by artist and author Anna Marie Tendler. “This song leaps from the speakers. It’s part grunge, part shoegaze,” Rose explains. “Working with Anna Marie Tendler was the collaboration I’ve always dreamed of. We sparked an easy, natural rapport out of mutual admiration for each other’s artistry.”

Tendler adds: “We spent five days, just the two of us, traversing the desert talking and laughing about love, family, our careers, therapy, ketamine, divorce, and music, all while filming a video whose themes and visuals were predicated on the pluralism of self.”

The Santa Fe-based artist notes that the word ‘want’ appears 77 times throughout the album. “This record is introspective and internal. In these songs, I examine my thoughts and behavior patterns,” she says. “There are other themes, fear being a big one. I write when I’m scared, and I was scared a lot, sometimes by external situations but mostly by deep-diving into my subconscious.”