Madi Diaz’s earlier album, final 12 months’s Bizarre Religion, earned her a spot on our checklist of Finest Albums Of 2024 in addition to her first Grammy nominations. Right this moment the Los Angeles-based folk-pop artist has already introduced its follow-up Deadly Optimist, out in October, with the lead single “Really feel One thing.”
Diaz wrote Deadly Optimist after a very devastating breakup with somebody she thought she’d be spending the remainder of her life with. Having already felt like she was on an “emotional island” of kinds navigating a weakening relationship, she relocated by herself to a literal island, writing the songs she’d later flesh out within the studio with co-producer Gabe Wax (Soccer Mommy, Zach Bryan). Whereas there are just a few delicate accompaniments, Deadly Optimist is usually Diaz alone, mirroring that isolation. “Deadly Optimism is the innate hope for one thing magical,” she explains ain a press launch. “It’s the bizarre religion that kicks in whereas understanding that there’s simply plain danger that comes with wanting somebody or one thing. It’s when you don’t have any management over the end result, however nonetheless select to expertise each second that occurs, and put your complete coronary heart in it.”
The pressing, anxiety-ridden acoustic quantity “Really feel One thing” is about these moments when the deep need to attach with somebody overrides logic. Take heed to it and see the tracklist for Deadly Optimist beneath.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Hope Much less”
02 “Ambivalence”
03 “Really feel One thing”
04 “Good Liar”
05 “Lone Wolf”
06 “Heavy Steel”
07 “If Time Does What It’s Supposed To”
08 “Flirting”
09 “Why’d You Have To Deliver Me Flowers”
10 “Time Distinction”
11 “Deadly Optimist”
Deadly Optimist is out 10/10 by way of ANTI-. Pre-order it right here.
