Brandi Carlile will release her eighth studio album Returning to Myself on October 24.

Carlile credits Emmylou Harris’ Wrecking Ball as the musical inspiration for the new album, stating: “I’ve loved that album my whole life and referenced it musically in the studio more times than I can count, but I never contemplated it conceptually. I see it as a defining moment for Emmy because of where she was in her career and life,and specifically how the album sounded against the landscape it emerged into. I wanted to make something that was undeniably and willfully me. It’s amazing how many people it takes to do that sometimes! But that’s kind of the point. It took many souls to make Wrecking Ball, but they were coming from a supportive mindset. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to be carried and still end up on your own two feet.”

Carlile has also shared the video for the title track from the album, directed by Floria Sigismondi; take a look HERE.

Brandi also shared of the song: “I think people are going to hear that song in different ways. Some are going to hear it as a call to return to themselves. Some are going to hear it as a justification not to. And I love that about it because it is a deeply conflicting feeling. There is no a-ha moment in that song. It’s just a contemplation of, ‘Is enlightenment aloneness or is enlightenment learning togetherness and sacrificial love?’”

Returning to Myself marks Carlile’s first solo release in four years. Earlier this year, she collaborated on the album Who Believes in Angels? with Elton John.

Preorder Returning to Myself  – HERE. 

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