New Fragility

Rock · 2021 · 10 tracks · 40m

New Fragility

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Stately piano and sweeping strings meet Alec Ounsworth's signature nasal delivery. A mature, socially conscious record that trades jittery energy for melodic weight.

It's like the jittery band you loved in college finally sat down at a piano to tell you the truth.

A weary but resolute exploration of personal and national fragility through a lens of sophisticated chamber rock.

New Fragility · vs · Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Contemplative+4.0σ

Contemplative saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 40m

01

Hesitating Nation

3:14

02

Thousand Oaks

4:47

03

Dee, Forgiven

4:08

04

New Fragility

3:28

05

Innocent Weight

3:59

06

Mirror Song

4:33

07

CYHSY, 2005

3:36

08

Where They Perform Miracles

3:53

09

Went Looking for Trouble

5:47

10

If I Were More Like Jesus

3:28

Moments Worth Waiting For

The transition from the frantic energy of the opening tracks into the stark, piano-led vulnerability of Mirror Song.

The way the strings swell and then suddenly recede during the climax of Thousand Oaks, mimicking a sharp intake of breath.

The self-referential lyrical nod in CYHSY, 2005 that feels less like nostalgia and more like a weary peace treaty with the past.

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