It’s officially Autumn season for Ed Sheeran.
Set for September 29th, the singer-songwriter will drop “Autumn Variations,” a compilation of 14 new tracks delving into the common feelings of love, heartbreak, depression, and solitude experienced by both Sheeran and his companions.
@edsheeran Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded. When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time. There were highs of falling in love and new friendships among lows of heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion. My dad and brother told me about a composer called Elgar, who composed ‘Enigma Variations’, where each of the 14 compositions were about a different one of his friends. This is what inspired me to make this album. When I recorded Subtract with Aaron Dessner, we clicked immediately. We wrote and recorded non-stop and this album was born out of that partnership. I feel he has captured the feeling of autumn so wonderfully in his sonics and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do. Autumn Variations out September 29th, preorder and presave now x #NewMusic ♬ original sound – Ed Sheeran
“Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded,” Sheeran said in a video announcing the album.
“When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time,” he added.
A week following the conclusion of the North American leg of his Mathematics World Tour, Sheeran will release the full-length album. This successful tour commemorates the series of his five albums: “+,” “x,” “÷,” “+,” and “-.”
‘Autumn Variations’ Tracklist:
01 “Magical”
02 “England”
03 “Amazing”
04 “Plastic Bag”
05 “Blue”
06 “American Town”
07 “That’s On Me”
08 “Page”
09 “Midnight”
10 “Spring”
11 “Punchline”
12 “When Will I Be Alright”
13 “The Day I Was Born”
14 “Head > Heels”
