Beverly and Public Practice's Drew Citron announces debut solo album Free Now

"Summertime" is the first taster of Citron's debut solo LP, and is accompanied by a visual directed by Jim Larson.

Citron says of the single, ""Summertime" was a song about falling in love in summer. Little did I know it would also be about falling in love with summer and missing all the things we take for granted about being sweaty together outside, running around at dusk, enjoying all the city has to offer. The video is a shot-for-shot replica of Abel Ferrara's King of New York. Jim Larson had the idea to make me Queen of New York. I love telling visual stories to go with my music. It's an homage to New York City, and a beautiful short film for this sweet song."

Discussing her LP, Citron explains, "Growing up in San Francisco, I used to take so many long melancholic walks listening to The Smiths on my Discman. And those walks now strike me as a kind of prelude to the feeling I’m getting at with this album. Most of the songs were written in Northern California, camped out on the coast recalling much of how it felt to be an adolescent of sixteen, in love with a record."

She adds, "I am finally unafraid to get up on stage and be the front-person, to write all my own material, to get behind a mixing board and turn the knobs and produce my own songs. And it took time to get here. It takes time."

Citron recorded the album with various talented musicians at different studios, including Sam Evian at Flying Cloud, Ash's Tim Wheeler at Atomic Heart, John Agnello (engineer: Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Kurt Vile) at Water Music, and Danny Taylor at Transmitter Park Studio.

Tracklist:

1. Birch Tree
2. Free Now
3. Dead on Arrival
4. Kiss Me
5. 17
6. White Noise
7. Summertime
8. Don't Know a Good Thing
9. Love's the Illusion

"Summertime" is out now. Drew Citron's debut solo album Free Now will arrive 9 October via Park the Van, and is available to pre-order now.