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Tomberlin Projections EP Press Pic Credit to Marc Silverstein

Tomberlin announces new EP co-produced by Alex G with lead track "Wasted"

18 August 2020, 14:03 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

Tomberlin has announced her first new project in two years, an EP titled Projections that is co-produced by Alex G, and has shared the lead single "Wasted".

"Wasted" is the first new release from Tomberlin since her June cover of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone's "Natural Light", which will also feature on the new EP.

The new single arrives with a visual directed by Busy Philipps. Sarah Beth Tomberlin says of the single, ""Wasted" was the most fun song to record. I brought the song with the guitar part and knew I wanted drums, but wasn't sure what kind of beat I wanted. Alex played this drum beat for me and was all 'kinda left field but maybe this would be cool.' It took the song to a whole new level. Sad song or summer banger? You tell me. The video was made with the help of Busy Philipps (who directed) and Marc Silverstein (who shot it), who are more like family then friends at this point. I was quarantined with them and their girls in South Carolina and we came up with the idea and shot it in about four days on an iPhone."

Projections will be Tomberlin's first collection of tracks since her 2018 debut LP At Weddings, and is co-produced by Alex G (Alex Giannascoli) and bandmate Sam Acchione. the EP was recorded at Giannascoli's Philadelphia apartment.

She says, "I wrote these songs while getting to know myself outside of people's perceived notions of who I was. I just started being like, What am I interested in? What do I want out of relationships and friendships? What am I looking for that I don't have in myself already?"

In December 2019, Tomberlin also teamed up with DIIV for a cover of Low's "Words".

Tracklist:

  1. Hours
  2. Wasted
  3. Floor
  4. Sin
  5. Natural Light
"Wasted" is out now. Tomberlin's Projections EP will be released via Saddle Creek on 16 October, and is available to pre-order now.
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