Tomberlin announces second album with lead single "happy accident"

"happy accident" follows Tomberlin's January single "idkwntht", and arrives with a Ryan Schnackenberg-directed video.

Tomberlin says of the new release, which features Cass McCombs on guitar, ""happy accident" is a song about relational obscurity. Trying to sort out who you are or who you were to someone. Is this relationship romantic or is it just sex? Do you want to spend time with me or are you just bored? Do I make my own decisions that are good for me or are my decisions predominantly based on what I think you might want or need? I was kind of walking through moments in previous relationships in my life. I wanna know why someone wants to get to know me. Do you want to know me or just your idea of me? Do I want to know you or just my idea of you?"

i don’t know who needs to hear this… will follow Tomberlin's 2018 debut album At Weddings. Tomberlin, real name Sarah Beth Tomberlin, adds, "The theme of the record is to examine, hold space, make an altar for the feelings."

The new album was recorded at Figure 8 studios in Brooklyn over the course of two weeks, and is produced by Phil Weinrobe.

"My first record, I made it without knowing I was making it," Tomberlin explains. "I was writing songs to process stuff from my personal life as it was happening, and then suddenly everything was happening really fast. Record label, tour, press, all this momentum and a lot of advice about my career, which, you know, I never even expected to have. So I think when I started to write the second record, I felt a lot of pressure to make it sound collected and profound, almost like a book - chapters, a narrative, everything nicely wrapped up."

Tracklist:

1. easy
2. born again runner
3. tap
4. memory
5. unsaid
6. sunstruck
7. collect caller
8. stoned
9. happy accident
10. possessed
11. idkwntht