Calum Scott announces the forthcoming release of his new album Avenoir on September 12th via EMI, available to pre-order here. The globally beloved artist’s third full-length features his brand-new single “God Knows”, a wildly romantic and epic tale premiering today alongside its visualiser. Listen to “God Knows” here.
With his powerful voice and soul-baring songwriting, Calum creates the kind of deeply resonant songs that are primed to accompany the most meaningful moments in our lives. From weddings to end-of-life rituals, fans have turned to his music to soundtrack major life events and for solace in times of heartbreak and loss. To date, Calum’s music has amassed over 10 billion streams worldwide. As Calum reveals, the new LP borrows its title from John Koenig’s ‘The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows’, a word-construction project that defines Avenoir as “the desire that memory could flow backwards.”
Avenoir refers to how we move through life like a rower, always moving forward but facing backwards, seeing where we’ve been, but not where we’re going. On the album, Calum explains, “The songs on this album speak to both regret and sorrow and to undying love — a plea to live life to its fullest. While writing the album, I asked myself, ‘If I could, would I choose to be able to see what’s coming?’ I truly believe we are made from our successes and our challenges, from adapting and overcoming. The concept of Avenoir challenges all of us to live in the present, serving as a constant reminder that it is the surprises in life and the not knowing that makes life terrifying, but also truly magical.”
Like all the tracks on Avenoir, “God Knows” also finds Calum Scott bringing even greater confidence to his one-of-a-kind vocal work, thanks in part to his recent experience in performing at stadiums across Asia and Europe as support for Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour as well as captivating crowds all over North America on his own The Songbook So Far tour.
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