Innovative alternative pop artist Gia Ford has released her newest single “Try Changing” off the highly anticipated debut album Transparent Things, due to be released on 13th September via Chrysalis Records. “Try Changing” dives into the complexities of parent-child relationships and the exchange of wisdom across generations. With Gia’s characteristic blend of introspective lyrics and encapsulating melodies, the song reflects on the desire for parental happiness and the paradox of receiving guidance from those who don’t always follow their own advice.
On the record, Gia elaborates, “Try Changing is a song about wanting your parents to be happy. They can teach you how to love the world and have a good life, but then go against their own preachings. More broadly, the song is about how you end up sharing wisdom with older people in your life, and how we attempt to re-ground each other as we go along regardless of generation.”
Listen to ‘Try Changing’ here
In other exciting news, Gia Ford has been nominated for an AIM Independent Music Award for ‘Best Independent Video’ for previous single ‘Poolside’.
Transparent Things is an immersive collection that showcases how Gia is able to craft songs like no other artist of her generation. The theme of alienation runs through the album. “Most of the characters in these songs are outcasts, all with unique ways of feeling on the periphery, somehow,” Gia says. While each song operates in its own realm, their subject matters create a throughline of eccentricity that turns Transparent Things into an odyssey of outcasts. “Thematically it has a mythical quality, stemming from the repeated references to creatures, ghosts and undefined spirits. It’s a world of its own, where the characters have more in common than I initially thought was possible.”
Pre-orders are available here.
To celebrate the release of Transparent Things, Gia will be embarking on an acoustic in-store tour across the UK in September, offering fans a very special set of intimate performances in support of her debut album. Tickets are available here
Summer Shows:
31 Aug – Rock N Roll Circus Festival, Sheffield
Acoustic In-Store Shows:
13 Sept – Rough Trade West, London
14 Sept – Jumbo, Leeds
16 Sept – Rough Trade, Bristol
18 Sept – Jacaranda, Liverpool
19 Sept – Banquet, Kingston
UK Headline Tour:
10th Nov – Crofters Rights, Bristol
11th Nov – The Prince Albert, Brighton
14th Nov – St Matthias Church, London
17th Nov – YES (Basement), Manchester
18th Nov – McChuills, Glasgow
19th Nov – Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield
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