Lindsay Ell Announces New Album ‘heart theory’ And Reveals ‘wAnt me back’

Musician, vocalist and songwriter Lindsay Ell has announced her new album, ‘heart theory’, out August 14th. Lindsay premiered new single ‘wAnt me back’, which was co-written with Kane Brown, Matt McGinn & Lindsay Rimes, on BBC Radio 2.

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Listen to ‘wAnt me back’ here & watch the video below:

Lindsay Ell - wAnt me back (visualizer)

Lindsay Ell is a triple threat: accomplished musician, unique vocalist and awe-inspiring songwriter – an impeccable cross between Sheryl Crow and Taylor Swift. The Calgary native learned to play guitar while traveling with her father to camps as a young girl. Ell honed her craft as a musical stylist and songwriter after being discovered by BTO and The Guess Who’s Randy Bachman (‘American Woman’ / ‘Taking Care of Business’) who discovered her at the age of 13. The multi-instrumentalist was soon touring alongside the likes of Luke Bryan, Buddy Guy, and Keith Urban.

‘heart theory’ is an incredibly personal concept album comprised of 12 tracks that journey through each stage of grief: shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing, and acceptance. Ell co-wrote 11 of the songs, enlisting help from acclaimed writers & artists including Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line and Brandy Clark among others on the project.

While ‘heart theory’ stemmed from Ell’s personal experience, its arc serves as a source of solace for the universal process of experiencing any type of hardship.

“If theory is the science of music, heart theory is the science of a heart,” Ell says of the record. “I hope this roadmap can be a comfort if you need it, reassurance when you need to remember to believe in yourself or maybe just a glimpse into a memory that’s made you who you are.”

The concept of heart theory extends to every aspect of the album – its cover art features the spectrum of corresponding colours to each stage, mirroring the music’s movement itself from dark to light, while its track list subtly reveals the album title through use of seemingly random capitalisation.

Due to quarantine, Ell completed heart theory with legendary producer Dann Huff from a distance and two different locations. Ell takes the unique challenge posed by the pandemic to almost every element of album completion in stride:

“If my last record was called The Project, this could be called The Process.”

Ell has amassed more than 123 million on demand streams to date.

‘heart theory’ track listing (with writers)
a journey through the seven stages of grief

shock
1. ‘Hits me’ (Lindsay Ell, Tyler Hubbard, Corey Crowder)

denial
2. ‘how good’ (Lindsay Ell, Brandy Clark)
3. ‘i don’t lovE you’ (Adam Hambrick, Melissa Fuller, Neil Medley)

anger
4. ‘wAnt me back’ (Lindsay Ell, Kane Brown, Matt McGinn, Lindsay Rimes)
5. ‘get oveR you’ (Lindsay Ell, Gordie Sampson, Kelly Archer)
6. ‘wrong girl’ (Lindsay Ell, Steph Jones, Matt McGinn, Luke Niccoli)

bargaining
7. ‘body language of a breakup’ (Lindsay Ell, Laura Veltz, Sam Ellis)

depression
8. ‘good on you’ (Lindsay Ell, Sam Ellis, Micah Premnath)

testing
9. ‘The oTHEr side’ (Lindsay Ell, Jessie Jo Dillon, Matt McGinn)
10. ‘gO to’ (Lindsay Ell, Nicolle Gaylon, Jordan Reynolds)

acceptance
11. ‘make you’ (Lindsay Ell, Brandy Clark)
12. ‘ReadY to love’ (Lindsay Ell, Jessie Jo Dillon, Matt McGinn, Joey Hyde)

For more information visit Lindsay Ell’s official official website.

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