Carly Simon Heralds Musical Return With New Album, ‘Comes In Waves’

Celebrating the release of her first original songs since 2008, Carly Simon has today released her new album ‘Comes In Waves’. A 12 track album written and recorded primarily at her home in Martha’s Vineyard, it brings together a body of work that feels both deeply personal, and quietly expansive.

In addition to the new album, Carly and her team have spent the past nine years assembling the private vault of her life’s work, containing thousands of never-before-seen photos and films, going back to her childhood, along with hundreds of unreleased songs, lyric sheets, unfinished songs, artwork, and notebooks, as well as a place for fans to build community, and leave their own messages for Carly. Powered by Starchive, the platform that lets artists open their archives on their own terms, you can visit CarlySimon.com for the album, the story behind its making, and a first look inside the Vault. Reserve your place for the opening this autumn.

‘Comes In Waves’ is available to stream and download here.

‘Comes In Waves’ has been released just a few weeks after Carly Simon revealed that she’s been living with Parkinson’s Disease, and underwent surgery for basal cell carcinoma.

The five–time Grammy Award winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee releases her new album six decades after her solo debut, and her voice is still as unmistakable as it ever was, as the album sees her revisit themes that have long defined her work. Love, memory, family, self-reckoning, and forgiveness all feature, while there is still space allowed for contradiction, ambiguity, and emotional evolution. The result is a collection that moves fluidly between reflection, confrontation, and acceptance, expanding the album’s scope into something both deeply personal and timelessly philosophical.The album’s title is drawn from “Slowly,” a song centered on patience, return, and emotional renewal. In the lyric, feelings rise and recede like the tide, carrying the quiet reassurance that even the heaviest emotions do not remain forever.

The album carries across it the idea that all these emotions arrive in waves, and they move through her songs with their own force and timing.

Created alongside a close circle of family, friends, and longtime collaborators who have remained part of Simon’s creative world across decades, the album features contributions from John Forté, whose appearance on the record arrives following his passing earlier this year.

Simon’s son, Ben Taylor, appears throughout the project as a singer, musician, producer, and songwriter, and her daughter, Sally Taylor, contributes vocals and created the cover artwork for the single.

Legendary producer Paul Samwell-Smith returned to revisit and rework ‘Share The End’, a song he originally produced for Simon’s landmark 1971 album, ‘Anticipation’ and continued to help oversee the entire project.

Meanwhile, acclaimed producer and engineer Frank Filipetti, one of Simon’s most trusted longtime collaborators, was a driving force behind the project, playing a central role in shaping its direction and bringing the music to life.

‘Comes In Waves’ in no way attempts to recreate the past, bur rather, it continues the conversation Simon has been having with her audience for decades, one grounded in truth, vulnerability, and a refusal to simplify emotion. It is a reminder of an artist still fully engaged with her craft, still asking questions, and still finding new ways to articulate what it means to live, to love, and to let go.

‘Comes In Waves’ is available to stream and download here.

Watch the official lyric video for ‘Peaches’ below. You can find out more about Carly Simon and her music online on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and her official website.