{"id":60326,"date":"2020-02-27T16:09:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=60326"},"modified":"2020-02-27T16:09:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:09:31","slug":"rufus-wainwright-announces-new-album-unfollow-the-rules-unveils-damsel-in-distress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/rufus-wainwright-announces-new-album-unfollow-the-rules-unveils-damsel-in-distress\/","title":{"rendered":"Rufus Wainwright Announces New Album &#8216;Unfollow The Rules&#8217; &#038; Unveils &#8216;Damsel In Distress&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Singer-songwriter supreme Rufus Wainwright has announced the release of his long awaited new album, &#8216;Unfollow The Rules&#8217;, out on BMG Friday, April 24; pre-orders are available now <a href=\"https:\/\/rufus.lnk.to\/UnfollowTheRules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>. Rufus will also play two intimate shows at Islington\u2019s Assembly Hall on April 27th. The first an early show with doors at 18:00 &amp; the second at 20:45, with a UK tour to be announced shortly.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNFOLLOW THE RULES is heralded by today\u2019s premiere of &#8216;Damsel In Distress&#8217;, available for <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4xcYNeMB01Q8MRxtlUOisw?si=Gd0EDtNZR_6BoNND-OdKog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">streaming<\/a> and download along with an official companion video, created by award-winning animator Josh Shaffner:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_43511\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IpkIGGJMHBA?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Rufus Wainwright - Damsel In Distress (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IpkIGGJMHBA\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2019Damsel In Distress\u2019 is an homage to Joni Mitchell in some ways,\u201d says Wainwright, \u201cparticularly the structure. My husband and I now live in Laurel Canyon. I wasn\u2019t that familiar with Joni\u2019s music but J\u00f6rn became obsessed and took me on a journey into her music. We ended up hanging out with her and I get now why she\u2019s one of the greats. So it\u2019s part Laurel Canyon, part a song about a personal relationship that I\u2019m trying to come to terms with, but mostly my Mitchell virginity being broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wainwright\u2019s ninth studio LP and first new pop album since 2012, &#8216;Unfollow The Rules&#8217; finds the artist at the peak of his powers, entering artistic maturity with passion, honesty, and a new-found fearlessness while remaining as creative, bold, and mischievous as ever. Produced by Mitchell Froom (Crowded House, Paul McCartney, Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega, Randy Newman) at a variety of legendary Los Angeles studios \u2013 including Sound City Studios, United Recording, and EastWest Studios \u2013 the album serves as both bookend to Act I of an extraordinary career which, like &#8216;Unfollow The Rules&#8217;, began in the studios of Los Angeles, but also now as the first lines of a remarkable new chapter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inspired by middle age, married life, fatherhood, friends, loss, London, and Laurel Canyon, songs like &#8216;Only The People That Love&#8217;, and the spirited, symphonic, &#8216;Hatred&#8217;, find the gifted singer-songwriter ready to tackle new challenges, yet compelled to confront his past by making sense of how he has grown both as a musician and the contended family man he has become.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat I would like this album to symbolize is a coming together of all the aspects of my life which have made me a seasoned artist,\u201d says Wainwright. \u201cMy aim is to emulate the greats of yore whose second acts produced their finest work \u2013 Leonard Cohen when he made THE FUTURE, when Sinatra became Sinatra in his 40s, when Paul Simon put out GRACELAND. Pop music isn\u2019t always about your waistline. Many songwriters improve with age. I\u2019m flying the flag for staying alive!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rufus plays the following UK and Ireland dates:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fri 24th April, LONDON, Islington Assembly Hall (two shows)<br \/>\nSat 1st\u00a0 August, GLASGOW, Kelvingrove Park<br \/>\nSun 2nd August, IRELAND, CO WATERFORD, All Together Now<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tracklisting for \u2018Unfollow The Rules\u2019:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ACT I<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. Trouble in Paradise<br \/>\n2. Damsel in Distress<br \/>\n3. Unfollow The Rules<br \/>\n4. You Ain\u2019t Big<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ACT II<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. Romantical Man<br \/>\n6. Peaceful Afternoon<br \/>\n7. Only The People That Love<br \/>\n8. This One\u2019s For The Ladies (That Lunge)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ACT III<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">9. My Little You<br \/>\n10. Early Morning Madness<br \/>\n11. Hatred<br \/>\n12. Alone Time<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Rufus Wainwright on his <a href=\"https:\/\/rufuswainwright.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rufuswainwrightofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/rufuswainwright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rufuswainwright?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rufuswainwright\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter supreme Rufus Wainwright has announced the release of his long awaited new album, &#8216;Unfollow The Rules&#8217;, out on BMG Friday, April 24; pre-orders are available now HERE. Rufus will also play two intimate shows at Islington\u2019s Assembly Hall on April 27th. 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