Long-awaited new Sarah McLachlan album slated for September

Grammy-winning singer Sarah McLachlan has announced Better Broken, her first album of new material in over a decade, due out September 19 via Concord Records. Her tenth studio album and debut release for the label, Better Broken takes its title from its opening track, out now. 

Pre-order the album and stream “Better Broken” HERE. Watch the “Better Broken” music video HERE.

“A lot of the lyrics on this record came from thinking about the world right now and asking, ‘How do we move through this landscape? How do we keep our heads above water when it feels like so much is falling apart?’” says McLachlan. “I don’t know if I have any answers, but channeling all that angst and uncertainty into the music has been so cathartic. I hope that this record provides people with some relief and release—but in the end I just want them to take whatever they need from it, and make the songs part of their own story.”

Mainly recorded at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, Better Broken contains contributions from guitarist Wendy Melvoin (Prince and the Revolution), drummer Matt Chamberlain (Bob Dylan, David Bowie), pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leisz (Kacey Musgraves, Florence + the Machine) and others. McLachlan worked with producers Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, boygenius) and Will Maclellan (Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers). “Reminds Me” is a duet with MUNA’s Katie Gavin. 

Track listing:

Better Broken
Gravity
The Last to Go
Only Way Out Is Through
Reminds Me (feat. Katie Gavin)
One In a Long Line
Only Human
Long Road Home
Rise
Wilderness
If This Is the End...