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Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory Share New Song “Trouble” (Plus Live Video for the Song)

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory Due Out February 7 via Jagjaguwar

Jan 15, 2025 Photography by Susu Laroche

Sharon Van Etten is releasing a new album written and recorded with her backing band, The Attachment Theory, simply titled Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, on February 7 via Jagjaguwar. Now they have shared its third single, “Trouble.” They have also shared a video of the band performing the song live at the Church Studios in London. Check out both the studio and live versions of the song below.

In a press release, Van Etten had this to say about the song: “‘Trouble’ is about the idea of having to coexist with people you love who have opposing views, and not being able to share deep parts of yourself and your narrative based on someone else’s beliefs. It’s about when there’s that big part of you that someone who loves you can’t know because it’s not something they want to hear or are willing to learn about or understand, and those painful realizations when you choose to love and respect someone else’s needs over your own to salvage a relationship.”

Previously Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory shared the album’s first single, “Afterlife,” via a music video. It was one of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared its second single, “Southern Life (What It Must Be Like),” via a music video. It was also one of our Songs of the Week.

The Attachment Theory is Jorge Balbi (drums, machines), Devra Hoff (bass, vocals), and Teeny Lieberson (synth, piano, guitar, vocals). While they have previously backed Van Etten on some of her solo work, this was the first time that the singer/songwriter/guitarist wrote and recorded an album in full collaboration with the band.

“For the first time in my life I asked the band if we could just jam. Words that have never come out of my mouth—ever! But I loved all the sounds we were getting. I was curious—what would happen?” says Van Etten in a press release. “In an hour we wrote two songs that ended up becoming ‘I Can’t Imagine’ and ‘Southern Life.’”

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory was recorded at The Church, Eurythmics’ former studio in London, and was produced by Marta Salogni (Björk, Bon Iver, Animal Collective, Mica Levi).

“Sometimes it’s exciting, sometimes it’s scary, sometimes you feel stuck,” Van Etten says of fully collaborating with her band on the album. “It’s like every day feels a little different—just being at peace with whatever you’re feeling and whoever you are and how you relate to people in that moment. If I can just keep a sense of openness while knowing that my feelings change every day, that is all I can do right now. That and try to be the best person I can be while letting other people be who they are and not taking it personally and just being. I’m not there, but I’m trying to be there every day.”

Van Etten was on the cover of our My Favorite Movie issue.

Van Etten’s most recent album was We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong, which was released in May 2022 and landed on our Top 100 Albums of 2022 list. A deluxe edition of the album was released in November 2022.

Read our review of We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong here.

Read our in-depth interview with Sharon Van Etten on 2019’s Remind Me Tomorrow and check out our exclusive photo shoot with her.

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory Tour Dates:

Sat. Feb. 1 - Westerly, RI @ The United #
Mon. Feb. 3 - Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theater # - SOLD OUT
Tue. Feb. 4 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony – First Home State Headline Show #
Fri. Feb. 28 - Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller *
Sat. Mar. 1 - Stockholm, SE @ Fållan *
Sun. Mar. 2 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega *
Tue. Mar. 4 - Berlin, DE @ Astra Kulturhaus *
Thu. Mar. 6 - Paris, FR @ Le Trianon *
Fri. Mar. 7 - Antwerp, BE @ De Roma *
Sat. Mar. 8 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso *
Mon. Mar. 10 - London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall *
Tue. Mar. 11 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall *
Wed. Mar. 12 - Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom *
Thu. Apr. 24 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern ^
Fri. Apr. 25 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl ^
Sat. Apr. 26 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel ^
Mon. Apr. 28 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^
Wed. Apr. 30 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^
Thu. May 1 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner ^
Fri. May 2 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel ^
Mon. May 5 - Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall ^
Tue. May 6 - Toronto, ON @ History ^
Thu. May 8 - Madison, WI @ The Sylvee ^
Fri. May 9 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed ^
Sat. May 10 - St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre ^
Mon. May 12 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre ^
Tue. May 13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall ^
Thu. May 15 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile ^
Fri. May 16 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile ^ - SOLD OUT
Sat. May 17 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre ^
Sun. May 18 - Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall ^
Wed. May 21 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern ^

# with She Keeps Bees
* with special guest Nabihah Iqbal
^ with Love Spells

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