Anna Meredith Announces New Album Darling: Hear “Dusky”

It's been years since we've checked in with Scottish composer and electronic musician Anna Meredith. In recent years she's released all kinds of projects including the bumper car sound installation Bumps Per Minute: 18 Studies For Dodgems, a collaboration with the string quartet Ligeti Quartet called Nuc, and soundtracks for the movies The End We Start From and Thursday. More recently, she scored Wicker, a Sundance fantasy comedy starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, set for release Oct. 23 in the United States.Now Meredith is ready to roll out her first pop-oriented album since 2019's FIBS. In February, she'll release her new album Darling, which she describes like so:DARLING is a channelling of intensity, energy and euphoria. This is me making music to summon motion, tension and release, to push through my brain and my body at a time when my own world (and the world in general) feels overwhelming. My aim was to create a unique experience ultimately for myself but also for those I’m bringing along on this journey with me. I wanted to lean into a technicolour version of what my music can be, reaching for higher highs and greater twists and turns, and letting it sit with m...