Calum Scott has introduced his third album. Titled Avenoir, the document is due out on September 12 through Capitol Data. Scott additionally launched a lead single alongside the announcement, “God Knows.” He produced the monitor with frequent collaborators Jon “MAGS” Maguire and The Nocturns, the latter of whom has labored with Jax Jones and Tiësto. It was partially recorded on the Peter Gabriel-founded Actual World Studios in Corsham.
Describing the tune’s origin, Scott shared, “This song came from a pretty rough patch in a relationship and is for anyone who has made mistakes, said things in anger or upset, or pushed people away. Sometimes we don’t realize what we have until it’s gone. I wrote ‘God Knows’ as an unapologetic and desperate act of love to want to make things right again.”
The title Avenoir is drawn from John Koenig’s The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, whereby its outlined as “the desire that memory can flow backward.” Its launch follows a collection of high-profile performances from Scott, together with a gap slot on the Asian and European legs of Ed Sheeran’s Arithmetic Tour and his personal headlining US run, The Songbook So Far Tour. In March 2024, he additionally performed a particular one-off present at London’s Eventim Apollo.
Avenoir marks Scott’s first new launch since 2022’s Bridges. That document adopted his multi-platinum 2018 debut Solely Human, which went No. 1 in over 20 completely different territories. Scott is maybe greatest identified for his BRIT-nominated cowl of Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” which spent 15 weeks within the High 10 and have become one of many bestselling singles of 2016.
In a press release about his new album, Scott explains, “Avenoir refers to how we move through life like a rower moves: always moving forward but facing backward, seeing where we’ve been, but not where we’re going. The songs on this album speak to both regret and sorrow, and to undying love — a plea to live life to its fullest.”
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