LA singer/songwriter Molly Burch has introduced a brand new album, Daydreamer, coming September 29 through Captured Tracks. Following 2021’s Romantic Pictures, Daydreamer was produced by Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum and includes a lead single titled “Bodily.”

“Rising up I used to be extraordinarily shy and crammed with self hatred,” Burch shares of how she regarded by way of outdated diaries whereas writing what would turn into Daydreamer. “I might disguise out in my bed room to observe TV and daydream. I used to be so uncomfortable in my physique and that was the age I began coping with physique dysmorphia, which later shaped into an consuming dysfunction. It was additionally the age I began realizing I may sing, and the way badly I wished to pursue that, however instructed myself I couldn’t.”

Burch provides:

I see myself as a daydreamer. Somebody who makes use of their creativeness to flee actuality when unhappiness and longing begins. Once I consider my most distinguished daydreaming years, I see an insecure and introverted 13 12 months outdated hiding out in her bed room. I had a voice within my head spinning an online of unfavorable self speak. However I equally gave area to my very massive goals which in the end guided my profession as a musician. Throughout the pandemic, I began to lose sight of what features of my life introduced me pleasure and what felt like going by way of the motions. I felt I used to be on the peak of letting exterior opinions totally dictate my self price. So I examined my insecurities, the imply tales I might create about myself, and the physique points that had plagued me for too lengthy. I made a decision, by way of songwriting, to look again at formative life moments, to attach with the the reason why I’ve devoted my life to music and likewise attempt to heal outdated and nonetheless open wounds. This album is devoted not solely to my 13 year-old self, however the 13 year-old selves that also linger inside all of us. It’s crammed with bops and ballads & I’m so excited to share it with you.

Burch additionally says of working with Tatum:

I had labored with Jack earlier than on our co-written music “Emotion” that we put out in 2020. When deciding who would produce Daydreamer I knew I wished it to be Jack as quickly as I began writing. Now we have related style and sensibilities and I look as much as him a lot.” There are Japanese metropolis pop inspirations, horns, strings, and extra ballads, with a throughline of Molly’s masterful, shimmering vocals taking heart stage. The result’s music that feels stirring and sweeping, pulling in sounds and influences of the previous, whereas additionally propelling Burch into an extra growth of herself as an artist.

Take heed to “Bodily,” which additionally has a music video, under:

TOUR DATES:
09/29 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk Outdoors
09/30 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Corridor – Upstairs
10/01 – Dallas, TX @ Membership Dada
10/03 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade – Purgatory
10/04 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement
10/06 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
10/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
10/09 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
10/11 – Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Contact
10/13 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
10/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Membership
10/15 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
10/17 – Denver, CO @ Misplaced Lake Lounge
10/18 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ Kilby Court docket
10/20 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
10/21 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
10/23 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord
10/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Highland Park Ebell

Daydreamer is out 9/29 through Captured Tracks. Pre-order it right here.