SHE & HIM’S FIRST NEW ALBUM IN 6 YEARS MELT AWAY: A TRIBUTE TO BRIAN WILSON IS OUT NOW
“A dreamy 14-track album of covers, including a track featuring Wilson himself.” – VULTURE
“They have recorded a sublime covers album, Melt Away, which dives deep into Wilson’s back catalogue, drawing on tracks from across his storied career.” – The Sun
“[She & Him’s music] is restorative, an escape, and a language altogether. It’s the fabric of their creative fates. And it’s paid off more than they could have asked over the past 15-plus years.” – American Songwriter
TORONTO, ON – July 22, 2022 – Zooey Deschanel (She) & M. Ward (Him)’s highly-anticipated new album, Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson is out now via Fantasy Records. Listen to the record here and watch the official video for Darlin’ here.
She & Him’s seventh studio album is a loving, LP-length tribute to one of the greatest living American songwriters and singers, Brian Wilson. Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson finds Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward diving deep into the legendary artist’s extensive songbook, offering fascinating and delectable new spins on time-honoured classics and overlooked gems alike. These fourteen covers are infused with the familiar magic that She & Him fans know and love, opening a new window into Wilson’s iconic catalog. Wilson even features on a song with Zooey and M. Ward for the album: Do It Again. The band have enjoyed a friendship, and mutual appreciation with Wilson over the years and She & Him was previously a guest vocalist on his 2015 album, No Pier Pressure.
“In the spring of 2020, we started a list of our favorite Brian songs — a very long list,” the duo explains. “We chose songs without any regard to their chart performance. The obscure ones hit us just as hard as the more popular songs — and all are ripe for re-imagining, re-interpreting, and re-inventing. Brian writes songs of beauty and loneliness and vulnerability better than anyone — and by sequencing them next to popular songs of confidence and love and fun, it creates a more complete picture of life on earth.”
Brian Wilson comments on Melt Away: “Zooey and Matt did such mind-blowing versions of our songs. The harmonies are beautiful and right on. I love this record!”
