Sam Smith Trades Heartbreak for Happily-Ever-After on Hazel Eyes
The 12-song album pairs spare arrangements with Feist collaborations and reflections on shame, love and public identity.
- Sam Smith released their latest studio album, Hazel Eyes, shifting from previous heartbreak-themed hits to explore the vulnerability and excitement of being in love.
- Written over more than three years and largely shaped in New York City, the album draws inspiration from Smith's relationship with fashion designer Christian Cowan, whose hazel eyes inspired the title.
- Backed by the 28-member TwoCity Chorus, Smith weaves country guitar flourishes into collaborations with songwriter Feist, creating a sound pared back to their earlier output with newly exploratory textures.
- Following 24 sold-out nights at Warsaw in Brooklyn last year, Smith will perform at Manchester's Albert Hall and the London Coliseum for additional shows next month.
- Closing the record, the final track captures Smith's journey through shame and public persona, realizing that requited love offers an escape from performing different versions of the self.
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The new album "Hazel Eyes" is the exact opposite of Sam Smith's desperate attempts at the top charts. The clearly retrospective and toned-down soul undoubtedly suits the artist's voice nicely, writes Mattias Dahlström.
In the past Sam Smith was concerned with obsessive disturbances and even the accusation of Satanism. On »Hazel Eyes« one suddenly hears unexpectedly soft sounds.
Sam Smith trades heartbreak for happily-ever-after on Hazel Eyes
This isn't the Sam Smith of Stay With Me or Too Good At Goodbyes, circling the pain of a relationship that has gone wrong The post Sam Smith trades heartbreak for happily-ever-after on Hazel Eyes appeared first on Attitude.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Tae-soo = British singer-songwriter Sam Smith released his fifth studio album 'Hazel Eyes' on the 21st...
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