Yola Announces New Album ‘Stand For Myself’ & Shares Single
Apr 22, 2021
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Yola will release a new album entitled
Stand For Myself via Easy Eye Sound on July 30. Yola previewed her sophomore full-length LP by sharing its lead single, “Diamond Studded Shoes,” along with a video for the track.
The 12-track album was produced by Dan Auerbach who also helmed 2019’s
Walk Through Fire. Yola recorded
Stand For Myself, described as “a sonic shift from her debut album,” last fall with a rhythm section featuring bassist
Nick Movshon and drummer
Aaron Frazer. Co-writers on songs crafted while Yola was self-quarantining during the pandemic include Ruby Amanfu, John Bettis, Pat McLaughlin, Natalie Hemby, Joy Oladokun, Paul Overstreet, Liz Rose, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Hannah Vasanth and Bobby Wood.
Nashville Tennessean
Yola, a Grammy-nominated artist self-described as the British queen of country soul, releases her anticipated sophomore album Stand For Myself this July.
The record finds Yola returning to producer and Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach at Easy Eye Sound in Nashville, the same room where she delivered her 2019 breakthrough debut Walk Through Fire. Stand For Myself drops July 30 via Auerbach s label Easy Eye Sound.
Yola, born Yolanda Quartey, gave listeners a taste of Stand For Myself on Thursday with new new single Diamond Studded Shoes. The song hears Yola depart from a country backbone delivered on Walk Through Fire, tapping instead into vintage pop-soul with a booming message.