The Aces will release their third full-length album ‘I’ve Loved You For So Long’ this summer.
The alt pop group’s forthcoming LP featuring their heartbreak banger Girls Make Me Wanna Die and new track Always Get This Way, out now.
Sharing the deeply personal message behind their most recent release, Cristal Ramirez says, “I was in the worst mental state of my life when we wrote Always Get This Way. Filled with anxiety, and having panic attacks almost every night, it took everything in me to make the 45-minute drive to the studio that day. I was just there to make something. I was just there to feel better.
“Alisa, as she always has been, was a strong voice encouraging me to explore how I was feeling through a song. At first, I was hesitant and embarrassed, but pretty soon Always Get This Way was unravelling quickly through the speakers.”
She adds: “This song is about shame, panic, and struggle. It’s about the fact that we hold no space for those struggling mentally in our society, and we just kind of wish they’d get over it and quit being an inconvenience. It was the song that felt like it granted us permission to make what would become our upcoming album. It’s one of the most vulnerable songs I’ve ever written.”
The release of ‘I’ve Loved You For So Long’ coincides with Pride month and is “rife with songs that celebrate their queer identities, juxtaposed by tracks that reflect on their early relationships with Mormonism”.
It describes the LP as “a nostalgic look back at the formative experiences that shaped who they are as a band today, like pages straight from their diaries that will leave their listeners feeling seen and critics wanting more”.
‘I’ve Loved You For So Long’ is out June 2 via Red Bull Records and available to pre-order now.
Tracklist: The Aces – I’ve Loved You For So Long
- I’ve Loved You For So Long
- Girls Make Me Wanna Die
- Always Get This Way
- Solo
- Not The Same
- Suburban Blues
- Person
- Miserable
- Attention
- Stop Feeling
- Younger
