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℗ 2023 Brittany Howard, under exclusive license to Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings
Released | February 9, 2024 |
Duration | 38m 27s |
Record Label | Brittany Howard PS/ Island |
Genre | Alternative |
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1.1
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Earth Sign
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3:39 | |||
1.2
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I Don't
Brittany Howard |
3:23 | |||
1.3
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What Now EXPLICIT
Brittany Howard |
3:47 | |||
1.4
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Red Flags
Brittany Howard |
4:27 | |||
1.5
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To Be Still
Brittany Howard |
2:28 | |||
1.6
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Interlude
Brittany Howard |
0:38 | |||
1.7
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Another Day EXPLICIT
Brittany Howard |
2:14 | |||
1.8
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Prove It To You
Brittany Howard |
3:21 | |||
1.9
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Samson
Brittany Howard |
5:17 | |||
1.10
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Patience
Brittany Howard |
3:16 | |||
1.11
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Power To Undo
Brittany Howard |
2:50 | |||
1.12
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Every Color In Blue
Brittany Howard |
3:07 |
There’s a double meaning to the title of What Now, the revelatory new album from singer/songwriter Brittany Howard. “With the world we’re living in now, it feels like we’re all just trying to hang onto our souls,” says the Nashville-based musician and frontwoman for four-time Grammy Award-winning Alabama Shakes. “Everything seems to be getting more extreme and everyone keeps wondering, ‘What now? What’s next?’ By the same coin, the only constant on this record is you never know what’s going to happen next: every song is its own aquarium, its own little miniature world built around whatever I was feeling and thinking at the time.”
With five Grammy® wins and sixteen nominations, Howard follows up her massively acclaimed solo debut Jaime—a 2019 LP that landed on best-of-the-year lists from the likes of Pitchfork, the New York Times, and Rolling Stone – with What Now, drawing an immense and indelible power from endless unpredictability. Over the course of its 12 tracks, Howard brings her singular musicality to a shapeshifting sound encompassing everything from psychedelia and dance music to dream-pop and avant-jazz—a fitting backdrop for an album whose lyrics shift from unbridled outpouring to incisive yet radically idealistic commentary on the state of the human condition. At turns galvanizing, cathartic, and wildly soul-expanding, the result is a monumental step forward for one of the most essential artists of our time.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Brittany Howard PS/ Island Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.80 -7.40 to -0.20 | -11.48 -23.58 to -7.81 | -9.10 -21.30 to -5.80 | 6 4 to 11 | |
1 | Earth Sign | -0.20 | -9.72 | -6.8 | 4 |
2 | I Don't | -0.20 | -11.22 | -8.8 | 6 |
3 | What Now | -0.20 | -7.81 | -5.8 | 4 |
4 | Red Flags | -0.20 | -10.32 | -7.9 | 5 |
5 | To Be Still | -0.21 | -13.29 | -10.7 | 8 |
6 | Interlude | -7.40 | -23.58 | -21.3 | 11 |
7 | Another Day | -0.20 | -9.84 | -7.3 | 5 |
8 | Prove It To You | -0.20 | -8.65 | -7.1 | 4 |
9 | Samson | -0.20 | -13.26 | -10.8 | 7 |
10 | Patience | -0.20 | -10.92 | -7.8 | 5 |
11 | Power To Undo | -0.20 | -10.31 | -8.2 | 5 |
12 | Every Color In Blue | -0.20 | -8.88 | -6.7 | 4 |