Anna Meredith Announces First Non-Soundtrack Album Since 2021

Anna Meredith will release her new album, Darling, on February 12, 2027 via Mercury KX. It is the contemporary classical composer's first non-soundtrack album since 2021's Bumps Per Minute: 18 Studies for Dodgems, which followed 2019's Fibs.

The music video for the album's first single, "Dusky," is out now, with surreal stop-motion visuals. The full tracklist runs to eleven tracks:

01 Dusky 02 Mode Mouse 03 Last Words 04 Cry Baby 05 Lye 06 Underling 07 Mink 08 Rites 09 Aphid 10 3019 11 Peach

What has Meredith said about the record?

In a press statement, Meredith described the project as a channel for physical and emotional force.

"'DARLING' is a channelling of intensity, energy and euphoria," Meredith said. "This is me making music to summon motion, tension, and release, to push through my brain and my body at a time when my own world (and the world in general) feels overwhelming."

She framed the album as both a personal experiment and an invitation to listeners. "My aim was to create a unique experience ultimately for myself but also for those I'm bringing along on this journey with me," she said. "I wanted to lean into a technicolor version of what my music can be, reaching for higher highs and greater twists and turns, and letting it sit with more confidence than ever before."

Where does Darling sit in Meredith's career?

The London-born, Scottish-raised experimental composer draws on intricate classical music, hyper pop, and expansive ambient across her catalog. In the years since Fibs, she has focused on screen work, releasing scores for the A24 film Tuesday and Netflix's The End We Start From.

Darling marks her return to standalone recorded music after that run of soundtrack projects, and February 12 will show whether the "technicolor" ambitions she describes translate into her most confident album yet.