Bathed in a deep red hue, the indie-pop trio stood in a triangle formation, whilst singer Hannah Reid’s ethereal vocals filled the room. Reid sings the track’s poetic opening verse, “All these lights are changing/See them everywhere/In my veins like lightning/I don’t even care”, enveloping the huge venue in the sound of London Grammar. Receiving over 14,000 views on the BBC Music YouTube channel, the performance can be watched in full here.

London Grammar premiered Baby It’s You on August 19th. Since then, London Grammar has announced that Californian Soil, their third studio album, is on the way. Californian Soil can be preordered here.

Scheduled for release on February 12th, 2021, Californian Soil will be a twelve track record. On October 1st, London Grammar premiered the album’s mystifying title track to the world. Speaking out on the emotive song, frontwoman Hannah Reid says that the track was a “turning point” for them “as a band.” 

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For our new album Californian Soil, I tried to channel my own personal chaos into something positive and powerful. We really hope you will love it as much as we do and a massive thanks to @crownsandowls for bringing our vision to life with this album coverYou can pre-order it now. HxCalifornianSoil (link in bio)

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Reid maintains that Californian Soil is about her “gaining possession” of her livelihood as a woman in the music business. This thesis is certainly a personal one for Reid, who herself has experienced misogyny within the male-dominated industry. 

In a statement, Reid said that “Misogyny is primitive, which is why it is so hard to change. But it is also fearful. It’s about rejecting the thing in yourself which is vulnerable or feminine. Yet everybody has that thing.”

Reid elaborated on this in the courageous statement, saying “This record is about gaining possession of my own life. You imagine success will be amazing. Then you see it from the inside and ask, ‘Why am I not controlling this thing? Why am I not allowed to be in control of it? And does that connect, in any way to being a woman? If so, how can I do that differently?’”

In a post to Instagram on Friday (October 2nd), London Grammar shared the cover art to the upcoming Californian Soil fo the first time. In the personal caption, Reid wrote: “For our new album Californian Soil, I tried to channel my own personal chaos into something positive and powerful.” Obtaining over 15,000 likes, the post was a big hit amongst London Grammar fans. 

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Hello friends. We are so excited to share Californian Soil with you. It means so much to us as a band. It’s about many different things, but mainly it’s about finding yourself. Being lost in chaos and coming out on the other side. We hope you like it, so much love from us xx #CalifornianSoil

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Last week, London Grammar performed for BBC Radio 1 in part of their Live Lounge Month instalment. The trio covered Blinding Lights by The Weeknd, from his latest album, After Hours. Offering a tranquil, low tempo version of the track, the performance can be watched here.

The full tracklisting for Californian Soil can be found below:

1. Intro
2. Californian Soil
3. Missing
4. Lose Your Head
5. Lord It’s A Feeling
6. How Does It Feel
7. Baby It’s You
8. Call Your Friends
9. All My Love
10. Talking
11. I Need The Night
12. America

Naturally, London Grammar fans were immediately intrigued to see all of their Instagram content deleted yesterday. In a cryptic post on the 17th of August, the band shared a snap of themselves with the mysterious caption, “Nothing Else Matters”. 

Could this be an indication of new music? Fans certainly hope so, as the post has received a whopping 31,000 likes from London Grammar’s dedicated fanbase.

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Nothing else matters.

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In other new developments, London Grammar has since confirmed their return with a new single. Taking to social media 3 hours ago, the Hey Now musicians shared the fantastic news via their official Instagram. 

Featuring a somewhat paradoxical clip of a roaring fire and a body of water, the caption reads “Baby It’s You. Out tomorrow.”  The post has already received over 40,000 views from fans, all of which delighted at the news of new London Grammar music. One fan wrote ecstatically: “it’s been so long! Thank you for saving 2020”

The last studio album from London Grammar was the ice-cool Truth Is Such A Beautiful Thing, which was released back in June of 2017 and peaked at Number 1 on the UK Albums Chart that year. The album features tracks like Wild Eyed, Who Am I and Oh Woman Oh Man, and was wonderfully received by fans and critics alike. Truth Is Such A Beautiful Thing also led to London Grammar being nominated for the prestigious Best British Group at the 2018 instalment of the Brit Awards. 

September Management Founder Jonathan Dickens, who works closely with the terrific trio’s label Ministry of Sound, has recently confirmed that the third album from London Grammar is indeed on the horizon. However, the exact release of the band’s next album remains ambiguous.

In a conversation MusicWeek on August 10th, Dickens explained how lockdown put London Grammar’s work together on hold. Dickens stated that “The new music is going to come when it comes if I’m being dead honest…It’s only really been recently where the band could even interact with each other in person.” 

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Baby It’s You. Out tomorrow.

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Dickens went on to praise London Grammar, saying that “They’re one of those bands that is getting better. There’s always been an argument that, as bands release music, I think they get worse. This band is getting stronger.”

Dickens continued to sing the group’s praises, meditating that “They’re a real development band. Their knowledge and the things they’re seeing, the way the mechanics of the band operate, caring more and being much more focused visually on what they do. It’s encouraging to see them develop step by step.”

Nottingham-born band London Grammar is made up of members Hannah Reid, Dominic ‘Dot’ Major and Dan Rothman. Formed in 2009, London Grammar made their debut with the blinding debut studio album, If You Wait.