XAMBASSADORSUNVEILNEWSONG
“HALF-LIFE”
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WATCH THE OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE VIDEO HERE
FROM MUCH ANTICIPATED ALBUM TOWNIEOUT APRIL 5TH
| Photo credit: Tyler Jay Hanson |
| Following last week’s sold-out UK tour, which included an incredible performance at the Electric Ballroom in London, now X Ambassadors—brothers Sam Nelson Harris and Casey Harris along with Adam Levin—unveil further new music from their much-anticipated new album, Townie (out 5th April). Listen to new song, “Half-Life,” HERE and watch/share the official performance video HERE. Sam explains, “Half-Life’ is a song that celebrates our friends, lovers, partners, spouses, pets, children—the ones who open up new passages in your heart. New valves and capillaries, new corners you didn’t even know existed before. On a personal note—I’ve been with my wife, Tess, for almost 13 years now, married for 5 of them. But we also grew up together in Ithaca. I’ve known her since I was 17 and I’m 35 now, so that is quite literally half of my life. So, I’ll be selfish for a moment and dedicate this song to her.” “Half-Life” follows previously released tracks “Your Town” and “No Strings,” all of which are featured on their forthcoming album, Townie—out April 5 via Virgin Music. The album marks a compelling new chapter for the band as they return to their upstate New York roots and paint an intricate portrait of their hometown’s most mundane aspects and the community that molded them. |
Townie follows a move from the band’s hometown of Ithaca, New York to Brooklyn, an explosive debut album, extensive global touring, as well as recent work with massive artists such as Lizzo, Rihanna, The Weeknd and SZA, and multiple songs penned for major motion pictures.
Reflecting on the project, Sam shares, “A gas station glows in the night, two miles from the Tompkins County line. It cuts through the bleak, winter night like a grotesque, twenty-first century lighthouse. To the east— the college town of Ithaca, NY. To the west, everything else. The air is cold and unforgiving. The landscape every shade of grey and brown on the color-wheel. A couple of teenagers loiter in the parking lot, plotting their escape. Most of them know they won’t ever leave this town, so tonight their escape is a temporary one. Rollies and half-drank liters of Mountain Dew. Grapefruit blunts and chapped lips. Their baggy clothes full of restlessness and longing. This is Townie.”
Townie adds to a renowned career for X Ambassadors, who exploded onto the scene in 2015 with the success of their Platinum-certified debut album, VHS. The record featured singles “Unsteady” and “Renegades,” which have since garnered more than 1.3 billion streams on Spotify and led the band to a three-year long world tour. VHS was followed by ORION (2019), the Belong EP (2020), The Beautiful Liar (2021) and (Eg) (2023), a series of collaborative singles featuring artists such as BRELAND, Teddy Swims & Jac Ross, Medium Build and PAMÉ.
Recently, the band released “Deep End,” which was written for and featured in the new movie, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. The track is just the latest contribution the band has made to major films, with other works including “Torches” (Transformers), “Great Unknown” (The Call of the Wild) and “Sucker for Pain” (Suicide Squad) among others.
| TOWNIE TRACK LIST 1. Sunoco 2. Smoke on the Highway 3. Your Town 4. I’m Not Really Here 5. Rashad 6. (first dam) 7. Fallout 8. Women’s Jeans 9. Half-Life 10. Follow the Sound of My Voice 11. Start A Band 12. No Strings |
