Lizzy McAlpine Finds Her Way Back to Herself on ‘Angel’

If there’s one thing Lizzy McAlpine is consistent about, it’s her relatable songwriting. Sometimes I feel like she’s read my own journal, revealing how I’m feeling deep down inside. So when she announced her fourth studio album, Angel, I was ready to pull up a chair and dive deep into different worlds Lizzy paints across her albums. 

Speaking of painting, “I use music and art as a way to process the world around me, and this album feels like a journal entry from 2024-2026,” McAlpine says. “I hope that it brings you peace, comfort, love, and most of all HOPE!!! Hope that personal growth and change, while it can be painful and hard, can also lead you to a place that is better than where you started.”

Angel arrived on September 18th and was written during a period of profound self-discovery, chronicling Lizzy’s return to self through love, heartbreak, and the endurance of community and friendship. The album marks a sonic expansion with a rich tapestry of classic and contemporary influences from ‘70s Laurel Canyon folk woven throughout the album. In part, it was inspired by her Broadway debut in Floyd Collins, where she explained in a recent interview with Vogue that she listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills, and Nash during the run. 

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Ahead of the album release, Lizzy shared the two singles “The light in the painting” and ‘Ugly things,” both receiving critical acclaim. With the release of Angel comes the music video premiere for “Over the Country,” a song written about long-distance relationships. 

Angel was recorded and produced across Los Angeles with longtime collaborators Mason Stoop and Taylor Mackall. 

Listen to Angel today.

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