{"product_id":"avalon-emerson-written-into-changes","title":"Written Into Changes","description":"\u003cp\u003eChange, they say, is the only constant in life. Fittingly, multi‑hyphenate musician Avalon Emerson sounds at home harnessing the steady flux of her existence on \u003cem\u003eWritten into Changes\u003c\/em\u003e, the memoiristic second album released under her Avalon Emerson \u0026amp; the Charm moniker. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of rigorous invention and revision, the album’s themes of personal and relationship evolution “came into clarity after they were all done,” according to Emerson.\u003cbr\u003eThe making of \u003cem\u003eChanges \u003c\/em\u003ewas, appropriately enough, very different from that of \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; the Charm\u003c\/em\u003e. While that album was, in Emerson’s words, “soft and bedroomy,” the energy was upped this time around, as Emerson carefully considered how this material would work in a live context. The resulting body of work is band‑driven but groove‑heavy and dance‑adjacent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"’87 to ’94 is my idea of the best era of music,” says Emerson. “And with Nathan, our musical taste overlaps quite a bit.” Nathan is Nathan Jenkins, aka Bullion, who co‑produced \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; the Charm \u003c\/em\u003eand returned to handle the bulk of its follow‑up. Much of the recording took place in Braintree, England, in the winter into spring of 2024. The two tracks co‑produced with Rostam Batmanglij (“Jupiter \u0026amp; Mars” and “Earth Alive”) were cut in Los Angeles. Synth touches were added at the Synth Cabin at Rosen Sound in Glendale, California. While the collaborative creation of \u003cem\u003eWritten into Changes\u003c\/em\u003e diverged considerably from Emerson’s dancefloor‑tailored solo productions, the influence of dance music is splashed all over it. Emerson was fixated on her music’s low end as she crafted it. “Bass was definitely a priority,” she says.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWritten into Changes\u003c\/em\u003e is an album about not just accepting change, but embracing it with a full wingspan. Progression is a theme both on record and behind the scenes, so that “written into changes” describes a conscious approach to expression and life itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: March 2026\u003cbr\u003eCat: \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eDOC369LP-C1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Dead Oceans\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lCjrVAmzmLU?si=bI7dBs8QLeQafZ7d\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE A\u003cbr\u003e1. Eden\u003cbr\u003e2. Jupiter and Mars\u003cbr\u003e3. Happy Birthday\u003cbr\u003e4. Written into Changes\u003cbr\u003e5. Wooden Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIDE B\u003cbr\u003e6. God Damn (Finito)\u003cbr\u003e7. How Dare This Beer\u003cbr\u003e8. Country Mouse\u003cbr\u003e9. I Don’t Want to Fight\u003cbr\u003e10. Earth Alive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Avalon Emerson \u0026 the Charm","offers":[{"title":"LP-Transparent Red","offer_id":56249965314434,"sku":"20\/03\/26-DISCAR","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56249986023810,"sku":"20\/03\/26-DISCAR","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1795\/4365\/files\/3c02e5f6-3980-4aef-927c-3776df04fd03.jpg?v=1774370633","url":"https:\/\/recordculture.com\/products\/avalon-emerson-written-into-changes","provider":"Record Culture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}