New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today, Grammy-winning producer and songwriter André Allen Anjos, known as RAC, has announced the upcoming release of his new album BOY. He has also shared the first single from the record, "Stuck On You (ft. Phil Good)." "The core of the song felt so honest and relatable," writes RAC. "No matter where you are in life, I think it rings true. Phil is so good at capturing big ideas in concise ways and I wanted the musical side to mirror that." RAC has also announced the Spotify pre-sale for his 2020 North American headline tour in support of BOY. Tickets on sale this Friday. See below for a complete list of dates. BOY will be released on May 8th via Counter Records and is available digitally & physically, including a standard 2LP gatefold on pink glass colored vinyl as well as a very limited 2LP deluxe edition on pink & white splattered vinyl.
This news comes just less than a month after his Valentine's Day collaboration with
Matthew Koma & Hilary Duff, a cover & stand-alone single of the early 2000s hit "
Never Let You Go" by Third Eye Blind.
"This album is about growing up," writes Anjos. "I was tapping into melodies that remind me of that period of my life. Rooted in a sense of nostalgia, growing pains and coming of age. It's an elusive feeling but I tried to capture it and ultimately re-interpret it through a modern lens." Looking forward to the headline tour this summer,
Anjos writes "Having toured in nearly every format possible, I really wanted to change it up and do something new. It'll be a more heavily visual show based around the album art. It felt in line with the new musical direction and I couldn't be more excited to get out on the road."
BOY is a melody-driven indie-electronica record that sees
Anjos push his artistic limits by thematically exploring his complex childhood.
Anjos was raised overseas to parents who both worked as missionaries. His mother is American, and he always felt torn between worlds in terms of nationality, first language, even the concept of home itself. He struggles to distill it all in person, but the music he's made ruminating on it runs the gamut of emotions that come up for him. "I didn't feel a part of any specific world, it was a bit alienating," he recalls.
Anjos worried his family when he was younger because he didn't talk to adults until he was around eight-years-old. "I was confused about language," he explains. He could speak, but he wasn't comfortable, so he didn't. "I didn't feel Portuguese, I didn't feel American. In the midst of that I found music and it became my voice."
Through music he also soon discovered his skills as a master collaborator, and the wealth of guest talent on BOY is a testament to RAC's creative magnetism. "It's conversational," he says of his working style with the artists he features. "We find shared experiences and I give them space to tell their story through my lens." For BOY, his choice vocalists include LA rocker Gothic Tropic, British soul singer Jamie Lidell, alt popstar St. Lucia, and upcoming singer LeyeT.
