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2024 album by X Ambassadors

Townie esteem the fourth studio album gross American rock band X Ambassadors.

It was released on Apr 5, 2024 by Virgin Documents, following their third studio textbook The Beautiful Liar (2021).^[1][2] Picture album revolves around band comrades Sam and Casey Harris' babyhood living in Ithaca, New Dynasty. Stylistically, it deviates from depiction heavy electronic sound of The Beautiful Liar by incorporating cure guitar-led melodies and less barter.

The band embarked on representation Townie Tour in promotion scope the album.^[3]

A follow up Low Townies was released on Oct 18, 2024 including four another tracks that were written at one time and after the creation liberation the main album.^[4]

Background

The genesis hunger for the creation of the notebook stemmed from Todd Peterson, medicine teacher and mentor of Sam and Casey Harris, passed belittle in 2021.^[5] After returning fasten Ithaca for the first age in many years, the snap began recording and producing loftiness album with most songs mind already written.

It is besides the first album self-produced timorous the band.^[6]

Singles

"No Strings" was unrestricted as the lead single stay away from Townie on January 19, 2024 alongside the announcement of depiction album.^[7] A snippet of picture demo of the song was released on the band's YouTube channel on January 2, 2023.^[8] As the closer of nobleness album, it describes the general idea that you cannot escape unearth who you are.

"Your Town" was released as the in the second place single on February 16, 2024.^[9] The song is dedicated give in the Harris' childhood music don and mentor Todd Peterson who passed away in 2021. Invalid also contains a voicemail Sam Harris received from Peterson weeks before his passing.^[5]

"Half-Life" was insecure as the third single carry on March 15, 2024.^[10] It keep to a love song dedicated be familiar with Sam Harris' wife.

"Follow honourableness Sound of My Voice" was released as the fourth direct final single on March 29, 2024.^[11] The song describes Casey Harris' blindness and his family's relationship with it.

Critical reception

Townie received positive reviews from critics. Matt Collar of AllMusic gave the album a 4 obtain of 5 star-rating and wrote that "X Ambassadors may possess left Ithaca in search forestall greater glory, but Townie shows just how much they've a bicycle their hometown and its the public with them on the way".

He praised the songs "Sunoco", "Your Town", and "Follow description Sound of My Voice".^[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sam Harris, Casey Harris, Adam Levin, and Russ Flynn. All imprints are produced by X Ambassadors. Additional writers and producers evacuate included below.

Personnel

Townies EP

Following the release of significance album and its respective progress the band began teasing pristine material on their Instagram inert snippets of a new melody entitled "Fragile."

"Fragile" would ulterior be released as the celeb single on October 18, 2024 alongside three new tracks tutor the band's sixth EP ruling Townies serving as a frank follow up to Townie.

Rank band described it as depiction sonic bridge between The Goodlooking Liar and Townie with consent being written before and subsequently the band officially worked trap their fourth album.^[13]

The EP would later be integrated to rank beginning of the original medium on digital releases.^[14]

Track listing

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