Somebody's New Lover Now

To hear Alice Howe sing is to be enraptured by the natural, unaffected beauty of her voice. There’s no artifice, no histrionics, just honest, authentic, emotionally resonant singing in the tradition of the roots
music that shaped her.

On "Circumstance", her 2nd and forthcoming album, the Los Angeles based singer songwriter guitarist displays her vocal prowess and introspective writing in abundance, mining both her heart and her musical tastes for a deep, personal journey across an americana soundscape dotted with blues, folk, country, soul and rock.

Recorded at legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where Etta James and Wilson Pickett once shook the walls, the record channels their spirits and pulls no punches diving into the vagaries of the heart and her own personal journey. As an old soul inside a 30 something millennial, Alice puts her stamp on americana’s venerable strands with 10 standout originals evoking both the classic singer songwriters and the seminal music that once filled airwaves, roadhouses and juke joints.

"Circumstance" follows Howe’s debut 2019 album "Visions" and previous EP "You’ve Been Away So Long", both of which signaled a rising star in the folk world. Now, she has built on that success, expanding her horizons continuing to mine her parents’ eclectic record collection while growing up in Newton, Massachusetts.

Produced and arranged by her creative partner and veteran bass player and former Bonnie Raitt band member, Freebo, "Circumstance" is Alice Howe’s answer to the call that keeps whispering in her ear. 2nd single from the album, "Somebody's New Lover Now", will be released this Friday, February 24th, 2023, and the full album, "Circumstance", on April 21st, 2023.

"'Somebody's New Lover Now' came out of a phone call with my ex. It was months after I made the difficult decision to move on from the relationship, and the lyrics explore my conflicting feelings of jealousy, disbelief, sadness, and relief that he had finally done the same. But the uptempo musical arrangement, with its ringing electric guitars and Hammond B3 hooks, transformed this painful experience into an empowering, uplifting one. I feel that every time I listen to the recording and each time I sing it", Alice says of the song.