Pitchfork’s 36 Most Anticipated Albums of Fall 2024: Christopher Owens, Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, Soccer Mommy
Christopher Owens: I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
October 18
Nearly a decade after releasing his last solo album—2015’s Chrissybaby Forever—former Girls frontman Christopher Owens is returning with I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair. The 10-song LP includes his comeback single “I Think About Heaven,” from earlier this summer, as well as the follow-up track “No Good.” Owens laid down the new record in San Francisco, co-producing alongside Doug Boehm. Ariel Rechtshaid and Jacob Portrait also contributed to the song “This Is My Guitar.” Speaking in press materials, Owens referred to the album as “a journey back to the center of myself.”
–Madison Bloom
Dawn Richard / Spencer Zahn: Quiet in a World Full of Noise
October 4
Dawn Richard’s journey from R&B royalty to the experimental pop vanguard continues on Quiet in a World Full of Noise, her latest collaboration with composer and multi-instrumentalist Spencer Zahn. Richard’s finely wrought melodies surge and teeter over songs that bridge jazz, ambient, and beyond, her intimate R&B vocals a beating heart in the often skeletal compositions. “Right now, everyone’s a little bit overwhelmed,” Richard said in press materials. “I hope that this will be the record that people put on when they need the opportunity for reflection, when they need the stillness in their lives.”
Soccer Mommy: Evergreen
October 25
After working with Oneohtrix Point Never on her kaleidoscopic 2022 LP, Sometimes, Forever, Sophie Allison returns to her bedroom pop roots on her upcoming Soccer Mommy entry. Working with producer Ben H. Allen, Allison cut Evergreen in Atlanta’s Maze Studios, opting for a simpler array of instruments including strings, acoustic guitar, flute, and percussion.
–Madison Bloom