Lydia Loveless (she/her/they/them) today released their anticipated new album Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again (Bloodshot Records) to support and career-high praise from Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily (Essential Releases), Brooklyn Vegan (Influences feature), Paste, American Songwriter, LA Weekly, NPR Music (notable release), No Depression, and more. Stream it at all DSPs HERE, and watch the visualizer for driving, instantly captivating focus track “Poor Boy” HERE. Loveless will celebrate the new album with a fall/winter U.S. tour, including stops at Chicago’s Empty Bottle (11/24), NYC’s Baby’s All Right (12/1) & Mercury Lounge (12/2), and LA’s Troubadour (1/20). See below for a full itinerary of confirmed dates; tickets are on-sale today at 10am local time HERE.
LP singles “Toothache,” “Runaway,” and “Sex and Money” earned stellar press from Rolling Stone (Songs You Need to Know), Pitchfork, NPR Music (NMF playlist), UPROXX (Best New Indie), American Songwriter, Stereogum, FLOOD, Guitar World (Essential Tracks), Exclaim!, Brooklyn Vegan, Under the Radar, No Depression, and more.
Around 2020’s release of Daughter on their own label, Loveless was living in North Carolina with their boyfriend at the time, stuck, away from the stages that they grew up on, isolated from their family, and going stir-crazy. As the world came undone and then back together again, Loveless returned to Columbus, OH, where her career first began. Starting anew, she found part-time work at a recording studio (Secret Studios) and began processing the last two years of her life. The title of her new album, Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again, came easy—like a mantra from the heavens.
Loveless’ trademark candidness and razor-sharp wit remain as they lay bare their raw pain—struggles with alcohol and depression, a breakup with their longtime boyfriend, and uncertainty about the future—but on Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again, their voice is wiser and more controlled. And while she holds onto a vintage country heart and a heartland rock soul, this album also presents something new and matured: a sound akin to Rumors and Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac.
