Aldous Harding releases a second single from her forthcoming fifth studio album, Train On The Island (out 8 May). Premiered this morning by Lauren Laverne on her BBC 6Music show, ‘Venus In The Zinnea’ finds the New Zealander aided by H. Hawkline on bass, guitar and vocals, plus John Parish on drums, Wurlitzer piano and percussion. Adding to the impressive oeuvre of Aldous Harding visuals, the song’s companion video stars Harding and H. Hawkline.
LISTEN/WATCH: Aldous Harding ‘Venus In The Zinnea’
By Aldous Harding, Martin Sagadin, H. Hawkline, Hopey Parish, Michelle Henning
https://aldousharding.ffm.to/venusinthezinnia
The 10-track Train On The Island was co-produced by long-time collaborator John Parish (PJ Harvey, Dry Cleaning) at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, where the pair recorded the New Zealander’s previous bodies of work, Party (2017), Designer (2019) and Warm Chris (2022). Joining Harding and Parish on Train On The Island were pedal steel player Joe Harvey-Whyte, harpist Mali Llywelyn, synth artist Thomas Poli, drummer Sebastian Rochford (Polar Bear) and Huw Evans (H. Hawkline) on bass, vocals, acoustic/electric guitar and organ.
Train On The Island will be available digitally and on CD, standard black vinyl and limited-edition blue vinyl on 8 May 2026. To pre-order head to https://aldousharding.ffm.to/trainontheisland
Aldous Harding
Train On The Island
4AD 0873
Digital, CD, Standard Black Vinyl, Limited Edition Blue Vinyl
To pre-order head to https://aldousharding.ffm.to/trainontheisland
Tracklisting
- I Ate The Most
- One Stop
- Train On The Island
- Worms
- Venus In The Zinnia
- If Lady Does It
- San Francisco
- What Am I Gonna Do?
- Riding That Symbol
- Coats
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