Zooey Deschanel (She) & M. Ward (Him) will be releasing their brand new album Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson via Fantasy Records next Friday, July 22nd. “Darlin’,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “Til I Die” and Donߣt Worry Baby were the first four singles to be released from Melt Away.
She & Him‘s seventh studio album is a loving, LP-length tribute to one of the greatest living American songwriters and singers, Brian Wilson. Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson finds Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward diving deep into the legendary artist’s extensive songbook, offering fascinating and delectable new spins on time-honored classics and overlooked gems alike. These fourteen covers are infused with the familiar magic that She & Him fans know and love, opening a new window into Wilson’s iconic catalog. Wilson even features on a song with Zooey and M. Ward for the album, Do It Again. The band have enjoyed a friendship, and mutual appreciation, with Wilson over the years and She & Him was previously a guest vocalist on his 2015 album, No Pier Pressure.
In the spring of 2020, we started a list of our favorite Brian songs a very long list, the duo explains. We chose songs without any regard to their chart performance. The obscure ones hit us just as hard as the more popular songs and all are ripe for re-imagining, re-interpreting, and re-inventing. Brian writes songs of beauty and loneliness and vulnerability better than anyone and by sequencing them next to popular songs of confidence and love and fun, it creates a more complete picture of life on earth.
Brian Wilson comments on Melt Away: Zooey and Matt did such mind-blowing versions of our songs. The harmonies are beautiful and right on. I love this record!
- Darlin’
- Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- Til I Die
- Deirdre
- Melt Away
- Good To My Baby
- Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
- Don’t Worry Baby
- This Whole World
- Kiss Me, Baby
- Do It Again ft. Brian Wilson
- Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
- Please Let Me Wonder
- Meant For You
Melt Away is Deschanel and Ward’s follow-up to 2016 holiday album Christmas Party, and it marks their second record of non-holiday covers since 2014 Classics, which topped Billboard’s U.S. Folk Albums chart on release. It’s the latest display of remarkable talent from She & Him, who have wowed listeners for over 15 years with their gorgeous and warm indie-pop. As Deschanel maintained a successful acting career and Ward’s continued his own singular solo career as a producer and singer-songwriter, the duo continues to sound like the perfect match in the studio with Deschanel’s dramatic vocals pairing with Matt’s textured, tuneful arrangements and production.
Tickets for She & Him’s upcoming Fall tour are available at HERE.
NEW FALL TOUR DATES
09.09.22 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
09.10.22 – Boston, MA – House of Blues&#a0;
09.11.22 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
09.13.22 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
09.14.22 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
09.16.22 – Grand Rapids, MI – Meijer Gardens
