Titanic Rising is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Weyes Blood, released on April 5, 2019 by Sub Pop.
Weyes Blood's third studio album, Front Row Seat to Earth, was released by the independent record label Mexican Summer on October 21, 2016.
She considers herself a fallen Christian, which is a recurring theme in the album, specifically on the tracks "A Lot's Gonna Change" and "Mirror Forever".
[5] She was inspired by singers such Hoagy Carmichael, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra,[4] and Enya, the rock band the Kinks, the surrealism movement, and films from the 1990s.
[7] Titanic Rising was recorded in 2018 over a three month period at Sonora Studios in Los Angeles and was produced by Jonathan Rado.
[8][9][10] Titanic Rising incorporates with recurring themes of climate change, natural resources depleting, and the difficulty of having a real connection with people.
[14][10] "Andromeda", inspired by the galaxy and the mythological figure of the same name, deals with finding love in a world of distractions and past disappointments and features a LinnDrum.
[26] She also announced the True Love Is Making a Comeback Tour on the same day, which began on April 1 and ended on June 13; it passed through North America and Europe.
[36] AllMusic praised the record, stating that "she underscores enormously orchestrated pop songs with eerie experimental ambience, imagining a dreamworld where Joni Mitchell's late-'70s output was produced by Brian Eno.
"[11] Quinn Moreland, writing for Pitchfork, described the album as "a grand, sentimental ode to living and loving in the shadow of doom" and "her most ambitious and complex work yet".