- 2025-09-13
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MUSIC
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Jacob Collier Announces New Album “The Light For Days”, Shares New Song “I Know (A Little)”
British singer-songwriter Jacob Collier has announced his upcoming sixth studio album “The Light For Days” will be released on October 10, 2025.
The album follows the 2024 album “Djesse Vol. 4”, which was released last February.
This time, he recorded the album in just four days using one instrument: the five-stringed guitar.
The album comprises 11 tracks, including six original songs and five handpicked covers of longtime idols and inspirations such as James Taylor, John Martyn, The Beatles and The Beach Boys.
From the album, he released a new song “I Know (A Little)” on September 12, 2025.
The song is the second single off of the album, following a cover of American rock band The Beach Boys' “Keep An Eye On Summer” released last month.
It was written and produced by Jacob Collier. The accompanying music video was directed by Andre Tentugal and Jacob Collier.- Jacob Collier said of the album, “Since completing the Djesse album series, my imagination has been brimming with all sorts of ideas of things I'd like to do and create. One of the things I've wanted to really focus on, and zone into, is the limitation of a single instrument. The acoustic-guitar sound world has been a foundational aspect of my music universe for as long as I can remember, and so I set myself the challenge of making a full-length album, using almost entirely the five-stringed guitar, in just four days. As a result I had to work so fast that I couldn't second-guess anything - I just had to roll with and trust the process. The results are warm, scrappy, imperfect, but very close to my heart.”
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He said of the five-stringed guitar, “The feeling of this under my fingers became a deeply strong magnet for my music world. It really clicked, as it unlocked some of my 4ths-based language that was native to me as a bass player before that. There is slightly more breathing room around each string, which I love. The neck is incredibly ergonomic, and the controls are super-intuitive - even to a slight electric guitar novice like me!”
Photo by Theo Batterham - source : Apple Music
