The Fat Angel Sings

Aldous Harding has announced that her fifth LP, Train on the Island, will arrive on May 8th via 4AD Records. The news arrives alongside first single “One Stop,” which was released with a music video directed by Michelle Henning. “One Stop” kicks off with an interlocking piano and plucked guitar melody. Harding sings of having met John Cale, which is something I would do, too, if I a) met John Cale and b) could sing like Aldous Harding.

Train on the Island was co-produced by Harding’s long-time collaborator John Parish at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales. 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.