Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Stephen Sanchez has announced his highly anticipated sophomore album, Love, Love, Love, set for release on May 8 via Mercury Records.
Along with the announcement, Stephen has shared the melodic title track, which is available to stream now.
On the new record, Stephen muses about love in its many forms – partners, friends, neighbours, and even strangers – brought to life by rich vocals and a technicolour pop sound. The title track epitomises the album’s themes, as Stephen proclaims the importance of showing love to others, even (and especially) when they may not be expressing the same.
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About the new music, Stephen shares, “This record is inspired by the love I’ve been lucky enough to receive, the love I sometimes struggle to give to others, and my desire to see people come together. To quote the title track, ‘it’s just what the world needs!'”
“Love, Love, Love” is the second single off the record, following “Sweet Love,” which arrived in January. Upon release, the song marked Stephen’s biggest streaming debut of his career, earning over 500,000 streams in its first day alone.
“Sweet Love” was accompanied by a vibrant music video co-starring Stephen’s grandparents and shot at their home. The video paid homage to the place where Stephen first discovered his love for music via his grandfather’s record collection, and served as a touching tribute to his grandparents’ decades-long love story.
Love, Love, Love follows Stephen’s 2023 debut album, Angel Face, which earned critical praise from NPR, SPIN, V Magazine, FLOOD, American Songwriter, and more. The record announced the arrival of an artist with a sound as timeless as it is necessary for the times.
His breakout single “Until I Found You” went multi-platinum, vaulted into the Top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100, and generated over 2 billion streams across the original piano version and its duet with gold-certified singer and songwriter Em Beihold.
Stephen delivered much talked-about performances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and his performance of the track was nominated for PUSH Performance of the Year at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.
Beyond the television circuit, Stephen has sold out successive headline tours and earned acclaim from Billboard, NPR, Consequence, and more. He was invited to perform “Until I Found You” at Sir Elton John’s last ever Glastonbury headline show in 2023 and at Lana Del Rey’s sold-out Fenway Park show – remarkable milestones for an artist still barely in his twenties.
Love, Love, Love sheds the character artifice and swoony, reverb-drenched 50s and 60s grooves of his debut in favour of bold, technicolour pop songs that still carry the lineage of his classic roots while stepping confidently into a vivid, modern new era.
With the lead single “Sweet Love” already climbing into the millions following its January release, this is shaping up to be a massive year for Stephen Sanchez.
Love, Love, Love is out May 8 via Mercury Records. Pre-order and pre-save are available now.
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