Lizzy McAlpine Older LP (Crystal Clear Vinyl)

Older is the highly anticipated 2024 album from acclaimed singer/songwriter Lizzy McAlpine. The album was recorded and produced in Los Angeles by Lizzy and Mason Stoops, with additional production by Ryan Lerman, Jeremy Most, and Tony Berg. Older finds the 24-year-old rising star stepping into newfound confidence, discovering her voice and defining her artistry with profound simplicity. It's a notable departure for Lizzy, who wrote the LP's deeply personal 14 tracks during a three-year period of transition into adulthood.

Older is the follow up to Lizzy's widely successful second studio album, five seconds flat, which was released to critical acclaim in the spring of 2022. Lizzy McAlpine gained recognition when she began to share original songs and covers on Soundcloud and YouTube. In 2020, Lizzy released her debut album, Give Me a Minute, solidifying herself as a rising force and amassing thousands of devoted fans.

Managing to be both bold and understated, 'Older' sees Lizzy layer her take on confessional indie-folk with widescreen instrumentation to gorgeous effect. A luscious album that sees the singer shrug off the pressures of present day virality in favour of creating something much more classic.

With Older, McAlpine enters a new era of her career, armed with bluesy seventh chords and simple rhythms. She's done the work; she's done the soul-searching; she's done the meticulous labour of shaving her thoughts down to their purest, most authentic truths. Consider the ceiling of her last album cycle shattered.

She's been one of Gen Z's best indie darlings for years, but this is the album she needed to make. Overall, that combination of conversational, vulnerable lyricism mixed with impeccable baroque pop arrangements makes Older as unique for the pop world as it is beautiful. All in all, it's a deeply honest album, both in its exploration of aging and in its rejection of pop cliches.