Carissa’s Wierd’s Jenn Champion Announces New Album The Last Night of Sadness

Jo Vito
·3 min read
  • Oops!
    Something went wrong.
    Please try again later.

The post Carissa’s Wierd’s Jenn Champion Announces New Album The Last Night of Sadness appeared first on Consequence.

It’s been nearly 30 years since Jenn Champion first began illuminating the darker sides of life with her songcraft and, now, the former Carissa’s Wierd vocalist is back with a new album. Entitled The Last Night of Sadness, the record is due on October 13th. Listen to the new lead single, “Famous” below.

The Last Night of Sadness has been a project three years in the making, and is the follow up to Champion’s 2018 record, Single Rider. With 12 new songs exploring the human condition in the less-than-ideal conditions of the modern world, the album — as well as the Kickstarter that funded its independent release — promise that Champion’s writing is as candid and resonant as ever. “I’ve struggled with being alive and fighting to stay that way, and it is hard to put that feeling into words, but on this record, I’ve really captured it,” Champion wrote on the Kickstarter page.

The single, “Famous,” supports this theme, exploring everything from absent fathers to adolescent traumas, therapy, the death of Cliff Burton, the time Kim Kardashian lost an earring, the difficulties of fame, and more. “I wanted to make a song about coming to terms with fame versus success, and what it feels like to realize I have what I want,” Champion explained in a statement. “As an artist, sometimes it feels like fame and success are used interchangeably, and over the course of my career in music, I’ve seen how fame can bring with it all this money and opportunity, but is also a gilded cage.”

Continuing, Champion explained that the song first came to her during a morning run, and seemed to articulate how she felt about the changes in her life at that time. “I looked out over the city and I had to pull out my phone and start writing,” she said. “I’ve gone through a reset of my priorities in the last few years, and this song and this album are about the journey through existential dread that has me where I am now.”

The Last Night of Sadness as a whole seems to lean into the theme of finding solace in the difficulties of life. According to the press release, when asked what she wanted to express with the album as a whole, Champion responded: “Suffering. And what a miracle it is to be alive.”

Going further, she clarified that, despite the title, the album is less about “sadness” unto itself, and more about honestly expressing her experience. “I’ve always been able to be vulnerable in my music, but with these songs and what I was feeling, I wanted to keep this album pure,” she said, highlighting the importance of giving herself space, musically, to convey those feelings. “‘Sadness’ is in the title, but this is the most confident record I’ve ever made. I took away all the places I could hide.”

The Last Night of Sadness is out on October 13th, and is available to pre-order via Bandcamp. Watch the lyric video for “Famous” below.

The Last Night of Sadness Artwork:

Jenn Champion The Last Night of Sadness Famous new song new album stream watch
Jenn Champion The Last Night of Sadness Famous new song new album stream watch

The Last Night of Sadness Tracklist:
01. Famous
02. Graves
03. 28
04. Good News Bad News (we’re all gonna die)
05. Love Song (think about it)
06. Think About It (the turn)
07. Millionaires Interlude
08. Millionaires (feat. Murder Dice)
09. Well Played
10. Breathing
11. Jessica
12. Happy Birthday

Carissa’s Wierd’s Jenn Champion Announces New Album The Last Night of Sadness
Jo Vito

Popular Posts

Subscribe to Consequence’s email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.