Hannah Jadagu – Describe
On Friday, October 24th, Hannah Jadagu will release Describe, her new album worldwide through Sub Pop.
The 12-track long player features the pre-release single “My Love,” along with highlights “Gimme Time,” “Normal Today,” “Tell Me That!!!!,” the title track, and today’s new offering, the buoyant pop song “Doing Now.”
On Describe, Hannah Jadagu learns the hard way that distance is relative. After 2023 debut album Aperture garnered glowing praise from outlets like The New York Times and NPR, Jadagu’s promising career took her away from her blossoming relationship in New York. “I was feeling love and gratitude, but also guilt about being away for my job,” she recalled. “Being a musician requires sacrificing time–And one thing about me, I’m a quality time girlie.” Her expansive second album sees her grappling with that separation, finding connections that extend beyond the physical and strengthening her own voice in the process. Describe verberates with that tension, between wanting connection and craving space. Its lyrics, as on her debut, ache with an emotional specificity that can only be pulled from lived experience.
But that distance also pushed Jadagu to explore new dimensions of her sound. “I’m super into artists that are able to mix analog with modern,” she said, and moving to California for the summer gave her the opportunity to meet new collaborators and experiment with analog synthesizers and drum machines. And while the warm hum of her guitar was her primary instrument for Aperture, she began to feel that her muscle memory of the instrument was holding her back. “It was freeing to be able to sit at a synth and drone on one note while I explored my vocals,” she said. ”I found that to be a bit more freeing than playing on a guitar.” Working with her co-producer Sora at his studio in Altadena and remotely on a few songs with Aperture co-producer and collaborator Max Baby out of Paris, Jadagu carved out a sound on Describe that is both distinctively hers and a total departure from the distorted guitar melodies of her debut.
With its collage-like soundscapes, combining a deceptively simple guitar melody with her hypnotic vocals repeating the song’s hooky, self-aware refrain (“Timid, I get so”), “Doing Now” showcases this exciting new direction with Hannah’s songwriting. Its accompanying and humorous official video was directed by Sam Wilbert and stars Hannah as “Le Han” at a local Basketball league match, where her team wins “the big game.”
Also being announced today are Hannah’s new live dates for 2025 in support of Describe. In the US, she will open for The Japanese House in Woodstock, New York on September 28th, before heading out as direct support for Gigi Perez’s headlining US tour October 7th through 21st. Hannah has also scheduled an album release show at Brooklyn’s Public Records on October 24th.
Hannah then heads overseas for a short EU/UK tour beginning October 29th in Berlin at Kantine am Berghain, and closing the tour with appearances at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris on November 4th and Pitchfork Selects in London on November 5th.
Sun. Sep. 28 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater ^
Tue. Oct. 07 – Houston, TX – House of Blues **
Wed. Oct. 08 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues **
Thu. Oct. 09 – Fort Worth, TX – Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall **
Wed. Oct. 15 – Boston, MA – House of Blues **
Thu. Oct. 16 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall **
Fri. Oct. 17 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz **
Sat. Oct. 18 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore **
Mon. Oct. 20 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater**
Tue. Oct. 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern **
Fri. Oct. 24 – Brooklyn, NY – Public Records
Wed. Oct. 29 – Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain
Fri. Oct. 31 – Brussels, BE – Les Nuits Weekender @ Botanique (Orangerie)
Sat. Nov. 01 – Amsterdam, NL – London Calling @ Paradiso
Tue. Nov. 04 – Paris, FR – Pitchfork Paris @ Le Trianon
Wed. Nov. 05 – London, UK – Pitchfork London @ 93 Feet East
^ w/ The Japanese House
** w/ Gigi Perez
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