LIZA ANNE REVEALS NEW SINGLE ‘DEVOTION’

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Liza Anne returns with the explosive new single ‘Devotion’, released via Arts & Crafts on October 1.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/track/7gAYVhxrY6sfe8k1f37NtC?si=BFdcnmW9Q_mvdhaLtasOjg

It’s been less than two years since Liza Anne released ‘Fine But Dying,’ her acclaimed debut for Arts & Crafts, but the breakout Nashville indie star has already managed to pack a whole career’s worth of highlights into that remarkably short window. 

“It’s all been so surreal,” says Liza, who in the span of just months made her national TV debut on Conan, supported Ray LaMontagne on a sold-out theater run, joined Paramore for their inaugural Art + Friends festival, walked in the Alessandro Trincone NYFW show, and was handpicked by Kacey Musgraves to open select dates on her blockbuster “Oh, What A World” tour. “Those artists have all been pivotal to my understanding of creation and performance, so it felt really amazing to be invited into their worlds to do my own thing.”

On her new single, “Devotion,” Liza Anne melds self-love and empowerment with a combination of brute force and deft precision. Recorded in LA with her tight-knit touring band and produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (M83, Tegan & Sara), the track finds Liza Anne freeing herself from the shackles of an unhealthy relationship and reclaiming her identity and independence. “Devotion! Return to me who I was before I was in love!” she exclaims with a brash electricity that calls to mind everything from Sleater-Kinney and The Cars to Blondie and Laurie Anderson. Like the songs on ‘Fine But Dying,’ “Devotion” is a deeply raw and vulnerable piece of art, but the focus this time around is ultimately on growth and healing, which Liza Anne says felt like a natural, and necessary, evolution.  

“Helping people validate and feel seen in their pain has been important,” she explains, “but it’s just the first part. I feel like if I’m giving people this door into feeling their pain, I also have a responsibility to hold a mirror up to their own power, as well. That’s the sum of what I’m trying to do with my music, both for my audience and myself.”