George Ezra announces third album ‘Gold Rush Kid’

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28 Jan 2022, 13:56

It's the long-awaited follow up to 2018's 'Staying At Tamara's'.

George Ezra has confirmed his third album will come out later this summer.

The news follows ‘Anyone For You’, which you can hear below.

George had been sharing posts on social media hinting that news was coming, and fans were eager to know more.

Now the 'Budapest' singer has confirmed the album details for real.

It will be released on June 10th, and is available to pre-order/pre-save the record here.

The album was produced entirely in London by Ezra with Joel Pott, who he has worked with for many years.

In a statement, George said: "The Gold Rush Kid? That’s me", and a press release calls the new music“marvellous, transporting [and] elevational”.

“[The songs] sound like me. That’s what ties them together,” he continued.

Explaining the new single, he said: “‘Anyone For You’ is a patchwork of lyric ideas found in old notebooks and chance moments shared between musicians in the studio,” Ezra said.

He found a verse in an old book written before he’d started work on his second album, and included it in the new song.

It goes: “Tiger Lily moved to the city, she’d just turned 21/ And I said: here’s my number, hit me up, if you’re needing anyone/ And then I can be anyone, anyone, anyone, anyone, anyone for you”

Fans who are keen to hear the new songs don't have long to wait, as Ezra will play three small shows in February and March.

A ticket pre-sale is open for those who pre-order ‘Gold Rush Kid’ from his official store.

The intimate shows will be a warm up for the biggest headline concert he's performed yet, at Finsbury Park in London on July 17.