Chromeo have announced their new album Adult Contemporary, out on February 16th, 2024. Along with the news, they’ve shared another single called “Personal Effects.”
Now nearly 20 years into their time as a band, Adult Contemporary sees Chromeo’s Dave 1 (Dave Macklovitch) and P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) “exploring what it means to be funky in your 30s and 40s.” The album’s 14 tracks — which also include singles “Replacements” and “(I Don’t Need A) New Girl” — attempt to navigate mid-life relationships, riding all the ebbs and flows into a new chapter.
“Personal Effects” is funky indeed, built on a disco-inspired bass line and embellished with sleek synths. On it, Chromeo meditate on the immediate lingering aftermath of a breakup: “She knew just what she was doing/ Leaving her personal effects behind/ I know I’ll find them one night and she’ll probably be on my mind,” Dave 1 sings, perhaps alluding to physical objects like toothbrushes and T-shirts as much as he’s lamenting their emotional connotations.
“This is the last song we added on the album,” Dave 1 explains in a press release. “I was on a flight and the pilot said, ‘please don’t forget your personal effects’ and I was like, ‘wait how come this isn’t a Chromeo song title?!’ We felt like we needed a little breezy funk…something warm and fuzzy to bop to. You notice that long instrumental bit at the end? That’s definitely a motif on the album: extended sections where we let the music ride out. Adult Contemporary is a meditation on modern, mature relationships, which means: if we gotta sing about curling irons, so be it.”
Pre-orders for Adult Contemporary are ongoing. Watch the music video for “Personal Effects” below, and then keep scrolling to see the artwork and tracklist for the album.
This fall, Chromeo are set to hit the road for a North American tour. Grab your tickets here.
Adult Contemporary Artwork:
Adult Contemporary Tracklist:
01. (I Don’t Need A) New Girl
02. Got It Good
03. Lost and Found
04. BTS
05. Replacements (feat. La Roux)
06. Lonesome Nights
07. Personal Effects
08. She Knows It (Personal Effects Pt. 2)
09. Ballad of the Insomniacs
10. CODA
11. Words with You
12. A Cut Above
13. Friendsnlovers
14. Two of Us (Friendsnlovers Pt. 2)
