London Grammar have carried out a transferring, piano-led cowl of Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’. Test it out beneath.

The indie pop trio – comprised of Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dominic “Dot” Main – broke out the rendition of the summer time pop anthem whereas showing on the BBC Radio 1 Piano Periods yesterday (July 7).

Whereas on the present, hosted by Sian Eleri, the band spoke about their upcoming LP ‘The Biggest Love’, which is ready for launch on September 13 and can mark their fourth studio album.

“I believe album quantity 4 attracts on the themes I all the time write about, love, relationships, dropping variations of your self,” Reid defined throughout the interview. “However I believe I do it in a extra celebratory, up-front means which is sweet. There are some moments on this album the place we’ve actually gone for it and it’s huge and vibrant. I believe lyrically it’s a bit extra direct.”

From there, the band went on to carry out a considerably unconventional cowl of the Sabrina Carpenter hit ‘Espresso’.

“A few of her songs are simply absolute bangers. They’re unimaginable and I like her music movies and her complete vibe,” Reid instructed the host, explaining why they wished to cowl the pop hit. “It’s just like the pop music that I grew up with, to be sincere, so it was actually enjoyable.”

She additionally went on so as to add that the lyric “I’m working late/ ‘Trigger I’m a singer” was her favorite to carry out as a result of she finds it to be “a very stunning line”. “It’s so catchy and such an earworm. It’s in my head in the course of the night time after I get up. She’s genius,” she stated.

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Through the dialogue a part of the present, the frontwoman additionally went on to disclose that she tried to keep away from making the music sound an excessive amount of like her personal band, and as an alternative wished to discover the unique method taken by Carpenter.

“I attempted to not [make it too London Grammar]. I attempted to lean into Sabrina’s world, vocally,” she stated. “Clearly with Dot’s piano taking part in it instantly turns into extra London Grammar however it was actually enjoyable for me to lean into any individual’s world a bit extra.”

Elsewhere, the band additionally spoke about their new single from the forthcoming album, ‘Into Gold’, earlier than performing the observe on the present.

“It was written on the piano, and if it’s been written on the piano initially it’ll be fairly easy,” stated the vocalist of the method taken to the songwriting technique of the one. “It wasn’t too onerous… however we did write a difficult ending which we virtually regretted.”

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The looks on the BBC radio present comes days after the UK indie pop band introduced a quick UK enviornment tour for later this 12 months. Three dates have been confirmed: the OVO Hydro in Glasgow (November 11), the AO Area in Manchester (12) and The O2 in London (14).

These will comply with the beforehand introduced European gigs in Belgium, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Berlin earlier that month. Tickets for the forthcoming UK live shows go on basic sale at 10am BST on Friday (July 12) – you’ll have the ability to purchase yours right here.

‘The Biggest Love’ – the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Californian Soil’ – has already been previewed with the singles ‘Home’, ‘Variety Of Man’ and the aforementioned ‘Into Gold’.

Chatting with NME in April 2023, band member Dot Main teased that London Grammar have been “positively getting there” with their subsequent full-length undertaking. “We’re all actually excited, as a result of it’s been a short while – because it all the time is with us,” he defined.

Guitarist Dan Rothman instructed NME in July 2022 that the trio had “been engaged on” their fourth album all through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Equally, London Grammar beforehand stated in an interview with NME that their subsequent LP might be their “greatest one but”. On the time, frontwoman Hannah Reid stated it could comprise “a whole lot of deep, philosophical questions on life, relationships and love”.