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Anna Meredith has announced Darling, an 11-track album due Feb. 12 via Mercury KX, and released its opening track, “Dusky.” The composer describes the record as a more open, energetic and direct approach to her music; release details beyond the date and label were not provided in the source report.
Scottish composer and electronic musician Anna Meredith has announced Darling, an 11-track album scheduled for Feb. 12 via Mercury KX, and released “Dusky,” its opening track. The record is her first pop-oriented album since 2019’s FIBS, marking a return to that strand of her work after several years of projects across installation, collaboration and film scoring.
“Dusky” introduces the album with a sequence Meredith says moves through several distinct sections. She described the track as “4 tracks in one,” with each stage having its own identity while setting up the turns that follow. The song features the rhythmic shifts, brass and synthesizers she identifies as recurring interests in her writing, and builds toward a heavy electric-guitar riff played by guitarist Jack Ross.
Meredith said she wrote much of the music around finding a way to reach that riff so that it felt both expected within the track and surprising. She called the song a statement of intent for the album, which she says has longer, bolder and simpler tracks than her previous albums. Those descriptions are Meredith’s account of her aims for the record, rather than a formal genre classification.
The album’s announced tracklist has 11 songs: “Dusky,” “Mode Mouse,” “Last Words,” “Cry Baby,” “Lye,” “Underling,” “Mink,” “Rites,” “Aphid,” “3019” and “Peach.” “Dusky” is listed first. The source report identifies Mercury KX as the label and gives Feb. 12 as the release date, but does not state the year.
A Return to Album-Length Pop
Darling gives listeners a new full-length view of Meredith’s pop-oriented work after the release of FIBS in 2019. In the intervening years, her projects have included a sound installation, a collaboration with the Ligeti Quartet and film scores. The announcement therefore connects a varied run of work to a new album built around songs and a defined track sequence.
Meredith’s description points to a particular balance: she says she wanted the music to retain the detail of dense, complex composition while becoming more open and focused on energy and joy. That framing helps explain why “Dusky” is being presented as the album’s introduction. Its changes in identity and build toward a guitar riff offer a sample of the contrast and motion she says she was pursuing, though one single cannot establish how the whole album sounds.
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Projects Since FIBS
Meredith is a Scottish composer and electronic musician whose recent work has crossed several formats. The source report lists Bumps Per Minute: 18 Studies For Dodgems, a sound installation built around bumper cars; Nuc, a collaboration with the string quartet Ligeti Quartet; and scores for the films The End We Start From and Thursday.
More recently, she scored Wicker, described in the report as a Sundance fantasy comedy starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård. The report said the film was set for U.S. release on Oct. 23, but did not supply a year. These projects form the recent backdrop to Darling; the album is described as her first pop-oriented release since FIBS, not her first musical work since that record.
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Release Details Still Missing
The source report gives Feb. 12 as Darling’s release date but does not specify a year. It also does not provide the album’s duration, production credits, recording details, formats or whether additional singles and videos are planned. Those points should not be treated as confirmed from the announcement material supplied here.
Meredith has described the sound and creative intentions behind the album, but the extent to which each of the 11 tracks follows the approach heard on “Dusky” is not yet clear. The tracklist confirms the titles and order, not the style or subject matter of the songs that have not been released.
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Album Release and More Tracks
The next stated milestone is the release of Darling on Feb. 12 through Mercury KX. The source report says the album is available to preorder, but supplies no further schedule for promotion or new music. Listeners can hear “Dusky” as the first track made public and compare it with the remaining songs when they become available.
Further information would be needed to confirm the release year and any additional details about the album’s recording, collaborators or formats. Until then, the announced tracklist and Meredith’s comments on “Dusky” provide the clearest account of what to expect.
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Key Questions
When does Anna Meredith’s Darling come out?
The source report lists Feb. 12 as the release date and Mercury KX as the label. It does not specify the year.
What is the first song from Darling?
“Dusky” is the opening track and the first song from the album shared in the report.
How many tracks are on Darling?
The announced tracklist contains 11 songs, beginning with “Dusky” and ending with “Peach.”
Is Darling Anna Meredith’s first album since FIBS?
The report describes Darling as Meredith’s first pop-oriented album since FIBS, which was released in 2019. She has worked on other projects in the years since that album.
What does Anna Meredith say about “Dusky”?
Meredith says the song moves through several distinct sections and builds toward a heavy electric-guitar riff played by Jack Ross. She describes it as setting out the album’s ambitions.
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