Carly Simon Announces First Album Of Original Music In 18 Years 'Comes In Waves'
Friday, 12 June 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Carly Simon has announced a new album, her first collection of original material in 17 years.
The multi-Grammy-winning American artist will release 'Comes In Waves' on August 14, following up 2008’s 'This Kind Of Love' and 2009's 'Never Been Gone', which featured acoustic versions of her earlier songs.
Written and recorded at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee's studio in Martha's Vineyard, the album features nine new songs, as well as previously written and revisted tracks. It was created alongside her family and a team of collaborators, including late rapper John Forté and producer Paul Samwell-Smith, who returns to oversee the project alongside Frank Filipetti.
Simon's son Ben also appears as a singer, musician, producer and writer, while her daughter Sally Taylor provides vocals and designed the artwork (pictured) for the record's first single, Howl. Commenting on the folk-pop ballad, Simon said:
"Howl lives in that space between betrayal and forgiveness, where anger has to be voiced before it can be released. It’s about letting the frustration out so it doesn’t sit and simmer. The song begins in anger, but it moves toward forgiveness, and speaks to any situation where trust has been broken."
In 2023, Simon released the anthology album, 'These Are the Good Old Days: The Carly Simon and Jac Holzman Story'. Last year, she collaborated with Alanis Morissette on a new version of Coming Around Again, a song Simon originally wrote for the 1986 film Heartburn and which became one of her biggest hits.
'Comes In Waves' tracklist:
1. Howl
2. Maybe I Never Loved You
3. Peaches
4. Love Has No Ending
5. Mother Of Pearl
6. Slowly
7. Four In The Morning
8. The More I Look For You
9. Love The Way I Do
10. The Father Daughter Dance
11. Share the End
12. Do It Anyway
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