Blondshell

Blondshell's second album, If You Asked For A Picture, expands on the visceral songwriting and wit that made her 2023 self-titled debut a critical sensation. Its title inspired by a Mary Oliver poem, Sabrina Teitelbaum explores themes of control, relationships, and self-reflection, gesturing towards an even deeper autobiographical story. Reunited with producer Yves Rothman, she embraces a confident sonic range, blending colossal hooks, layered textures, and bold, traditionally masculine aesthetics ripped from Queens of the Stone Age and Red Hot Chili Peppers. The result is a collection of songs from an artist now at the peak of her powers that brim with an urgency, ambition, devastating potency only hinted at until now.

Blondshell: Blondshell [CD]

Violins, the third album from Blondshell, finds Sabrina Teitelbaum digging in. Following her acclaimed 2023 self-titled debut and 2025's If You Asked For A Picture, the 11-track Violins trades the veil of bad romantic relationships for something braver, asking how we balance the world's violence with its beauty across songs about troubled friendships, religion, the body, and the long, unglamorous work of healing. It's an album of grandeur, drama, and tragedy, built on virtuoso hooks, swelling guitars, and big lead lines, pulling in fresh touchstones from Gang of Four, Teenage Fanclub, The Go-Betweens, and Sade, alongside lyrical nods to Leonard Cohen and Pavement. From the anthemic frenemy portrait of "Heart Has To Work So Hard" to the sunny, insomniac daydream of "Lucky" and the disarming closer "Fur Elise," Violins captures the sound of an artist who has stopped overexplaining and started rendering art on her own terms.