Description
Release Date Friday 5th September 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
With Adam Schlesinger’s untimely passing from COVID-19 in 2020, the IVY trio never thought there would be another album. But the band had actually been storing a large trove of unfinished songs and demos in a Rhode Island storage locker dating back to their beginnings. In 2023, while prepping the recent vinyl releases of their catalog, Andy Chase and Dominique Durand took a trip to Rhode Island and listened to the tapes they had left there all those years ago; tapes labeled with notes like “Adam’s Wacky Idea 1997”, "Stupid Cat 2005" or “This one might be good for Shallow Hal."
The pair, along with their longtime friend Bruce Driscoll (Freedom Fry), decided to return to the studio and flesh out the bones of those recordings. While they would never feel right about putting out an album under the IVY moniker without Adam, they realized they didn't have to. Adam had already written and recorded his parts - he is on every song. The trio also enlisted friends that had been involved with making Ivy’s records through the years to join them in the studio to bring these songs to life. Traces of You encapsulates everything that we love and have always loved about Ivy. Could there be more to come? (Yes, there could.)
Tracklisting:
Side A
1. The Midnight Hour
2. Fragile People
3. Mystery Girl
4. Traces of You
5. The Great Unknown
Side B
1. Say You Will
2. Heartbreak
3. Lose It All
4. Wasting Time
5. Hate That It’s True
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