Blood Orange - Essex Honey (CD) folk but for an upstart indie

but for an upstart indie rock band then writing in a backroad farmhouse on a Canadian island

Turn it up

knocking Madonna off the peak slot in the process

and it’s Iron & Wine’s seventh full-length overall and fifth for Sub Pop Records

Blood Orange - Essex Honey (CD) folk but for an upstart indieCD RCA (2025) WW The new album is titled Essex Honey. It explores themes of family grief, England, and the healing, communal power of music throughout a lifetime. Lyrically, the album is diaristic yet communal, existing in the haze of memory that often follows a loss. Musically, this is reflected sonically through analog recordings, recurring cello motifs, nods to earlier Blood Orange projects, and various musical interpolations from Hynes' youth.