Overview
- Carly Simon announced Friday that Comes in Waves will arrive on August 14 and released the lead single “Howl” as the first preview.
- The album contains 12 tracks and was written and recorded at Simon’s Martha’s Vineyard studio with a mix of new songs and a few older compositions she chose to revisit.
- The project is deeply collaborative: son Ben Taylor appears as singer, musician and writer, daughter Sally Taylor provides vocals and created the single art, and David Spencer is credited as co-writer and co-producer.
- Longtime collaborators Paul Samwell-Smith and engineer-producer Frank Filipetti helped shape the record, and press materials note that rapper-producer John Forté appears in one of his final recorded contributions.
- The lead single “Howl” frames the album’s emotional arc by moving from anger toward forgiveness, and the release marks Simon’s first full statement of original material in nearly two decades that may reintroduce her songwriting to new listeners.