Synth pop and Italo disco stalwarts Sally Shapiro are back with a brand new LP. The duo – made up of producer Johan Agebjörn and the anonymous singer who also goes by Sally Shapiro, pseudonymously – are releasing Ready to Live a Lie, their fifth album, on May 30 via Italians Do It Better.
With the news comes first single "The Other Days". Listen below:
Agebjorn had this to say on the new record:
"We live in the era of lies. We deceive ourselves, our partners, and those around us. On social media, we paint pictures of perfect lives, only to be fed falsehoods in return—by algorithms, newsfeeds, and politicians."
Sally herself added: "But perhaps, at times, we need these deceptions to get by. Maybe loneliness is somehow inescapable and we simply do our best to navigate life."
In addition to the lead single, the album includes the duo's previously-unreleased cover of Pet Shop Boys' "Rent".
Ready to Live a Lie is out May 30. Pre-save here. Full tracklist below:
1. The Other Days
2. Hard To Love
3. Rent
4. Purple Colored Sky
5. Happier Somewhere Else
6. Guarding Shell
7. Hospital
8. Did You Call Tonight
9. Oh Carrie
10. He's Not You
11. Rain
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