Rex Orange County - The Alexander Technique - Indie Edit

stripping back his sound to a skeletal mixture of stream-of-consciousness r&b and indie-folk, while retaining the orchestral lushness that’s become his trademark, 'the alexander technique' marks the beginning of act two of rex orange county's career: a new chapter on which he lays everything bare, no matter how painful that might be.
'the alexander technique' is named for a therapeutic practice in which back pain is treated in order to address deeper health problems, and it’s an apt name for rex's most raw album to date: what may have begun as a simple exercise in changing the purview of his writing ended up becoming his most confessional, open-hearted album.
“'the alexander technique' is very much a look into my own brain and experiences over the last few years – it’s almost a diary,” he says. longer than any project he’s ever made and more musically varied, 'the alexander technique' was made over a matter of years, started before and finished after 2022’s 'who cares?'; listening to it feels like watching an artist grow in real-time, and face all the attending growing pains that come alongside. “i’ve made a lot of love songs over the years, and i feel as though this is the first time i’m trying to make a project about everything in life. in my mind, it’s exactly what i’ve always wanted to make.”
 
Released 6th September 2024