''Surrender'' is the second studio album by American indie pop singer-songwriter

Maggie Rogers Margaret Debay Rogers (born April 25, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Easton, Maryland. After her song "Alaska" was played to artist-in-residence Pharrell Williams during a master class at the Clive Davis Institut ...

, released on July 29, 2022, by Debay Sounds and

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. It follows the release of her debut studio album, ''

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'' (2019). The album features a couple of contributions from notable singers. The track "Shatter" features

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providing additional vocals and playing tambourine, and "I've Got a Friend" features

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and

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speaking. The trailer for the

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series ''

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'' featured "Want Want" from this album.

Background and promotion

Rogers teased recording sessions for her forthcoming second studio album throughout 2021 into early 2022. She stated that the album would be self-produced and sounded like "feral joy", which is what she would later name her tour in support of the album. In March 2022, Rogers shared a link to a site counting down to March 30. On that day, she announced that her second studio album, titled ''Surrender'', would be released on July 29, 2022. Rogers simultaneously released an album trailer she co-directed with Michael Scanlon. On June 15, 2022, Rogers revealed the album's track listing via

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Composition

''Surrender'' is an

indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with a DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and s ...

alternative pop Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

, and

electropop Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. It has been described as a variant of synth-pop with emphasis on a hard electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a rev ...

album with elements of

alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

, dance,

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, new wave, electroacoustic,

slacker rock Slacker rock (also called slack rock) is a loosely defined genre of indie rock and lo-fi music that originated in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Definition The term typically refers to a style that is more laid back and rel ...

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, and

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Critical reception

Track listing

All tracks are written and produced by

and

Kid Harpoon Thomas Edward Percy Hull (born 20 April 1982), known professionally as Kid Harpoon, is a British songwriter, record producer, and musician. In 2023, he won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the Brit Award for Songwriter of the Year for ...

, except where noted.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the ''Surrender'' liner notes. Musicians *

– vocals (all tracks), piano (1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11),

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(2), synthesizer (2–4, 6, 10, 11), drum

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(3), programming (4), electric guitar (5), acoustic guitar (8) *

– bass, electric guitar, synthesizer (1–8, 10, 11); drums (1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11), 12-string acoustic guitar (2), acoustic guitar (2, 5, 9), drum programming (2–7, 10, 11), programming (4), piano (7, 10),

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(8, 10) *

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A session bassist, he has played bass for a number of acts such as the Who, the John Mayer Trio, Gary Numan, Paul Young, Don Henle ...

– bass (1, 9) * Giveton Gelin – trumpet (1) * Jeremy Hatcher – vocal programming (1, 2, 10) * Ben Lovett – synthesizer (2, 7), piano (7) *

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– drum programming (3); electric guitar, programming, synthesizer (4) * Matt Barrick – drums (3) *

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– drums (4) *

Jon Batiste Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, bandleader, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists including Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Prince (musician), ...

– piano (6, 9), synthesizer (6),

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(8) *

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– additional vocals,

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(7) *

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– speaker (9) *

– speaker (9) * Gabe Goodman – acoustic guitar, bass, drum programming, piano, synthesizer (11) Technical *

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– mastering * Chris Allgood – mastering *

Mark "Spike" Stent Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, ...

– mixing * Jeremy Hatcher –

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* Mark Rankin – engineering (1–4, 6–9) * Gabe Goodman – engineering (3, 11) * Matt Wolach – mixing assistance * Del Water Gap – additional engineering (4) * Carl Bespolka – additional engineering (7, 9), engineering assistance (1–9, 11) * Katie May – engineering assistance (1–9, 11) * Lance Powell – engineering assistance (10, 11)

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2022 albums Maggie Rogers albums Albums produced by Kid Harpoon Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios Albums recorded in a home studio