Rex Orange County Shares New Single "2008"
Photo: Claire Shilland
Rex Orange County shares new single "2008" ahead of this Friday's release of his new album The Alexander Technique.
"2008" is representative of The Alexander Technique as a whole — Rex's most unencumbered body of work to date, produced entirely by Rex himself alongside Teo Halm (Rosalía, SZA, Beyoncé) and Jim Reed, the latter a member of the Rex Orange County touring band since its inception. The Alexander Technique is named for a therapeutic practice in which back pain is treated to address deeper health problems, and it’s an apt name for Rex's most raw album to date
“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.”
Listen to "2008" below and get up to speed on Rex’s upcoming Toronto dates at Massey Hall in October.
Rex Orange County ‘Finally’ Tour Dates
10/3 - Chicago, IL @ The Auditorium
10/4 - Chicago, IL @ The Auditorium
10/5 - Chicago, IL @ The Auditorium
10/7 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/8 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/9 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/11 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
10/12 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
10/13 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
10/15 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
10/16 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
10/18 - Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
10/19 - Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
10/23 - Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
10/24 - Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
10/26 - Tampa, FL @ Straz Center
10/27 - Tampa, FL @ Straz Center
10/29 - Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
10/30 - Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
11/3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/4 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/5 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/8 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/9 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
11/15 - Las Vegas, NV @ Fontainebleau Las Vegas
11/19 - Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre
11/20 - Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre
11/21 - Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre
11/25 - Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
11/26 - Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
