On February 21st, 2025, Saya Gray will release her new album SAYA, via Dirty Hit Records (beabadoobee). Ahead of the LP’s arrival, the artist has shared a visualizer for H.B.W.

The track finds Gray in a fever-dream state, her vocals flowing with quiet grace underpinned by a deep, trembling bassline. Confronting feelings of grief and the loss of control, her confessional lyrics lay bare her vulnerability and strength in the face of uncertainty, combined with her meticulous approach to music production, it’s clear that Saya Gray is an artist that unquestionably occupies her own, very distinct lane. Not wanting to give too much away about “H.B.W” (an acronym of the chorus lyric ‘Heartbreak Wake’) and the personal themes it contains, Gray simply states; “H.B.W is the pain of nightmares”.

Gray began work on “SAYA” following the dissolution of a troubled romantic entanglement; she booked a flight to Japan in Autumn of 2023, and like a feel-good movie protagonist, detangled herself from the outstanding psychic ties by journeying solo on a cross-country road trip. Moved by the vastness of albums by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, as well as her Canadian folk forebear, Joni Mitchell, Gray kept an acoustic guitar in the passenger’s seat, just in case inspiration would strike. In recording “SAYA”, Gray sanded and fine-tuned the rough edges of records past into more cohesive works of melodic folk songcraft.

Saya Gray
SAYA
Tracklist
Dirty Hit Records

1. ..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE)
2. SHELL ( OF A MAN )
3. LINE BACK 22
4. PUDDLE ( OF ME )
5. HOW LONG CAN YOU KEEP UP A LIE?
6. CATS CRADLE!
7. 10 WAYS ( TO LOSE A CROWN )
8. H.B.W
9. EXHAUST THE TOPIC
10. LIE DOWN..

Pre-order Saya HERE