Rex Orange County releases new album The Alexander Technique

Rex Orange County releases his new album The Alexander Technique.

The record includes the new single “2008”. "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: what may have begun as a simple exercise in changing the purview of his writing ended up becoming his most confessional, open-hearted album. 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 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.”

The album will be followed by tours across North America and the UK in which Rex has crafted a theatrical stage show that will allow him to bring The Alexander Technique to life across multiple performances in iconic venues in nearly every market on the tour.

Rex Orange County The Alexander Technique

(RCA Records)

September 6, 2024

1. Alexander

2. Guitar Song

3. 2008

4. Therapy

5. 4 In The Morning

6. Jealousy

7. The Table

8. Pure

9. One of These Days

10. Carrera

11. Much Too Much

12. Sliding Doors

13. Lost For Words

14. Look Me In The Eyes featuring James Blake

15. New Years

16. Finally

Upcoming Live 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
• 02/16 - London, UK @ The London Palladium
• 02/17 - London, UK @ The London Palladium
• 02/18 - London, UK @ The London Palladium
• 02/19 - London, UK @ The London Palladium