It’s been more than a year since Blondshell released 2025’s spectacular If You Asked for a Picture, but she’s back again with more evocative rock songs. The singer-songwriter, whose real name is Sabrina Teitenbaum, just unveiled her third album Violins, set for a Sept. 25 release via Partisan Records.
“This record’s heavy in a way,” Teitelbaum said in a press release, adding that her goal “was to have songs that hit hard.” Produced by Yves Rothman, mixed by Beatriz Artola, and mastered by Emily Laza, Violins features 11 tracks that “explore troubled friendships, religion, the body, and the long, unglamorous work of healing,” per a press release.
Teitelbaum has shared the first glimpse into the album with the explosive title track. Guitars clash and crash before coming to a brief halt in the chorus as she sings, “Wait, what’d you say?” The song comes with a striking visual where Teitelbaum finds herself in a beige hallway, desperately trying to keep an ice sculpture of a fawn from melting.
“This song sums up the album in a lot of ways,” the musician said in a statement. “When I was writing I felt really drawn to images of patience and kindness, for example putting your head on someone’s shoulder, alongside images of violence.” Teitelbaum also shared how she was “inspired by the idea of healing slowly,” and realized “things genuinely just take the time they take.” Violins finds Teitelbaum “not at a point in life where I can have a no assholes policy yet, but I like the idea of weeding out people that aren’t going to let me have limitations.”
The full track list for Violins has yet to be announced, but the album includes Teitelbaum’s latest single “Heart Has To Work So Hard,” which was released last month. At the time, the singer-songwriter also announced the Scaring Strangers tour, her biggest headlining tour to date. After a few festival slots this summer, Teitelbaum will kick off the tour this August in San Diego.
With each new release and trek around the world, Teitelbaum continues to grow while holding on to her artistic vision. “Things have changed in my life, but I don’t feel like I’m 2.0,” she told Rolling Stone last year. “You don’t have to go and be somebody else to make a new record.”
