Platinum-selling international pop star David Archuleta will release Postcards in the Sky on October 20. This is David’s first full-length project since 2013’s No Matter How Far. Fans can pre-order the16-track LP, here.
The album — released on Archuleta’s own Archie Music/Tone Tree Music — is one he started on after returning to the public eye following a two-year stint doing volunteer missionary work in Santiago, Chile.
That experience, chronicled in songs like “Numb” and “Spotlight Down,” inspired Archuleta to change his approach to songwriting and go beyond his Top 40 roots.
Here he focuses on honest, heartfelt lyrics that combine the process of self-reflection with the power of pop melodies. “The music is all about saying, ‘Wait a second, why am I doing this in the first place?’ ” Archuleta says, explaining where his head was at when he relocated to Nashville to start writing songs with Music City tunesmiths like former Civil Wars star Joy Williams, longtime Sheryl Crow collaborator Jeff Trott, Jeremy Bose, Trent Dabbs, Katie Herzig, and luminary producers Jeremy Bose, Cason Cooley and Jamie Kenney, among others.
“It was therapeutic working with them,” Archuleta recalls. “I wrote these stories [my career so far]. … That was a great experience and I learned a ton, and now I’m here and I’m like, ‘Wow! I get to create music, but this time I have my own reason to do it.”
Boasting a new sound to wrap itself around the golden-voiced savant’s world-renowned singing, the music on Postcards bursts with a kaleidoscopic fusion of dance-pop hooks (“Up All Night”), lush balladry (“Say Me”) and dreamy synthesizer symphonies (“Postcards in the Sky”).
“These songs are about the struggle of finding your own voice and how hard it can be sometimes to believe in yourself,” the singer explains. Archuleta took inspiration from the constellations for the project.
“The upcoming album as a whole serves that purpose to get people to look up and for something more,” he says, “whether that’s looking for God, for a deeper connection to life or finding more of who they are. I’m a huge believer that looking up will always serve a purpose, and we will move forward more filled and stronger.”
Below is a track listing for Postcards. Tour dates — with more announced later this month — follow the tracklist.
Postcards in the Sky tracklist:
“Postcards in the Sky”
“Invincible”
“Numb”
“Someone To Love”
“Spotlight Down”
“I’m Ready”
“Other things in Sight”
“Say Me”
“Upset With Me”
“Up All Night”
“Waiting in the Stars”
“Seasons”
“Cracks of Heaven”
“Shine a Light”
“Aiming for Hope”
“A Little Goes a Long Way”
David will support Postcards In The Sky with tour dates in cities including:
Oct 20 Quezon City, Philippines
Oct. 25 Sellersville, Penn.
Oct. 26 Pittsburgh, Penn.
Oct. 27 Cincinnati, Ohio
Oct 30 Chicago, Il.
Oct. 31 Minneapolis, Min.
Nov. 1 Indianapolis, Ind.
Nov. 2 Kansas City, Mo.
Nov. 4 Franklin, Tenn.
Nov. 18 Pocatello, Idaho
Additional dates will be added and can be seen by visiting www.davidarchuleta.com.
