Dutch artist Jana Mila has signed to New West Records and will release her debut album, Chameleon, on August 30 (preorder). She made then album in Nashville with producer Todd Lombardo (Kacey Musgraves).
“The album is a conversation with myself, a way of getting to know myself better,” Jana says. “There are little fears woven into every lyric, but there’s also advice to myself. I’m writing to find a better part of myself that has some wisdom.”
The first single from Chameleon is “Somebody New,” which is nicely understated while still soaring with melody and Mila’s expressive voice. “There was a moment not too long ago when suddenly all these suppressed emotions came to light and turned my relationship upside down,” she says of the song’s lyrical inspiration. “I found myself trying to soothe the growing resentment towards me, even though I was the cause of it. A day later, this song seemed to almost write itself.”
Listen below.
Chameleon:
1. Like Only Lovers Could
2. Somebody New
3. Chameleon
4. Love Let Go
5. I Wasn’t Gonna
6. It’s True
7. Let Me In
8. In Between
9. Rosie
10. The City