# Blondshell Talks Violins Album

> Blondshell reveals her new album's themes and personal struggles.
- Title: Blondshell Talks Violins Album · Rolling Stone | Shortify
- Summary: Blondshell reveals her new album's themes and personal struggles. Blondshell released Violins album after a year of creative process, addressing personal…
- Keywords: blondshell, violins, sobriety, indie rock, wedding playlist, sarcasm, veganism, partisan, Talks, Album, Rolling Stone
- Source: Rolling Stone — https://rollingstone.com/music/music-features/blondshell-rolling-stone-studio-violins-1235627258
- Author: Angie Martoccio,Leah Lu
- Published: 2026-09-24T18:43:22+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: blondshell, violins, sobriety, indie rock, wedding playlist, sarcasm, veganism, partisan
## New Album Release
Blondshell released Violins album on Sept. 25 via Partisan after a year since her second album If You Asked for a Picture.

> I hope heads don’t roll, they rest lightly on your shoulder.
## Creative Process
Blondshell initially didn’t plan to release a new album quickly but wrote the title track to Violins and realized it was an album.

> I don’t feel like I even knew that I was starting to make an album.
## Song Completion
Blondshell hates sitting on songs and records them quickly to avoid losing excitement.

> I really hate sitting on songs and not doing anything with them.
## Wedding Playlist
Blondshell has a wedding playlist featuring Aphex Twin’s Windowlicker and Bloc Party’s Like Eating Glass.

> I want the 2010 vibes at my wedding.
## Sarcastic Song
Blondshell’s song Lucky uses sarcasm to express feeling unwell, not genuine contentment.

> I was very under-slept, and I didn’t actually mean it.
## No Deluxe Edition
Blondshell won’t release a deluxe edition of Violins to let the record stand on its own.

> I feel like I’ve done it now a couple times.
## Sobriety
Blondshell has seven years of sobriety but says it feels less defining than before.

> I think my life felt, at one point, defined by partying.
## Veganism Change
Blondshell stopped veganism to get protein and iron, eating meat occasionally.

> I need the protein, I was getting so tired.
## Key takeaway

Blondshell released Violins album after a year of creative process, addressing personal growth and sobriety without religious or marital plans.