DJ Seinfeld returns with his third studio album

DJSeinfeld returns with his third studio album, out 5thJune on NinjaTune. ‘If This Is It’ is a 12-track exploration of letting go, embracing the present, and turning “what ifs” into acceptance. “‘If This Is It’ is about reflecting on the past without dwelling in it, and finding harmony in restlessness,” Seinfeld commented. “Through writing it, I’ve tried to turn long-held anxieties into acceptance, and I hope listeners can take their own meaning from it”.

Title track “If This Is It” is out today, led by hopeful piano chords and a poignant verse from spoken word artist and rapper DanWhitlam, which slowly transforms into a nostalgic house groover. Elsewhere on the record we hear the recently released lead singles ‘U Can’t Come Home’, in which TS Graye’s velvety vocal and dusty voicemail float on swirling synths and keys like a cloud, and “Everything U”, a track built on longing that grows into a club focused skipping beat.

The album’s themes are shaped by a tension between restlessness and contentment. From an early age Seinfeld struggled to fully settle into the present, often missing home while on family holidays. “It became a running theme with my parents, lamenting my inability to enjoy where we were” he adds, “Fast-forward to now, and that restlessness is still intact, especially with my job being what it is and travelling so often – I find myself always looking to go somewhere else, but whatever I’m looking for is never really there, and where I am is no good unless I’m able to leave… This realisation isn’t something new, but I’ve had issues accepting it. It’s a sense of anxiety in the present.”

That travelling has seen Armand tour the globe; taking his acclaimed live show to massive crowds at TheWarehouseProject and Printworks, playing regular DJ residencies at DC10 and Chicago’s beloved SmartBar, iconic Boiler Room sets in New York and Sydney, plus slots at Primavera, AVA, Coachella, EDC, Glastonbury and many more, including LostVillage, where he returns this year to debut his If This Is It Live show, before taking the show to London’s HERE at Outernet, LaGaîtéLyrique in Paris and Kesselhaus in Berlin in early Autumn.

In many ways, the message of ‘If This Is It’ is incredibly fitting for right now. A beacon of hope, light and acceptance in a world that can often feel overwhelming, the album title is both an acknowledgement that some things can’t be changed, and an encouragement to enjoy and appreciate life.

‘If This Is It’ is out 5thJune on NinjaTune. DJSeinfeld will host an exclusive album playback party on the 19th May at Bambi (E8, London). Guests will be greeted with drinks and food inspired by the album during a playback of the new album before a Q&A and DJ sets to close out the night. Sign-up here. 

“If This Is It” Tracklist:
1. U Can’t Come Home (feat. TS Graye)
2. Quakin’
3. The Right (with Confidence Man) 
4. If This Is It (feat. Dan Whitlam)
5. Turning The Page
6. Of Joy (feat. ARY)
7. The Wave (feat. just lil)
8. In The Morning (feat. Moyka)
9. Everything U
10. Something That I’ve Never Known (with SG Lewis)
11. Our Mother’s Walk
12. If This Is It (Lake Erie Mix)

Pre-Save / Pre-Order “If This Is it” album – here

by Decoded Magazine

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