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You Are Spring! by Tasha, released 26 June 2026 1. Spring (ft. L'Rain & Jamila Woods) 2. Clarion 3. Perfect 4. Promise 5. Ending 6. Summer 7. Lucky 8. Actor 9. Special 10. Porous 11. Quick! In You are Spring!, out on June 26 on Bayonet Records, Tasha spirits us away from dull, gray winter into a world replete with images and sensations of new life. Think: a riot of bell shaped blooms; blush and citrine and butter yellow; the sky a clear, lungful of blue; warmth, everywhere, kissing skin overwintered and longing for touch; ease after suffering; a deep breath after suffocating. Recorded and produced in L.A. with her frequent collaborator Gregory Uhlmann, You are Spring! follows All This and So Much More, an album written on the heels of Tasha’s involvement in Tony-nominated Broadway musical Illinoise. In her fourth album to date, Tasha continues her sonic progression, described by the Chicago Reader’s Leor Galil as “her indie-rock sensibilities [evolving] to accommodate wide-screen expression,” while keeping “her tenderhearted intimacy intact.” That tender-heartedness is on display on her first track, Spring. Tasha’s voice layers in lush acapella harmony with Jamila Woods and Taja cheek of L’Rain, singing “Don’t die now / There’s life to be found now.” Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem To The Young Who Want To Die, Tasha enunciates the thesis of this album with exquisite precision.There are seasons of harshness, seasons of difficulty, yes. But, here, in this album, we meditate on spring--on a season of celebration, made all the sweeter because we know what one must endure to get there. “Alive now / It’s spring now / Alive now / You’re spring now,” she closes, inviting us into the edenic jewel box that she’s created here. The singular, straightforward beauty of this album was born from tussling with murky existential questions. Uprooting and finding new people and places to call hers, Tasha found herself asking “What is it that I’m really doing? What is…