If You Asked for a Picture

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If You Asked for a Picture
If You Asked for a Picture.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 2, 2025 (2025-05-02)
Studio
  • Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California)
  • Saturn Sound (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length46:59
Label Partisan
Producer Yves Rothman
Blondshell chronology
Blondshell
(2023)
If You Asked for a Picture
(2025)
Singles from Blondshell
  1. "What's Fair"
    Released: August 21, 2024
  2. "T&A"
    Released: January 9, 2025
  3. "Two Times"
    Released: February 20, 2025

If You Asked for a Picture is the second album by American singer-songwriter Blondshell, released on May 2, 2025, via Partisan Records. [2] [3] The album's lead single, "What's Fair", was released on August 21, 2024. The album's second single, "T&A", was released on January 9, 2025 along with an announcement of the album's track listing and release date. [4]

Contents

Background and composition

The album is named for a line from the Mary Oliver poem, "Dogfish". [5] In an interview with Rolling Stone at 2024's Lollapalooza, Blondshell referred to the album as "more grown up" and "full" citing her growth as an individual compared to her debut. [6]

Release

The album was released on May 2, 2025. The album is available via streaming services, with physical releases available on CD and vinyl. [7]

Reception

Paper Magazine described the album as "a vulnerable, often funny, always honest record delivered in melodic, pop-leaning indie rock." [1] PopMatters' Eoghan Lyng was more critical, suggesting that "Blondshell’s sophomore work has form and finesse, but it lacks the spark of ingenuity that was present throughout her eponymous debut." [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sabrina Teitelbaum, except where noted.

If You Asked for a Picture track listing [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Thumbtack" 4:17
2."T&A" 3:45
3."Arms"
  • Teitelbaum
  • Sam Stewart
3:36
4."What's Fair"
  • Teitelbaum
  • Yves Rothman
  • Casey Smith
3:56
5."Two Times"
  • Teitelbaum
  • Stewart
3:46
6."Event of a Fire" 3:55
7."23's a Baby"
  • Teitelbaum
  • Stewart
4:13
8."Change" 3:55
9."Toy" 3:46
10."He Wants Me"
  • Teitelbaum
  • Stewart
3:29
11."Man" 3:56
12."Model Rockets" 4:20
Total length:46:59

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for If You Asked for a Picture
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 19
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [11] 37
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [12] 13

References

  1. 1 2 Campbell, Erica (January 9, 2025). "Blondshell's Second Album Is About In-Between Spaces". Paper Magazine . Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  2. Pilley, Max (January 9, 2025). "Blondshell announces new album 'If You Asked for a Picture' and shares new single 'T&A'". NME . Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  3. Green, Gavyn (January 1, 2025). "Blondshell Announces New Album If You Asked for a Picture". Paste Magazine . Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  4. Rossignol, Derrick (January 9, 2025). "Blondshell Shares The Soaring Single 'T&A' To Announce 'If You Asked For A Picture'". Uproxx . Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  5. Corcoran, Nina (January 9, 2025). "Blondshell Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song 'T&A': Watch". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  6. Martoccio, Angie (August 21, 2024). "Blondshell Officially Releases Cathartic, Heavy Rocker 'What's Fair'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  7. Martoccio, Angie (January 9, 2025). "Blondshell Previews New Album with Rolling Stones-Inspired 'T&A'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  8. Lyng, Eoghan (April 29, 2025). "Blondshell Tips a Hat to the 1990s on This Feisty LP". PopMatters . Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  9. Murray, Robin (January 9, 2025). "Blondshell Announces New Album 'If You Asked for a Picture". Clash Magazine . Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  10. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  11. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  12. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 10, 2025.