Trouble (Gina Birch album)

Trouble
Studio album by Gina Birch
Released	July 11, 2025 (2025-07-11)
Length	54:09
Label	Third Man
Producer	Gina Birch Youth
Gina Birch chronology
I Play My Bass Loud (2021) Trouble (2025)
Singles from Trouble
"Causing Trouble Again" Released: 8 May 2025

Trouble is the second studio album by English musician and filmmaker Gina Birch. It was released on 11 July 2025 via Third Man Records in LP, CD and digital formats. ^{[1] [2]} It was preceded by Birch's debut full-length project, I Play My Bass Loud of 2023. ^[3] The lead single "Causing Trouble Again" was released on 8 May 2025, ^[4] alongside a music video directed by Birch and Dean Chalkley. ^{[5] [6]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Louder Than War	[2]
MusicOMH	[7]

The album received a three out of five rating from AllMusic, whose reviewer Mark Deming noted, "Trouble leaves no doubt that she's rabble rousing for the right reasons, and making compelling music at the same time." ^[1]

MusicOMH , rating the album three and a half stars, remarked, "It wears its heart on its sleeve, and is relentlessly inventive. It's the sound of an artist continuing to evolve whilst encouraging anyone who is lucky enough to encounter their work to follow suit." ^[7]

It was rated five stars by Louder Than War 's Wayne Carey, who described it as "another fine album of weird and wonderful that isn't easy listening at first yet grows and grows. A masterpiece of modern art for the adventurous music lovers." ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Thought I'd Live Forever"	Gina Birch Martin Glover Helen McCallum	5:03
2.	"Happiness"	Birch	5:12
3.	"Causing Trouble Again"	Birch Marie Merlet Jules Tolchard	6:11
4.	"Cello Song"	Birch Jenny Green	4:28
5.	"Keep to the Left"	Birch	4:46
6.	"Doom Monger"	Birch	4:42
7.	"Don't Fight Your Friends"	Birch Glover	4:23
8.	"Nothing Will Ever Change That"	Birch Merlet	4:06
9.	"Hey Hey"	Birch Green	4:37
10.	"Sleep"	Birch	4:42
11.	"Train Platform"	Birch Merlet	5:59
Total length:			54:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. ^[8]

• Gina Birch – lead vocals, production (all tracks); electric bass guitar (tracks 1, 3–6, 9, 11), synthesizer (2)
• Youth – production (all tracks), keyboards (1), harmonium (2), electric guitar (4, 5), electric bass guitar (7)
• Helen McCookerybook – background vocals (1, 7)
• Jenny Cook – background vocals (1)
• Marie Merlet – background vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 11), drums (2, 3), tambourine (2), synthesizer (8, 11), melodica (9)
• Jenny Green – background vocals (3, 9), electric guitar (3)
• Natasha Briant – cello (4)

References

1. Deming, Mark, Trouble – Gina Birch, AllMusic , retrieved 12 July 2025
2. Carey, Wayne (6 July 2025). "Gina Birch: Trouble – Album Review". Louder Than War . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
3. Tolentino, Daysia (8 May 2025). "The Raincoats' Gina Birch announces new album Trouble, shares "Causing Trouble Again"". Consequence . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
4. DeVille, Chris (9 May 2025). "The Raincoats' Gina Birch Announces New Album Trouble: Hear "Causing Trouble Again"". Stereogum . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
5. Strauss, Matthew (8 May 2025). "The Raincoats' Gina Birch Announces New Album, Shares "Causing Trouble Again"". Pitchfork . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
6. Murray, Robin (8 May 2025). "Gina Birch Announces New Album Trouble". Clash . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
7. Shepherd, Sam (11 July 2025). "Gina Birch – Trouble – Album Reviews". MusicOMH . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
8. "Trouble / Gina Birch / Credits". Tidal . Retrieved 14 July 2025.