Compañero, the fourth studio album from Gang Of Youths, is an album that finds frontman and primary songwriter David Le’aupepe looking beyond the deeply personal confessions that have defined much of their catalogue, Compañero embraces a broader approach to songwriting through vivid storytelling, classic pop melodies, Americana and an unexpected sense of lightness, signalling a new chapter in the band's ever-evolving sound, one that finds Gang Of Youths confronting life's biggest questions with a different perspective.

Gang Of Youths aren't abandoning the big questions that have always informed their music. Instead, they're embracing the uncertainty of what comes next, finding beauty in the everyday, the unknown and the relationships that shape our lives.

Compañero is both a companion and a new beginning: an open-ended next chapter that celebrates the beauty of being alive, however complicated, unpredictable or unremarkable that might sometimes be.

CD Softpack with lyric booklet