Grouplove announced latest album, This Is This, as a surprise album, preceded a day earlier by the single Deadline. The band’s fifth full length LP follows last year’s Grammy nominated Healer which was also feature album on Triple J.

Produced by Grouplove and collaborator Ricardo Acasuso – with additional songs produced by Dave Sitek (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Malay (Frank Ocean) – This Is This, was written and recorded during the global pandemic, fueled by all the upheaval and hardship of the past year.

Having been based in Los Angeles for the past decade, Grouplove co-founders Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi relocated to Atlanta in late 2020, joining bassist Daniel Gleason. Along with guitarist Andrew Wessen and drummer Ben Homola, the band worked quickly, tracking the entire album in just a week at a local studio. The sessions proved both cathartic and powerfully creative for Grouplove, the sound of five friends finally letting go of all the anxiety, sadness, and frustration they’ve had to endure.