Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith releases her ninth full-length album ‘GUSH’ out now!

Today, influential electronic artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is proud to release her new full-length album, GUSH. This marks the ninth album from the groundbreaking artist known for defying genre and musical conventions. Over the course of thirteen songs, she elucidates on the emotional resonance of everyday objects. From the meaning we impart on them, to the feelings they provoke, she focuses on the essence of the attraction, rather than the thing itself. The result is an album built with tactile connectivity and kinetic energy. This sense of movement flows through the record and translates to the captivating visuals.

“This music is an invitation to experience the genius of everything,” Smith shares. “Every object, every moment, every sensation offers an opportunity for awe, discovery, deeper understanding. It’s an invitation to see the world in a more connected way, where everything around us is imbued with meaning or passion.”

NPR Music called the new music “a celestial experience.” FLAUNT praised the album’s “emotional sensory journey,” and The New York Times highlighted its “danceable” tones. GUSH not only lives deeply in the sensuality of those moments but also documents a new strength that Smith discovered in allowing herself to fully experience that genius. While her past work has been rightfully lauded for its mesmeric, meditative depth, GUSH uses those synth strengths and places listeners in the sensuous magnitude of the present. The songs are deep, textured, and nuanced, but held together with a pop and dance ethos.

LISTEN & SHARE KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH “EVERYTHING COMBINING” HERE:
https://youtu.be/-Kn7xCpiktA

Fresh off a run of UK summer festivals, Kaitlyn heads across Europe this fall with notable appearances at Pitchfork Music Festival London, alongside Marie Davidson and RIP MAGIC; MIRA 2025 in Spain with Floating Points, Erika de Cesar, and Oneohtrix Point Never; and LINECHECK in Milan, Italy. Find the dates below, and for more information, visit: https://kaitlynaureliasmith.com/

ABOUT KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH:

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is a classically trained American composer, performer, and producer from the Pacific Northwest. Her music is a form of auditory interpretation powered by curiosity and her toolkit of modular, analog, and rare synthesizers (including her signature Buchla), orchestral textures, and voice. Since her first self-release in 2012 (Tides), she has explored the endless possibilities of electronic instruments and the relationship between sound, shape, color, body movement, and expression. On her forthcoming full-length, GUSH, Kaitlyn sets her sights on aesthetics, focusing on the heightened awareness of and presence in the world, where every interaction, whether with people, objects, or nature—has the potential to become a moment of connection and personification.

In her own words:

Gush – is about those “Look at this” moments…

shared between people…

It is about flirtation with objects and the environment…

It is about sensuality and personification…

It is about synesthesia and surrendering to those moments when the senses melt together…

It is about “ the third thing” that is created when 2 things come together…

It is about the way the human form is in service of…

It is about experiencing the genius of everything…                  –KAS

Kaitlyn finds wild, rippling inspiration in tactile moments, partly due to her abiding appreciation of aesthetics (a philosophical approach to the principles of beauty) and, in part, to her synesthesia. “Where some people mix things like color and taste, I get physical urges in correlation to sound,” she says. On GUSH, Smith conveys that experience in a newly direct density and intensity, finding flirtatious meaning in dimensions and structures, emotional resonance in the personification of well-loved objects. By focusing on the metaphysical aura that surrounds that attraction rather than the thing itself, GUSH finds a hypnagogic caress in the profundity of any given second.

Throughout her career, Kaitlyn has been celebrated for embracing her urges, whether towards experimental production, Buchla synth mastery, or exploring the intersection of sound, voice, body, and form. She’s performed alongside artists like Hot Chip, Glass Beams, RY X, Caribou, and Four Tet, and composed original works for Apple, BBC Orchestra, Adult Swim, MoMA, Red Bull, and others. Kaitlyn’s song “Stratus” was also synced in the 2023 film Priscilla Motion Picture Soundtrack.