Gracie Abrams Listening Party

Gracie Abrams is hosting a listening party at Waterloo Records on Sunday, July 19, to celebrate her third studio album, Daughter From Hell. The record comes out through Interscope, and the party is one of the first chances to hear it in full before it's out in the wild. It's already picking up early praise for being her most mature and dynamic songwriting to date, so this is a good spot to get a first listen.

There's a specific sound to this one. Abrams co-produced the album with Aaron Dessner, and the result is an eclectic, fingerpicked "Gothic folk" feel. It's a shift from her earlier work, leaning into a more textured, acoustic-driven sound. Lyrically, the record centers on self-examination, growing up, and a fair amount of dark humor, so it's an album that looks inward as much as it looks around.

If you've followed her from the beginning, this is a chance to hear where she's landed after two previous records. Daughter From Hell marks her third full-length release, and the change in sound—that Gothic folk direction—is a distinct departure from the pop-leaning leanings of her earlier material. The listening party is built around that new material, so the focus is on the new record rather than a career retrospective.

The party is at Waterloo Records & Video, 1105 North Lamar Boulevard, in Austin, and it starts at 5 PM on Sunday, July 19. It's a listening party, so the album is the main event.