Since rocking our worlds with hits like "Potential Breakup Song" in 2007 (and again in 2020), pop-rock duo Aly & AJ have also released a fifth studio album. In May 2021, the Michalka sisters dropped "A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun," their first studio release since "Insomniatic" in 2007. On March 15, the duo released their second album in the last decade: "With Love From."
The project features 11 songs, including the title track, "With Love From," as well as "After Hours," "Blue Dress," and "Tear the Night Up." Ahead of the album release, the Michalka sisters also released rerecorded versions of their Disney hits "Like Whoa" and "Chemicals React."
In an interview with Rolling Stone, the sisters explained that the album is a love letter to their own personal brand of pop. "We wanted to make a record that kind of dug deeper into Americana folk music, and we're not claiming that this record is among the American greats, but we did our best in telling our story and staying true to who we are as songwriters and musicians," Aly said.
AJ added, "Pop is still in our DNA — that's songwriting at its essential core. Every song, in a way, is pop. With a lot of ways songs are formatted, they're usually in a pop format. . . . But I think for Aly and I, [it's about] bringing in a little more of a rock edge, a little more guitar, a little more analog-leaning production as opposed to electronic-leaning synths."
The "With Love From" tour kicked off at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA, in the spring and will conclude at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 8, 2023.
