Singer-songwriter Neil Friedlander has released his powerful new album, The Change—a 12-track exploration of growth, sobriety, self-realization, and rediscovery. Known for his poetic lyricism and dreamlike sonic landscapes, Friedlander steps into a new chapter with his most intimate and revealing work to date.
A New York–based artist, Friedlander began writing songs at just nine years old. He released his first two albums, Movements Into Language (2018) and Love Is a Ripple on a Lake (2020), independently, earning praise for his lyrical sensitivity and emotional detail. When the world shut down in 2020, Friedlander enrolled in a two-year acting conservatory program in Brooklyn, where he discovered the Meisner technique—an experience that reshaped his creative voice.
During this period, Friedlander underwent profound life changes, including embracing sobriety and a commitment to therapy. These years of inward work yielded not only personal growth, but pages of writing—songs, plays, observations, and reflections. The Change is the sonic imprint of that time.
Working with Brooklyn-based producer Chris Camilleri, whose credits include John Legend, Barns Courtney, and Lennon Stella, Friedlander crafted an album that moves between memory and present day, dream and waking life. The result is a lush, heartfelt indie-pop record that channels the warmth and emotional precision of Dido, The Sundays, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Lana Del Rey, The Cranberries, Sharon Van Etten, Beach House, Cigarettes After Sex, and Bon Iver.
With shimmering arrangements and intimate vocal performances, The Change blends 90s and early-2000s indie influences with modern production sensibilities. The album is inspired by New York streets and woodland paths, meditation and stillness, heartbreak and healing, friends, family, and the slow seasons of becoming. Friedlander’s lyrics create a place where storytelling and atmosphere intertwine—where listeners can not only hear the transformation, but feel it.
The Change stands as Friedlander’s most mature and emotionally honest statement yet, an album about choosing oneself, rebuilding, and finding clarity through art.
