The Returner

The Returner is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, activist and multi-instrumentalist Allison Russell. Produced by Russell, Dan Knobler and Dim Star (JT Nero and Drew Lindsay), it was released by Fantasy Records on September 8, 2023, as the follow-up to Russell's award-winning debut Outside Child. It was preceded by three singles: the title track, "Stay Right Here", and "Snakelife". Russell described the album as "about being here now, and being consciously celebratory of the fact that we get to be here now, that every single one of us breathing and present on the planet has survived the pandemic, has survived all kinds of things, and we're here and we’re together and we can dance and we can have joy." The album was promoted by a European tour supporting Hozier alongside various solo festival appearances, followed by an extensive US headlining tour beginning in October and continuing into early 2024 with dates in the UK, Ireland and Canada.