Silvana Estrada
SILVANA ESTRADA ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM VENDRÁN SUAVES LLUVIAS [SOFT RAINS WILL COME], OUT 17 OCTOBER VIA GLASSNOTE RECORDS
SHARES LEAD SINGLE ‘DIME’ [TELL ME], ARRANGED BY OWEN PALLETT
“She can summon a precision as elegant and propulsive as the flutter of a bird’s wing”
The Guardian
“Sprawling, radiant songs find beauty in the world around us”
NME
“She could control a banquet hall with her voice alone”
Pitchfork
“The kind of artist who speaks like she’s writing poetry in real time”
The New York Times
“Musical brilliance”
NPR
“Meteoric career”
Variety
“A supremely gifted singer”
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Today, Latin GRAMMY-winning artist Silvana Estrada announces Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, her long-awaited, self-produced second studio album, out 17 October, via Glassnote Records.
Spanning years of personal and artistic transformation, the album is Estrada’s most expansive, luminous, and emotionally daring project yet: a bold leap forward from Marchita, her acclaimed 2022 debut, into a world shaped by healing, hope, and creative freedom.
Speaking of the album Estrada says:
“Vendrán Suaves Lluvias is the album I’ve been working on for the past two or three years. The songs were born little by little, some since the pandemic, others more recently. It encompasses my search to find myself and my vital energy. This project was born from trying to turn discomfort into hope, from not stopping to see the light despite the rage.”
Estrada’s decision to self-produce Vendrán Suaves Lluvias emerged from a period of profound personal upheaval and introspection. After a whirlwind few years that included global acclaim and a relentless touring schedule, Estrada encountered a series of creative and emotional roadblocks: first through unfruitful recording sessions, then through a traumatic spinal injury, and finally through the devastating murder of her best friend. These events forced her to step back from her career and reassess not only her artistic direction but her way of existing in the world. As she slowly began to heal, she found herself yearning for “softness and sweetness and a safe space to reconnect with my intuition,” says Estrada. “When I found that space again, it became clear that I was the only person who could produce this album. The entire experience was like a rebirth, where I made it through so much loss and pain and then came out the other side with a new understanding of how to face reality with grace and hope.”
Written entirely by Estrada and recorded between Montréal, Barcelona, and Mexico City, Vendrán Suaves Lluvias draws its title from the 1918 Sara Teasdale poem There Will Come Soft Rains a vision of peace and renewal after destruction. That same contrast between devastation and rebirth courses through the album. From heartbreak to joy, stillness to movement, Estrada charts the full landscape of the human experience with rare clarity and compassion.
She continues:
“From the first song to the last, I tried to create a journey that connects us with joy and movement. I wanted strength and hope to be the guiding thread throughout the album.”
Alongside today’s announcement, Estrada releases the powerful new single ‘Dime’ [Tell Me], a searing meditation on anger as a force for transformation. Featuring orchestral arrangements by Owen Pallett (Frank Ocean, The National, Haim), ‘Dime’ reveals the rich textures and emotional scope of the album, where folk intimacy and cinematic ambition coexist.
“Some of these songs are covered by madness,” Silvana says, “while others represent the absolute peace I found at the end of the process.”
The album’s sonic world is a collage of the sounds that have shaped her: the Venezuelan cuatro, harp, trumpet, pedal steel, and sweeping orchestral arrangements recorded in Skopje, North Macedonia. Additional arrangements were crafted by Roberto Verástegui, Estrada’s musical director and longtime collaborator.
“The freedom to choose the sounds I wanted initially terrified me, it seemed like an immense and impossible place to begin. But when I allowed myself to listen attentively to my instincts and embraced that freedom, a sincere and transparent world slowly began to form. This album is filled with learning, with love, and with the beauty of being human, even in our hardest moments.”
Spanish/English Translation of Lyrics
Earlier this year, Estrada released two widely celebrated singles that showcased her evolving artistry. ‘Lila Alelí’ and ‘Como Un Pájaro’ earned praise and coverage from The Guardian, NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Zane Lowe and more.
Estrada, who has been hailed as “an artist of the past, the present, and the future” by Rolling Stone’s ‘The Future of Music’, was previously featured on best of 2022 lists in NPR, The Guardian, BBC 6Music, The Needle Drop, Billboard, and SPIN. In 2024, she was nominated for a GRAMMY for ‘Best Global Music Performance’, she has also been nominated for multiple Latin GRAMMYs – including for her track ‘Si Me Matan‘ (3.1 million views) -, a Libera Award, and the Rolling Stone en Español Awards. In 2022 she won the Latin GRAMMY award for ‘Best New Artist’. She has also been featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert.
Last time Estrada came to London in 2023 she sold out EartH Theatre and earlier this year she curated a stage for Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX 2025 – which Pitchfork hailed as “a true labor of love and community”, complimenting her “powerful vocals” -, bringing along Bedouine, Tim Bernardes and Rodrigo Amarante.
Estrada has performed and recorded with a variety of acclaimed artists, including Natalia Lafourcade, AURORA, Laufey, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic, Andrew Bird, among others. A multi-instrumentalist, Estrada most often plays the Venezuelan cuatro guitar, a small-bodied instrument whose warm sound complements the intimate and expressive quality of her music. “My music is made of who I am,” she says, reflecting on her upbringing steeped in Mexican son jarocho, baroque choir music, and jazz.
“I hope you enjoy this album. I made it, above all things, with absolute love and total dedication,” Silvana writes. “And I hope that after listening to it, you can trust that the soft rains will come. That peace and joy will return. That hope will bloom again.”
Pre-save Vendrán Suaves Lluvias here:
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Photo credit: Jesús Soto Fuentes
High-res images can be found here
Vendrán Suaves Lluvias tracklist:
1. Cada Día Te Extraño Menos
2. Dime
3. Lila Alelí
4. Flores
5. Good Luck, Good Night
6. Tregua
7. Como Un Pájaro
8. Un Rayo de Luz
9. No Te Vayas Sin Saber
10. El Alma Mía