{"id":45123,"date":"2026-04-01T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45123"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:34:53","slug":"beth-orton-returns-with-new-single-the-ground-above","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45123","title":{"rendered":"Beth Orton returns with new single \u2018The Ground Above\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a little while since we&#8217;ve heard new music from Beth Orton \u2014 her last album, &#8216;Weather Alive&#8217;, dropped in 2022 \u2014 but she&#8217;s back with a brand new single, <em>The Ground Above<\/em>, out now via Partisan Records. And yeah, it was worth the wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track arrives with a visualizer that&#8217;s just as contemplative as the song itself, and Orton has given us one of those quietly devastating lines to sit with: <em>&#8220;We are all vulnerable beings living out invincible lives.&#8221;<\/em> That&#8217;s the kind of thing you write down and tape to your wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w2Msg99FydI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beth Orton has always had this rare ability to make music that feels both deeply personal and completely universal \u2014 folk-leaning, atmospheric, emotionally honest. <em>The Ground Above<\/em> fits right into that lineage while hinting that wherever she&#8217;s headed next, it&#8217;s going to be worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stream <em>The Ground Above<\/em> now and check out the visualizer above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Listen to <em>The Ground Above<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agency.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f1f214e95508e462a0b48f0f5&amp;id=155f11ce2a&amp;e=256dab30fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Website<\/a>\u00a0||\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agency.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f1f214e95508e462a0b48f0f5&amp;id=596ee702c6&amp;e=256dab30fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>It&#8217;s been a little while since we&#8217;ve heard new music from Beth Orton \u2014 her last album, &#8216;Weather Alive&#8217;, dropped in 2022 \u2014 but she&#8217;s <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45123\" title=\"Beth Orton returns with new single \u2018The Ground Above\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28,30,1907],"tags":[13702,13706,13704,829,13378,6033,13703,13701,13705],"class_list":["post-45123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-beth-orton","tag-folk","tag-indie-folk","tag-new-music","tag-new-single","tag-partisan-records","tag-singer-songwriter","tag-the-ground-above","tag-weather-alive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0367.jpeg?fit=1000%2C1392&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-bJN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45351,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45351","url_meta":{"origin":45123,"position":0},"title":"Beth Orton announces \u2018The Ground Above\u2019 + drops new single \u2018Waiting\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Beth Orton is back, and she sounds absolutely unbothered by gravity. 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