Katie Gregson-MacLeod releases new single ‘Sometimes’

Katie Gregson-MacLeod returns with new track ‘Sometimes’, the latest taste and fourth single taken from her debut album Albatross, set for release on November 6th via Matt Maltese’s Last Recordings on Earth. Fresh off the back of an intimate run of shows, with support from Bonnie Kemplay, Katie has been showcasing many of the album’s new tracks to crowds across the UK. Tomorrow she’ll give the record its live debut for fans at a listening event in Inverness, with more special shows to be announced over the coming weeks.

Speaking on ‘Sometimes’, Katie shares: “This is a song about wanting that could have just been a love song had certain pieces fallen into different places. Like many songs on this record, the idea of something just out of reach was potent for me when writing Sometimes. It’s easy to romanticise and inflate something that was never really within your grasp. To even ascribe to it the potential for curing whatever is presently weighing on you.”

‘Sometimes’ follows hot on the heels of previous tracks ‘Good Guess’, ‘Nothing Really Changes’, which arrived alongside the announcement of Albatross, and lead single ‘I Don’t Think Of Kissing You’, each offering a unique glimpse into the world Katie is building around her long-awaited debut album.

Albatross marks the next chapter for Katie following a period of significant transformation: leaving her major label deal behind, returning to the Scottish Highlands, and rebuilding her relationship to music and songwriting from the ground up. The album takes its title from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, in which the albatross transforms from a symbol of good fortune into a burden carried around the neck. It’s a fitting emblem for a record that turns its gaze toward wanting, and the strange weight of getting exactly what you asked for.

Recorded live over two weeks with a close-knit band of collaborators, the album follows Katie’s 2025 EP Love Me Too Well, I’ll Retire Early. A five-track collection of love songs written amidst the chaos of her early career, the EP was recorded at Edwyn Collins’ studio in Helmsdale and produced alongside Katie’s friend Josh Scarbrow, marking a deliberate return to the root of her music. It was supported by an extensive UK and EU headline tour, taking in sold-out nights across Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester, London and more.

Growing up in the Scottish Highlands, Katie Gregson-MacLeod was immersed in music from an early age, singing alongside her pianist mother and losing herself in musicals with her parents. Inspired by classic singer-songwriters like Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Elliott Smith, Katie’s journey began busking in Inverness before a viral 2022 breakout on TikTok with single ‘complex’ led to international recognition, a major label deal, and an Ivor Novello nomination. Since striking out independently, Katie has continued to build a devoted following through her distinctive blend of deeply personal lyricism and folk-influenced sound, with Albatross standing as her most fully-realised work to date.