Active Child debut Self-Titled LP Out Now
ACTIVE CHILD
RELEASES NEW SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT NOW – LISTEN HERE
DEBUTS MUSIC VIDEO FOR “FAULT OF GOD” WATCH HERE
PR PHOTO – Credit: Keegan James Hurley
NEW YORK, NY (MAY 15, 2026) – Today, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, Patrick Grossi, widely known as ACTIVE CHILD, releases his new self-titled album on Sony Music Masterworks. Co-produced with Alex Goose (Kali Uchis, Childish Gambino, Vince Staples), ACTIVE CHILD’S fourth album is his most personal and introspective work yet. Spanning 12 tracks, the LP unfolds as a vivid chronicle of Grossi’s creative evolution over the past five years. Woven together by a recurring motif of identity, the artist and the father become refractions of one another. See the full track listing below and LISTEN HERE.
Coinciding with today’s album release is the official music video for the focus track “Fault of God,” directed by Grossi’s creative collaborator, Keegan James Hurley – WATCH HERE.The video integrates a whirlwind of archival footage inspired by the cultural upheaval of the 1960s in an attempt to unravel the human experience. These fleeting moments serve as a mirror as Active Child reflects on the beauty and horror of it all.
Of “Fault of God,” ACTIVE CHILD explains:
“My creative heart has always been about chasing and touching the unknown, a search for spirit via sound. ‘Fault of God’ is a great representation of that romantic aspiration and is why I chose it to accompany the album release.”
On his new self-titled album, ACTIVE CHILD invites listeners into his inner world. The musician’s artistic myth gives way to the emotional weight of adulthood, tracing the fault lines between devotion and responsibility, solitude and love, and revealing how fatherhood has reshaped his life and his creative process. Tender, restrained, and deeply human, the album doesn’t seek resolution but truth, capturing the beauty and tension of learning how to live and make honest art amid contradiction.
“Pursuing art feels less romantic and more chaotic as I age,” ACTIVE CHILD notes. “It demands a selfish, often solitary lifestyle that can feel at odds with being a father. It’s produced a schism within me. A divide that requires me to bend the truth to make myself and others feel safe. You speak half-truths to insulate yourself from life’s unknowns. You become a protector.”
With unflinching honesty and poetic vulnerability, ACTIVE CHILD’s latest album stands as a testament to the complex beauty of embracing change and the courageous act of making art from the heart’s most uncertain places. The new album, ACTIVE CHILD, is available everywhere now.
ACTIVE CHILD track listing:
- Roll the Dice
- Coming Up
- Needed You
- Fault of God
- Happiness is a Game
- I Know What to Say Now
- Money
- Beams
- Core Memory
- Witness
- Big Skies
- Mustang
WATCH “FAULT OF GOD” MUSIC VIDEO HERE
ABOUT ACTIVE CHILD
With an inimitable pairing of lush, layered arrangements and choral-style vocals, Active Child creates screen-worthy soundscapes informed by a multifarious swath of influences. The brainchild of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Patrick Grossi, he first introduced his eloquent songcraft with 2011’s debut full-length, You Are All I See, garnering extensive critical acclaim from BBC, Interview, Noisey, NPR, Pitchfork, SPIN, Stereogum, The FADER, Variety, and more. With his sophomore album, Mercy (2015), Active Child amassed upwards of 50 million streams in just a few years. In 2019, Active Child signed to Sony Music Masterworks and released his label debut LP, In Another Life(2020), receiving rave reviews from Billboard, The FADER, Pitchfork, and NPR, including All Songs Considered and a Tiny Desk performance. Touching down for headline tours and festivals across four continents, Active Child has toured alongside James Blake and M83 as well as officially remixing tracks from Lana Del Rey, Marina and the Diamonds, and Angus and Julia Stone. His considerable list of cosigns also extends to top producers like Jim-E Stack (Lorde), who remixed Active Child’s 2020 song “Cruel World,” and pop superstars, including Khalid, for whom he co-wrote and co-produced the song “New Normal”; and Ellie Goulding, who notably covered his song “Hanging On” on her platinum-certified, chart-topping album Halcyon and was later featured on his single “Silhouette.” Following a 5-year hiatus, Active Child’s new self-titled LP is now available on Sony Music Masterworks.
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