Alwyn Morrison – Trial
New York City singer-songwriter Alwyn Morrison announces his sophomore EP, Trial, arriving October 23, 2026, following last year’s acclaimed debut, Heartsplit.
In his new release, Morrison moves through betrayal, inherited pain, self-defense, and survival. The result is a loud, yet vulnerable rock record that treats emotional wreckage as both confession and evidence. Mixed by Alex Aldi (Goo Goo Dolls, Passion Pit), and mastered by Nathan Dantzler (sombr, Sabrina Carpenter), Morrison started working on these songs back in 2023. He recorded most of the vocals and instruments in Flint, Michigan, and in Los Angeles.
Alongside the announcement, Morrison shares videos for the EP’s opening tracks, “Puzzle Piece” and “Everybody Bleeds,” both premiering today.
Reflecting on the making of Trial, Morrison says, “Since 2024, I spent so much time in the studio writing and producing nearly 90 songs. At some point, I realized I kept coming back to these four tracks. It took me a while to understand why. While I’d been writing a lot about love and heartbreak—some of which became my first EP—these songs felt different. They weren’t really about romance. They were about life.”
“The idea of Trial wasn’t intentional at first. Looking back, I realized these songs traced a journey through betrayal, pain, self-defense, and survival. Listening to them in sequence, they began to resemble the stages of a legal proceeding: a charging document, a pretrial motion, a verdict, and finally a court order. I did, in fact, spend a lot of days in a New York City Court room in 2025 – to support some friends going through some very difficult times. I think those experiences found their way into these songs without me realizing it. Eventually, it became clear that they belonged together.”
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