Alicia Waller’s bold new album 'Louder, Then' announces the arrival of a major new creative voice in music. 
 
It takes a long, winding creative journey to forge an artist with the power and soul of Alicia Waller. A songwriter and vocalist with a plush, verdant sound, she introduces herself with her first full-length album 'Louder, Then.' Slated for release on May 29, 2026, it’s steeped in her love of contemporary R&B and jazz, filtered through a global array of influences in and outside of music. 
 
Trained in opera’s bel canto tradition, Waller eventually found her way back to soul music for this debut project. It’s a sound she's embraced as a songwriter and arranger, creating a cosmopolitan aesthetic from the perspective of a woman on the move. 
 
With a master’s degree from New York University in international relations and music diplomacy she’s traveled around the world, investigating how music can serve as a bridge between cultures. Her curiosity has taken her to Portugal, where she absorbed the blues-like laments of fado, to the Middle East, which stoked her interest in Ladino, the Judeo-Spanish language that spread across the Mediterranean after Jews were expelled from Spain in the 15th century. Not coincidentally, she’s also obsessed with flamenco. 'Louder, Then' flows out of Waller’s explorations, diving deep into her own culture's music from her distinctly global perspective. 
 
This album represents a creative leap by an artist embracing her multiplicity, and her power as a vocalist and a woman. Steeped in soul, conceived in dialogue with a welter of musical idioms that evolved as protean emotional expression, Waller’s music sounds unlike anything else on the scene.