BELINDA CARLISLE TURNS BACK THE CLOCK TO HER CALIFORNIA ROOTS WITH NEW STUDIO ALBUM “ONCE UPON A TIME IN CALIFORNIA” - DUE 29 AUGUST 2025

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JUNE 6, 2025 -  Belinda Carlisle, beloved solo artist, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and voice of the Go-Go’s, returns to her roots with the release of a new studio album Once Upon a Time in California, slated for release on  29 August 2025 by the Demon Music label.

Featuring ten new studio tracks including the lead track, “The Air That I Breathe” were recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Gabe Lopez, who worked with Belinda on her 2017 studio album Wilder Shores. Once Upon a Time in California will be available on CD, vinyl and digital formats and available for pre-order HERE

Following the success of Belinda’s 2023 EP Kismet, and the single “Big Big Love” HERE  Once Upon a Time in California sees Belinda Carlisle take a deeply personal journey through the golden sounds of her youth with this ten-track collection. Steeped in the spirit of her Californian upbringing, the album is a heartfelt tribute to the vintage pop culture that shaped her musical identity. 

What sets this album apart is that it’s a celebration of Californian culture that stretches its canvas beyond the familiar evocation of the Laurel Canyon sound. It’s a carefully curated and beautifully realised salute to Belinda’s personal education in pop music, and the magical sounds that arrived in her life from near and far, on the radio and on cherished 45s.  

With the assured and distinctive vocal delivery of someone who herself has become one of the Golden State’s greatest exports  - initially as frontwoman for the Go-Go’s, who enjoyed Top 10 hits with Our Lips Are Sealed, Vacationand We Got The Beat  and as a solo performer with a multitude of hits including Mad About You, Heaven Is A Place on Earth, Circle In the Sand and I Get Weak amongst others,  Belinda Carlisle completes this sentimental journey back to her youth with timeless style. 

Once Upon a Time in California opens with a stirring remake of the Burt Bacharach & Hal David gem written for Dionne Warwick, Anyone Who Had A Heart.  Belinda then pays her respects to such timeless artists as the Carpenters (Superstar), Gordon Lightfoot (If You Could Read My Mind) and Jim Croce (Time In A Bottle) and to songs for the ages including The Air That I Breathe (The Hollies), Everybody’s Talking (Harry Nilsson) and Reflections Of My Life(Marmalade).  The result is an entirely different kind of Californian dreaming for a new generation. Although this marks the first time all ten tracks have been available on one album, three of them – Superstar, If You Could Read My Mindand Get Together have been available on previous Belinda Carlisle collections.

Commenting on the album Belinda says, “I was born and raised in California at a time when music was an important part of Californian culture.  I lived and breathed music, it was my great escape - a refuge of fantasy and imagination.  Every day after school and when it was summer vacation, I would listen and sing along to the music on the radio for the entire day.  Always fantasizing about being a singer myself, one day.

This collection of songs is the best representation of what I loved back then that I could think of - listening to it brings back so many memories of a time and a California that doesn't really exist anymore.  That’s not meant to sound like a bad thing, it's just different - there was an innocence and energy back then that was unique and magical. Things I doubt will ever be felt in quite the same way again. Here's to the California of my dreams.”

With Once Upon a Time in California, Belinda Carlisle invites fans old and new to join her on a journey through the melodies that defined a generation.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN CALIFORNIA

TRACK LISTING

Anyone Who Had A Heart

If You Could Read My Mind

One

Never My Love

The Air That I Breathe

Time In A Bottle

Superstar

Everybody’s Talkin’

Get Together

Reflections Of My Life

ONCE UPON A TIME IN CALIFORNIA RELEASE FORMATS:

Vinyl	DEMREC1301	5014797912885	Vinyl
	DEMREC1301X	5014797912892	Vinyl Signed Edition
	DEMREC1301PD	5014797912915	Picture Disc Vinyl
CD	EDSL0261	740155746131	CD
	EDSK0261X	5014797912908	CD Signed Edition

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