A limited edition RED pressing of MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS: The debut record Elare André, pressed through Pour House Records in Raleigh, NC and released on Elare Andre’s own independent record label: Emotional Ballerina Records.
[The photos pictured are of a test pressing. Official photos of the RED pressing, including the full back with the track list are impending]
Producer, songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Elare André announces the official vinyl release of his debut full-length album MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS, arriving May 15, 2026. The project collects 13 previously released tracks, initially distributed across streaming platforms throughout 2025 and 2026 in a deliberately non-linear order, and presents them here in their intended sequence for the first time.
MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS marks a defining statement from an artist known for dissolving genre boundaries and building emotionally charged, experimental pop worlds.
Rooted in alternative R&B, progressive pop, electronic experimentation, and what André has playfully termed “tainted disco,” the album exists somewhere between the club, the bedroom, and the cinematic subconscious. Drawing comparisons to artists such as James Blake, Jai Paul, Frank Ocean, Sampha, Mk.gee, Daniel Caesar, Charli XCX, and Björk, André’s sound exists in constant motion; intimate, fractured, and emotionally direct.
The result is a body of work that feels both handcrafted and expansive: music that resists perfection in favour of presence, vulnerability, and emotional immediacy.
The album’s title, MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS, is intentionally ironic. André explains it as a multi-layered concept: a rejection of genre utility, a critique of mood-based listening culture, and a personal reflection on identity.
“It’s funny because there is no such thing,” André notes. “I don’t write music for a specific occasion—lounge, club, background, whatever. And for me, being queer is not something that turns off. It’s present in everything. This music carries that with it, whether it’s explicit or not.”
Across the album, queer identity is both overtly expressed and subtly embedded, shaping its emotional architecture and lyrical perspective.
Originally released as individual tracks in a deliberately scrambled order across digital platforms, MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS has now been reassembled into its intended narrative flow. The vinyl edition reframes the project as a cohesive album experience; one that moves through satire, introspection, digital fatigue, love, shame, and release.
All tracks were written, produced, and performed by Eric Tempelare (Elare André), with additional lyrics and vocals by Zachary Trebellas (Fruit Punch) on “Sometimes,” the album’s only featured collaboration.
A limited edition RED pressing of MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS: The debut record Elare André, pressed through Pour House Records in Raleigh, NC and released on Elare Andre’s own independent record label: Emotional Ballerina Records.
[The photos pictured are of a test pressing. Official photos of the RED pressing, including the full back with the track list are impending]
Producer, songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Elare André announces the official vinyl release of his debut full-length album MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS, arriving May 15, 2026. The project collects 13 previously released tracks, initially distributed across streaming platforms throughout 2025 and 2026 in a deliberately non-linear order, and presents them here in their intended sequence for the first time.
MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS marks a defining statement from an artist known for dissolving genre boundaries and building emotionally charged, experimental pop worlds.
Rooted in alternative R&B, progressive pop, electronic experimentation, and what André has playfully termed “tainted disco,” the album exists somewhere between the club, the bedroom, and the cinematic subconscious. Drawing comparisons to artists such as James Blake, Jai Paul, Frank Ocean, Sampha, Mk.gee, Daniel Caesar, Charli XCX, and Björk, André’s sound exists in constant motion; intimate, fractured, and emotionally direct.
The result is a body of work that feels both handcrafted and expansive: music that resists perfection in favour of presence, vulnerability, and emotional immediacy.
The album’s title, MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS, is intentionally ironic. André explains it as a multi-layered concept: a rejection of genre utility, a critique of mood-based listening culture, and a personal reflection on identity.
“It’s funny because there is no such thing,” André notes. “I don’t write music for a specific occasion—lounge, club, background, whatever. And for me, being queer is not something that turns off. It’s present in everything. This music carries that with it, whether it’s explicit or not.”
Across the album, queer identity is both overtly expressed and subtly embedded, shaping its emotional architecture and lyrical perspective.
Originally released as individual tracks in a deliberately scrambled order across digital platforms, MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS has now been reassembled into its intended narrative flow. The vinyl edition reframes the project as a cohesive album experience; one that moves through satire, introspection, digital fatigue, love, shame, and release.
All tracks were written, produced, and performed by Eric Tempelare (Elare André), with additional lyrics and vocals by Zachary Trebellas (Fruit Punch) on “Sometimes,” the album’s only featured collaboration.
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