THE ACADEMIC ANNOUNCE ALBUM NO.3, ‘ I’M NOT CRYING, YOU ARE’ ‘A BAND ALL GROWN UP AND GLORIOUSLY UNAPOLOGETIC’ The announcement follows the recent release of Keeping Up Appearances The track marked the beginning of a new chapter for the band, offering the first taste of a record that sees The Academic expand their songwriting ambitions while retaining the energy and immediacy that has defined them. There’s a point in a band’s life when ambition stops sounding like ambition and simply becomes instinct. For The Academic, ‘ I’m Not Crying You Are’ is that record’ a widescreen, deeply melodic album that finds the Irish indie-rock band sounding more assured, more emotionally open, and more timeless than ever. Recorded in Dublin at Hellfire Studios, with Pete Robertson, whose production credits include The Vaccines and Beabadoobee, Clairo, the album captures The Academic at their most expansive without losing the directness that has always defined them. These are songs built around great melodies and sharp emotional detail, but there’s something bigger at work too a sense that the band are reaching beyond the moment and making music with the kind of staying power that reveals itself slowly.