Aly & AJ Step Back Into The Sun

When an artist takes a long break between albums, listeners tend to preserve them in amber at the moment of their last release. If that project came during the listeners’ formative teenage years, the effect is amplified. But no one stays the same over time; both artists and fans learn and grow and evolve. Millennials who came of age in the late 2000s know this to be true for themselves as well as for sisters Aly and AJ Michalka, pop stars and actors who hold a special place in their hearts.

They grew up alongside us. As teens, the pair appeared together in Disney Channel’s film Cow Belles, while Aly starred on Phil of the Future and AJ found roles on Oliver Beene and in The Lovely Bones. Their three albums, culminating with Insomniatic and its breakout single “Potential Breakup Song” in 2007, secured their status as pop-music icons. In the 14 years since, Aly & AJ have aged into themselves just like the rest of us, continuing to work steadily as actors while releasing a handful of dance-pop tracks. Now, with a completed fourth album titled A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun, out on Friday (May 7), they’re ready to reintroduce themselves to the world.

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