Peals — the Baltimore duo of William Cashion (Future Islands) and Bruce Willen (Double Dagger) — return on 31st July via Thrill Jockey with twin live albums: “The Compound 76” on limited LP and “Le Pantoum 46” digitally. Lead single “Essential Attitudes” comes from a 2016 set at Baltimore’s The Compound, with the digital album drawn from a 2013 Quebec City performance.

Sir Richard Bishop returns to Drag City on July 31st with “Hillbilly Erotica”, a sequel of sorts to 2025’s “Hillbilly Ragas”. Eight tracks, one acoustic guitar, no overdubs — and save for the closing piece, entirely improvised. Bishop again wrangles with John Fahey’s “American Primitive” tag, finding clearings, hills and valleys glimpsed in the distance… Watch his video for the lead single “Finger, Tennessee”.

Following his place on KLOF Mag’s Albums of the Year 2025 with “Fiery Gizzard” — leaning into the weird and psychedelic side of Old-time music — Joseph Decosimo returns with a solo guitar take on “Cumberland Gap,” filmed in his Durham backyard amid white-throated sparrows. The multi-instrumentalist (“fiddle, banjo, guitar, droney things”) is also touring the UK this month (May 2026) with Joe Danks.