Lael Neale has shared “Slip Away,” the first single from her new album “As Killers Do,” out November 20th on her own new label, Consensual Sound. The song comes with a stop-motion video built from her own paintings, and the album was recorded on a cassette 8-track in an Echo Park kitchen. She tours through September, including Green Man Festival.
Bill Baird shares “Karma Loan,” the latest single from forthcoming album “Life Creates Itself,” due September 25th on Royal Oakie Records. Recorded at Sear Sound in New York City in a single day, produced by Jasper Leach and mastered by KRAMER, the album draws on Doug Sahm, Roky Erickson, Arthur Russell and Captain Beefheart, marking Baird’s return to San Antonio after years of wandering.
Black Duck and Elena Setién share “Funeral in My Brain,” the final single from “Black Duck with Elena Setién,” their collaborative debut out August 28th via Thrill Jockey. The track draws on Emily Dickinson’s 1862 poem. The quartet came together on shared Spanish tour dates in early 2025 and recorded at Palisade Studio in Chicago.
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