Clyde Petersen (aka Your Heart Breaks) invites us to walk the beach and examine the detritus of life washed up on the shore. The term for all the flotsam and debris left behind on the shore after a high tide is called a Wrack Line and, as anyone will know who has taken the time to examine those scattered remnants will know, amongst the commonplace, little treasures can sometimes be found.
Petersen’s new album ‘The Wrack Line’ carries true to its title, what they describe as ‘a summation of the past few years, a lifetime of friendships, feelings and memories, broken free of a gyre and left upon the artists’ shoreline. The album was written as a collaborative effort between Petersen, occasionally known as Your Heart Breaks, and a slew of many special guests across the world. These songs were created through numerous exchanges of concepts, hooks, riffs, and emotional conversations, processed through tin-can telephones, carrier pigeons, twilight dreams, and shooting stars.’
Among the special guests on the album are Kimya Dawson (Moldy Peaches), who joins Petersen on two tracks. The first to surface is Wesley Crusher, which is accompanied by an official video in which they both feature, alongside Eli Moore and Ashley Eriksson from the band LAKE, Katherine Paul from Black Belt Eagle Scout, Karl Freske and Jacob Jaffe.
The Wrack Line is out via Kill Rock Stars on July 7, 2023. Pre-order here.
The Wrack Line Tracklisting (Vinyl)
SIDE A
1. At the Corner of Dude and Party (with Will Staler)
2. Snow Dusted Ponies (with Christine Fellows and John K. Samson)
3. These Old Haunts (with David Christian and Kimya Dawson)
4. Slowly Like Strangers (with Madeline Adams)
SIDE B
5. Mile by Mile (with Danny Denial)
6. Wesley Crusher (with Kimya Dawson)
7. Memorizing the Horizon
8. And Just Like That, Life as You Knew it Ended (with R. Ring and Corey J. Brewer)
9. Peter and David
SIDE C
10. Island Maniacs
11. Purple Minivans (with Ashley Eriksson)
12. In My Own Time (with Eli Moore)
13. Like You’ve Always Been (with Sparky Taylor)
14. Same Old Story (with Theodore Hilton)
SIDE D
15. Queer Fire (with Vincent Sagisi)
16. The Nothing
17. Rattlesnake Lake
18. Do You Dare to Dream with Me? (with Wynne Greenwood)
19. Where Rejects Reign (with Kimya Dawson)
Cat. No. KRS737
Release date: July 7, 2022