U.S. Ladies Announce New Album ‘Scratch It’, Unveil New Tune
Meg Remy is again with information of the subsequent U.S. Ladies album. Scratch It, the follow-up to 2023’s Bless This Mess, might be launched on June 20 by way of 4AD. The lead single, ‘Bookends’, a 12-minute epic Remy co-wrote with Edwin de Goeji, is a heavy one. It pays tribute to late pal and former Energy Journey frontman Riley Gale, filtered by Remy’s studying of John Carey’s Eyewitness to Historical past, a historic assortment of over 300 eyewitness accounts spanning twenty-four centuries that made Remy ponder the thought: “There may be not a hierarchy to struggling, and dying is the nice equaliser.” Although it sounds heady, it’s onerous to not be moved by the tune. Test it out under.
‘Bookends’ comes paired with a music video directed by Caity Arthur, who defined: “The video is finally about dying and absolution — how dying is without doubt one of the solely sure issues in life; the ‘nice equalizer,’ nolens volens. Nevertheless, it additionally subverts the standard narrative of dying as a despairing void, somewhat, portraying it as a euphoric transitory expertise or new starting by a hallucinatory ensemble forged, a Sixties pop-star efficiency, and sleight of hand magic. Because the video progresses, the TV channels alternate by these scenes as Meg’s lyrics evoke dying in its numerous varieties.”
Remy and her band — Dillon Watson on guitar, Jack Lawrence (The Useless Climate, The Raconteurs, Loretta Lynn) on bass, Domo Donoho on drums, Jo Schornikow and Tina Norwood on keys, and harmonica legend Charlie McCoy (Elvis, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison) — tracked the brand new album dwell off the ground with minimal overdubs. It folds collectively nation, gospel, storage rock, soul, disco, and folks balladry, in line with a press launch.
Scratch It Cowl Art work:
Scratch It Tracklist:
1. Like James Stated
2. Expensive Patti
3. Firefly on the 4th of July
4. The Clearing
5. Strolling Tune
6. Bookends
7. Emptying the Jimador
8. Pay Streak
9. No Fruit
