Kali Malone Readies New Album Burning Song
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Kali Malone has announced a new solo album, Burning Song, the follow-up to 2024's All Life Long, alongside its lead single "Heavy With Fruit" and a European tour running into early 2026. The album was recorded at Thomaskirche in Leipzig, the church where Johann Sebastian Bach spent his final 27 years as cantor and where he was later buried, with Malone performing on its modern Bach Organ, an instrument built to baroque tunings and temperament. The release ties Malone's ongoing exploration of the organ to one of the instrument's most historically significant settings.
Malone was joined on the seven-track record by Stephen O'Malley on guitar and Lucy Railton on cello, the same trio behind her 2023 album Does Spring Hide Its Joy. Since All Life Long, she has also released Magnetism with Drew McDowall and, this year, Music for Intersecting Planes with cellist Leila Bordreuil, while her earlier landmark work The Sacrificial Code was reissued in 2025. Her tour dates span Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia and England, mixing electronic sets, solo organ performances and full Burning Song shows.
- Kali Malone announces new album Burning Song, out following All Life Long
- Recorded at Bach's former church in Leipzig with O'Malley and Railton
- European tour and single "Heavy With Fruit" also unveiled
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Kali Malone is an American-born, Stockholm-based composer known for minimalist works built around pipe organ, often exploring drone and slowly shifting harmony. She has built a following in experimental and classical circles, with 2022's The Sacrificial Code widely seen as a defining record in that space, and has previously collaborated with musicians including Stephen O'Malley of the drone metal band Sunn O))).
Burning Song follows her 2024 album All Life Long and continues her focus on organ-based composition, this time recorded on the historic Bach Organ at Thomaskirche in Leipzig, the church long associated with the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The instrument is tuned to the temperaments used in Bach's era, linking Malone's contemporary work to a specific strand of musical history.
The record reunites Malone with O'Malley on guitar and cellist Lucy Railton, the same lineup as her 2023 album Does Spring Hide Its Joy, reflecting an ongoing creative partnership between the three musicians. It arrives amid a particularly active period for Malone, who has released several other collaborative projects and reissues over the past two years, underlining her prominence in contemporary experimental music.
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