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Palehound Announces New Album You Sing Like You’re Joking
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Palehound has announced its fifth album, *You Sing Like You’re Joking*, due on 5 February through Polyvinyl. The release marks the New York via Boston indie rock project’s first album in nearly four years.
El Kempner co-produced the record with Katie Von Schleicher and Julian Fader of Ava Luna, with Nick Hakim also contributing. Lead single “Natural Disasters” has a video directed by Rachel Brown of Water From Your Eyes, which uses images including gas masks and abandoned houses to evoke friendship, memory and a lonely sense of impending societal doom. The nine-track album follows 2023’s *Eye on the Bat*.
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In short
- Palehound’s fifth album arrives on 5 February.
- “Natural Disasters” is the lead single.
- The nine-track record follows 2023’s *Eye on the Bat*.
How this story developed
- 8 minutes ago Palehound, El Kempner’s indie rock project, has announced its fifth album, *You Sing Like You’re Joking*, due on 5 February via Polyvinyl. It marks the project’s first new album in nearly four years, following 2023’s *Eye on the Bat*.
- 13 minutes ago Palehound has announced its fifth album, *You Sing Like You’re Joking*, due on 5 February through Polyvinyl. The release marks the New York via Boston indie rock project’s first album in nearly four years.
Explained simply
Palehound is the indie rock project of American musician El Kempner. It has released four albums, with its most recent, Eye on the Bat, arriving in 2023.
The new record is made with co-producers Katie Von Schleicher and Julian Fader, who are members of the band Ava Luna, and features musician Nick Hakim. Its songs include “Natural Disasters”, “Incisions” and “The Midwest”.
Palehound’s music sits within indie rock, a broad style of guitar-based music made outside the mainstream pop industry. The video for “Natural Disasters” uses images of gas masks and abandoned houses alongside themes of friendship and memory.