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In the wake of three critically acclaimed records on Sub Pop, minimalist lo-fi auteur Lael Neale announces As Killers Do, the inaugural self-release under her new imprint Consensual Sound, due November 20, 2026. Recorded in the kitchen of a bungalow in Echo Park, Los Angeles, with a Tascam cassette 8-track machine, As Killers Do is Neale’s fourth collaboration with Guy Blakeslee and stays true to the duo’s commitment to minimalism, raw immediacy and the hand-made intimacy of home recording. Totaling a mere 28 minutes, the ten songs on the record offer up a variety of sonic worlds, from echoes of LA’s Paisley Underground and ’60s girl-group sha-la-las to metaphysical proto-punk, timeless outsider folk and Surrealist psych-pop. A brilliant lyricist, Neale has a unique ability to uncover the extraordinary within the mundane. As Killers Do showcases her ever-evolving crystalline vocal mastery and razor-sharp insights into the human condition. By exploring her struggles on the inner plane against the backdrop of the accelerating chaos and imbalance of our digital society, she alchemizes a transformation — from obsessive overthinking and often debilitating anxiety at the start of the record to a hopeful, grounded and mystical perspective by its end. The quiet intensity of this record serves to remind us that the antidote to anxiety is creativity. Lael has still never owned a “smartphone” and has remained wary of social media. Her DIY ethos of home-recorded music and self-directed Handycam videos is now expanding with the launch of her new label, Consensual Sound, which takes its name from her Substack. As Killers Do will be limited to 500 vinyl copies, each with a handmade cover and mostly available directly from Neale. Her primitive original paintings, which she’s been selling at the merch table in lieu of carrying heavier items, appear on the record cover and in crude stop-motion form in the accompanying music videos. It all adds up to a personal artistic world built around handmade imperfections, intended to foster direct personal connections and offer experiences instead of mass-produced products. Neale writes: “What’s real is becoming much harder to discern day to day. And for that reason, I hunger for it more strongly. I used to long for more followers, higher streaming numbers, more sales, but in the light of recent revelations concerning falsification of numbers, I am much less interested in it. I make music and paintings because it’s what I do. Because I go crazy inside my own mind when I’m not making things. And it’s peak fulfillment when the things I make to help myself work to help someone else.” Born and raised in Virginia’s idyllic countryside, Neale brought the high-lonesome sound of her home state with her when she moved to California to pursue music. After years of writing songs on guitar and playing small venues in Los Angeles, she discovered the Omnichord in 2019, which sparked a new creative direction. Working with Blakeslee, she recorded an unpolished collection of songs on a cassette 4-track, which Blakeslee sent to Sub Pop Records in March 2020. The resulting album, Acquainted With Night, struck a chord with listeners during the bizarre days of early 2021. Star Eaters Delight (2023) deepened the collaboration with Blakeslee, infusing minimalist soundscapes with a heightened electric energy. The album’s subsequent tour included sold-out shows in Los Angeles, New York City, London and Paris, multiple trips across Europe, and a West Coast run supporting kindred spirit Weyes Blood. Altogether Stranger (2025) led to more acclaim, a sold-out tour of the United Kingdom and opening slots supporting Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio and Cass McCombs. Between tours, Neale and Blakeslee split time between Los Angeles and her family’s farm in Virginia. “She’s managed to infuse a very done old female singer-songwriter, emotive approach with fresh abandon. She abandons a lot of the traditional instrumentation and doesn’t often bother with a beat and just kind of lets the whole feeling of the thing go into a place that suddenly doesn’t sound like it’s of the industry.” — Iggy Pop, BBC Radio For fans of: Broadcast, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Cindy Lee, The Space Lady, Suicide Présenté par POINT EPHEMERE. -
Lael Neale a 1 concert prévu à Paris. Concerts prévus au Point Éphémère. Genre : Folk / Indie. Prochain concert : le Samedi 13 mars 2027 au Point Éphémère.
Genre : Folk / Indie
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