A bit over a 12 months in the past, Will Butler introduced that he was leaving Arcade Hearth. (A number of months after Will’s departure, his brother Win Butler was accused of sexual misconduct, so the timing felt like, properly, timing.) Anyway, lately Will has been releasing his personal post-Arcade Hearth music: “A Stranger’s Home” and “Nearer To Thee,” plus “Willows,” a music credited to Will Butler + Sister Squares. The “Sister Squares” are literally Will’s backing band (Sara Dobbs, Julie Shore, Jenny Shore, and Miles Francis, who’s listed as producer), they usually’ve been taking part in with him for a decade. Now, Will + Sister Squares have introduced their new self-titled album, coming September 22 on Merge.

Together with the information is a lead single and video, “Lengthy Grass.” Right here’s Will providing a little bit of background on the album, which was recorded at Determine 8 Studios in Brooklyn and Miles’ Synthia Studio:

I met Jenny — my spouse! — in school, the 12 months earlier than I joined Arcade Hearth. Once I wanted a band to tour Coverage [Merge, 2015], I requested [Jenny’s sister] Julie to hitch as a result of I trusted her musically. And I requested Sara, Jenny and Julie’s childhood pal, as a result of I knew she was tremendous gifted. Antibalas (who I used to be drumming for) opened some Arcade Hearth exhibits,” says Miles, who provided to play drums anytime Will wanted. Will, Julie, Sara, and Miles jelled on tour and everybody labored on vocal preparations. All alongside, Jenny contributed to recordings and basic efficiency concepts, and she or he joined onstage in 2019.

After Generations [Merge, 2020], I thought of making a bizarre solo document. Me alone within the basement, and so forth., and so forth. Principally I noticed that what I wished was the alternative.

I had give up my band Arcade Hearth very not too long ago, after 20 years—perhaps probably the most complicated determination of my life. I had spent the previous two years at dwelling with my three youngsters. I used to be 39 years previous. I used to be waking up each morning and studying Emily Dickinson, till I had learn each Emily Dickinson poem. I used to be listening to Morrissey, to Shostakovich, to the Spotify prime 50. I had unformed questions with inchoate solutions. However, truthfully, I used to be feeling nice concerning the document.

Miles provides, “Will and I organically found our relationship as a manufacturing duo by making this album. We didn’t have to speak an excessive amount of about issues as they occurred, as a result of the music simply flowed. As a producer, working with Jenny, Julie, and Sara is the dream. They join so innately. In a single movement they’ll conjure a temper, or get on the root of a sense.”

Hearken to and watch “Lengthy Grass.”

TRACKLIST:
01 “Open”
02 “Cease Speaking”
03 “Willows”
04 “Lengthy Grass”
05 “Me & My Associates”
06 “Saturday Evening”
07 “Automobile Crash”
08 “Daylight”
09 “Arrow Of Time”
10 “I Am Standing In A Room”
11 “Good Friday, 1613”
12 “Previous Yr”
13 “Hee Loop”
14 “The Window”

TOUR DATES:
07/29-30 – Guelph, ON @ Hillside Pageant
09/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Zone One
10/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
10/04 – San Francisco, CA @ The Impartial
10/06 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
10/07 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
10/08 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
10/17 – Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts
10/18 – Montreal, QC @ Bar le Ritz
10/19 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10/20 – Detroit, MI @ Loving Contact
10/21 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
10/22 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Store
11/07 – Riga, LV @ Palladium
11/10 – Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
11/12 – Aarhus, DK @ VoxHall
11/14 – Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown
11/15 – Paris, FR @ Café de la Danse
11/16 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
11/17 – London, UK @ ICA
11/18 – Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s
11/30 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
12/01 – Washington, DC @ DC9
12/02 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Corridor

Will Butler + Sister Squares is out 9/22 by way of Merge. Pre-order it right here.