Meg Remy has introduced a brand new U.S. Girls album: Scratch It, the follow-up to 2023’s Bless This Mess, is out June 20 by way of 4AD. The brand new album’s lead single is the 12-minute “Bookends.” Watch the observe’s music video beneath. Scroll down for U.S. Women’ upcoming tour dates.
Remy co-wrote “Bookends” with Edwin de Goeji. The track is a tribute to the late Energy Journey singer Riley Gale. And, discussing the music video, director Caity Arthur said: “The video is finally about dying and absolution—how dying is likely one of the solely sure issues in life; the ‘nice equalizer,’ nolens volens. Nonetheless, it additionally subverts the normal narrative of dying as a despairing void, moderately, portraying it as a euphoric transitory expertise or new starting by a hallucinatory ensemble forged, a Nineteen 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 kinds.”
Remy made Scratch it with guitarist Dillon Watson, bassist Jack Lawrence, drummer Domo Donoho, keyboardists Jo Schornikow and Tina Norwood, and harmonica participant Charlie McCoy. They recorded the album over the course of 10 days.
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Scratch It:
01 Like James Mentioned
02 Pricey Patti
03 Firefly on the 4th of July
04 The Clearing
05 Strolling Track
06 Bookends
07 Emptying the Jimador
08 Pay Streak
09 No Fruit
U.S. Women:
05-14 Nashville, TN – Delicate Junk
06-21 Asheville, NC – Gray Eagle
06-22 Washington, D.C. – The Atlantis
06-23 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
06-25 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
06-26 Somerville, MA – The Rockwell
06-28 Cleveland, OH – Grog Store
06-29 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Corridor
09-09 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
09-11 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Cease
