When Lael Neale toured the UK ear­li­er this year it was great to find the venue so packed — a sign that oth­ers have dis­cov­ered what a qui­et­ly bril­liant artist she is. Her album Alto­geth­er Stranger shows her song­writ­ing at its most focused and affect­ing (see review here).

Today, Lael Neale is shar­ing the offi­cial video for her new song Some Bright Morn­ing, avail­able now on all stream­ing ser­vices world­wide from Sub Pop. An out­take from Alto­geth­er Stranger, Some Bright Morn­ing is an uptem­po burst of lo-fi rock n’ roll. The track is pow­ered by a blown-out vin­tage drum machine and pairs Neale’s sig­na­ture Omni­chord with the dri­ving rhythm gui­tar and explo­sive back­wards solo­ing of her pro­duc­er and accom­pa­nist, Guy Blakeslee.  Neale’s radi­ant vocal shines throughout. 

The song, like so many of Lael’s, describes search­ing for mean­ing and belong­ing in an increas­ing­ly polarised world. With her con­stant shift­ing from her fam­i­ly’s farm to the anony­mous vibe of Los Ange­les, Lael is well-placed to expe­ri­ence a strange feel­ing of dis­con­nect between the per­son­al and imper­son­al, urban and country.

Describ­ing the music video, in which she per­forms chores on her family’s farm, Neale says, “My dad is a farmer, and as I watch him work­ing, day in and day out, I realise being an artist is very sim­i­lar. Both are tend­ing to work that is nev­er done, in ser­vice of a broad­er life-long vision. There’s always more to do, new approach­es to take, and leaps to make in the midst of mun­dane every­day tasks. You have to be moti­vat­ed by a belief in what you are doing with­out attach­ment to the results. There’s a qui­et sat­is­fac­tion in the dai­ly steps.”

Europe/UK tour dates below
Tue. Nov.18 – Rome, IT – 30 Formiche
Wed. Nov. 19 – Milano, IT – Arci Bellez­za
Thu. Nov. 20 – Tori­no, IT – Spazio 211
Fri. Nov. 21 – Gene­va, CH – Les Créa­tives Fes­ti­val
Sun. Nov. 23 – Annecy, FR – Le Brise Glace       
Tue. Nov. 25 – Barcelona, ES – VOL
Wed. Nov. 26 – Madrid, ES – Mazo @ Sala Juglar  
Sat. Nov. 29 – Lis­bon, PT – ZDB    
Fri. Dec 05 – Mar­gate, UK – Where Else?
Sat. Dec. 06 – Lon­don, UK – Ivy House

Alto­geth­er Stranger is avail­able on CD/LP/All DSPs from Sub Pop. LPs pur­chased from Mega Mart Europe (in UK/EU), your local record store and at Neale’s live shows will receive the lim­it­ed Los­er edi­tion on Laven­der (NA) and Magen­ta (UK/EU) vinyl. Spe­cial edi­tion avail­able through Rough Trade UK and EU on Cream White vinyl (All LP colours whilst stock lasts).

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