Stream: Lael Neale, ‘Born in the Summer’
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At one point on her debut album, singer-songwriter Lael Neale confesses, “I don’t know what I am.” At times over the 12 tracks of the deceptively titled “I’ll Be Your Man,” it’s stunning to hear her try to work it out. The first single from the L.A.-based artist, who was reared on a farm in the hills of Virginia, is a woozy slice of psychedelia, “Born in the Summer,” which recalls the psych-folk meditations of Miranda Lee Richards. “I had a sadness called aging / I had a sadness to be free,” Neale sings, in a voice a bit reminiscent of Edie Brickell, one of the album’s many lyrical twists that suggest there was real pain in her growing pains. Neale’s collection of confessionals was produced by Marlon Rabenreither (Gold Star) and features contributions from him, along with Carlos Laszlo, Tommy Schobel, Kyle Vicioso, Brady Leffler, Erik Arvinder and John Schreffler. “I’ll Be Your Man” is out July 10.
||| Stream: “Born in the Summer”
||| Also: Stream the album in full
||| Live: Lael Neale celebrates her album release with a show July 11 at El Cid, supported by Tashaki Miyaki and Willoughby.
Photo by Piper Ferguson
[…] Los Angeles-based songstress Lael Neale recently released her debut album, I’ll Be Your Man. With her casual, colloquial prose and her gorgeously hazy voice, Neale has continued to impress listeners with her captivating sound. Buzzbands LA recently featured the album’s lead single, “Born in the Summer,” calling the track a “woozy slice of psychedelia.” The feature goes on to compare the Virginia native singer-songwriter’s voice to that of both Edie Brickell and Miranda Lee Richards. Check out the rest of the feature and listen to “Born in the Summer” here. […]
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