Kevin Bronson on January 29th, 2021

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L.A. trio Tashaki Miyaki have introduced their sophomore album by releasing the single “Gone,” a glacially paced kiss-off that finds drummer-singer Paige Stark, guitarist Luke Paquin and bassist Sandi Denton turning down the fuzz and ratcheting up the cinema.

It’s the first taste of the album “Castaway,” which arrives via Metropolis Records on April 24, four years after their debut “The Dream” and just short of a decade since they first planted their flag in the soft soil of vintage guitar pop.

The video for the song stars Denton and is directed by Stark, who says: “This song is about loss and is very direct. People come and go in our lives and that grieving process can be painful. Often the people are quite literally gone. For the video, I knew I wanted to incorporate dance and I knew I wanted to see Sandi moving in and and out of spaces. I wanted the dance to convey a release of emotion … like the emotion leaving the body, which can often come in waves. And then at the end, it’s a burst and she’s running.”

Guests on the album include Benmont Tench and Jon Brion, the latter of whom assisted in the mix. (Not a small thing if you give “Gone” the headphones-on treatment.)

In the album announcement, Stark talks about the album’s sonics: “We tried to incorporate new soundscapes. Like, what if there isn’t as much reverb on everything? What would be the less obvious sonic choice here? What if everything isn’t as fuzzy and smeary? What sounds have we not tried? What if we let stuff be a little naked? What does that sound like?”

||| Watch: The video for “Gone”

||| Previously: “Girl on T.V.,” “Cool Runnings,” “Best Friend,” “Somethin’ Is Better Than Nothin'”