Over the past twenty plus years, Cass McCombs has journeyed a singular path
as an uncompromising song-carver, guitarist and singer.
Along with the finest squadron of collaborators and bandmates, his music travels
gracefully over seemingly contradictory terrain, from infectious guitar riffage to
intensely personal lyricism.
In August 2025, Cass released his newest album “Interior Live Oak” to rave
reviews including 5 stars from the Guardian, an 8.1 from Pitchfork who said “16
songs and not a throwaway among them...,” a 9/10 from Uncut Magazine, and a
rave from Mojo magazine who said “...this is the kind of record it’s impossible to
be casual about.”
Interior Live Oak is his most personal album to date, and, more than any
previous record, shows his vast range as a lyricist and musician. It draws from
everything Cass has created over two decades of experimentation to cut through
with a direct and clarifying light.
Cass McCombs will embark on his “Interior Live Oak Live” tour over 2026. He
lives in New York City.

Lael Neale’s minimalist drone pop draws inspiration from the Transcendentalists, the alienation of modern life, and a rich array of musical influences—ranging from Dionne Warwick and John Lennon to primitive American gospel and Spacemen 3. Her expansive new record, Altogether Stranger, was written and recorded in the early morning quiet of Los Angeles. Clocking in at just 32 minutes, the 9-song LP covers an unexpected breadth of musical and lyrical terrain—from garage rock nursery rhymes and creation myths to Motorik dance dirges and solitary Omnichord meditations. A brilliant lyricist, Neale has a unique ability to uncover the extraordinary within the mundane, tackling themes of polarity that recur throughout her work—country vs. city, humanity vs. technology, isolation vs. society. This album is her third collaboration with producer Guy Blakeslee who helps expand the tonal palette while staying true to Neale’s commitment to the raw immediacy and hand-made intimacy of home recording.