Lordy (Vinyl)

*This item is a pre-order that is set to release on July 10. Any items purchased with this pre-order will ship at the same time. If you wish to receive your non pre-order items sooner, please order them separately.* Houndmouth frontman Matt Myers, whose band spent the previous decade blending rock & roll and American roots music into radio staples like the chart-topping, platinum-selling “Sedona,” struggled for two years to finish new songs. The end of one relationship, the beginning of another, and the all-consuming feeling of new love left him unable to write—until a visit with Grammy-winning producer Brad Cook, who’d overseen Good For You, restarted his songwriting engines and led to the creation of Lordy. With its naked honesty and uncluttered arrangements, Lordy takes a stripped-back approach to Houndmouth's ever-evolving sound. It's an album about surviving, rebuilding, accepting, and thriving once more."I let unfiltered emotion inform the words," he says. "With several songs, I learned to be ok with just letting some syllables line up, and letting the emotion behind it all do the talking." Lordy asks its audience to lean in, listen intimately, and engage, kickstarting a new era for Houndmouth. From Golden Age's embrace of shimmering electronics to Good For You's return-to-form focus on American roots music, this is a band that's spent years in evolution, unafraid to examine new sounds and different perspectives. Lordy continues that exploration — and if it often sounds like the most intimate record in the band's catalog, it still packs an emotional punch that lingers long after the music fades.