Saintseneca have announced their first album since 2018’s Pillar of Na. Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs is set for release on October 31 via Lame-O Records. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the seven-minute epic ‘Infinity Leaf Clover’, which is one to get lost in. Check it out below, along with the album cover (an original painting by bandleader Zac Little) and tracklist.
Technically spanning 21 tracks, the new album is billed as “a ten-song landscape orbited by two sonic ‘moons’, Viridian Moon (tracks 11-16) and Cinnamon Moon (tracks 17-21).” Zac Little explained, “I wanted this album to reflect that—some songs were found on the landscape, others were found on two moons, orbiting that landscape like satellites, disparate pieces pulling on each other, creating a world of song.”
Little worked on the LP with longtime collaborator Glenn Davis, with Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis handling the mixing. “I found that I circled back to the country music that I grew up listening to and always wanted to run from, but then I just wanted to hear it,” he added. “The voice of George Jones, raw and razor sharp with emotion, the alchemical perfection of Hank Williams’ songwriting, Dolly Parton’s crushing melodies. They seemed to effortlessly cut through the air, floating in the atmosphere like perfume even after the songs stopped.”
Commenting on the new song, Little said: “I was under a heavy cloud when I found the perfect 4 leaf clover. I’d searched my entire life, mulling over patches of grass. My efforts always fruitless. One dark afternoon, I looked down. At my feet, four bright green hearts intricately formed, kissing at the points in a clover – twin infinities. I felt it was a love poem placed there just for me. The language of plant matter twisted with a flourish. I felt better. I laid in my backyard and the shadow of a tree passed over a fence post. An improvised sundial. Looking down at my timepiece – 5 o’ clock. Hah, the 5 o’ clock shadow! And just as I noticed, the moment slipped away, the shadow passed – on to where moments go, I suppose. Now it’s 5 o’ clock somewhere else…”
Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs Cover Artwork:
Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs Tracklist:
Highwalllow:
1. High Walllow
2. You Have To Lose Your Hat Someday
3. Sweet Nothing
4. In A Way
5. Escape Artist
6. Non Prophet
7. Holy Hock
8. Hill Still Nameless
9. Infinity Leaf Clover
10. Hot Water Song
Viridian Moon:
11. Burnt Hand Hymn
12. May Day
13. Battery Lifer
14. Green Ink Pen
15. Long Winter
Cinnamon Moon:
16. Smoke Punching
17. I Don’t Know Why Double Birthday
18. Wild Violent
19. Mt S
20. Bitter Suite
21. Vanishing Point
