Bill MacKay shares blistering instrumental "Glow Drift" from 'Locust Land'
BILL MACKAY SHARES NEW SONG “GLOW DRIFT” LISTEN HERE
FORTHCOMING ALBUM LOCUST LAND OUT MAY 24, 2024 VIA DRAG CITY
Bill MacKay Tour Dates:
5/23 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
6/3 - Indianapolis, IN @ State Street Pub
6/4 - Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
6/5 - Charlotte, NC @ Tabor
6/6 - Washington, D.C. @ Rhizome
6/7 - Brooklyn, NYC @ Public Records
6/8 - Northampton, MA @ 90 King St.
6/9 - Rochester, NY @ Bop Shop
6/10 - Detroit, MI @ Moondog Café
Los Angeles, CA (March 20, 2024) – Last month, the Chicago-based, journeyman musician and singer-songwriter Bill MacKay announced his forthcoming album, Locust Land, with the stunning lead single “When I Was Here.” The album serves as the long-awaited follow up to MacKay’s 2019 solo effort, Fountain Fire. Today, MacKay is excited to share the second single from the upcoming album: a swaggering, psychedelic, slow-burning jam called “Glow Drift,” replete with a gorgeous guitar melody reminiscent of early Yo La Tengo. As was the case with its predecessor “When I Was Here,” Mikel Patrick Avery handles the percussion while Sam Wagster plays bass.
Speaking on the new song, MacKay said in a statement that “‘Glow Drift’ appeared in this sunny melody and celebratory vibration. A song to lift you. I like the surfy guitars, a hint of joyful release. Like remembering a particular drive with special characters to the sea. The stops and starts of a journey, space for an organ note to linger, then things start galloping again. It jumps.”
STREAM “GLOW DRIFT” HERE
The album is out on vinyl, CD and digital streaming platforms via Drag City Records on May 24, 2024, with a tour in June to follow. Pre-order the album here. Bill MacKay will be kicking off the tour in support of the album with a full-band show in Chicago on May 23rd at Hideout, before he heads out for solo dates stretching into June.
Discussing Locust Land, MacKay noted, “While making Locust Land I had a breakthrough. I saw that I could truly let a lot of things go, without losing the joy in them, and make something new in a huge way. So it is really about clearing a new path. Making a revolution of my own in life and song.” With cover art also by Bill MacKay (the third of his albums on Drag City to feature his work), Locust Land stands as a thoroughly personal statement from Bill to everyone everywhere.