Launder
LA based Launder shares latest single Become featuring French artist Soko on vocals, taken from debut album Happening due for release 15th July via Ghostly.
Photography Credit: Cameron McCool
Shifting through hazy guitars intwined with almost dreamlike vocals Become came together during a casual session with friends Jackson Phillips (Day Wave), Zachary Cole Smith (DIIV), and Soko, Launder’s John Cudlip comments “This is the most collaborative track on the record, I couldn't have made this song what it is by myself.” While Soko reveals, "’Become’ is about being stuck in situations where you know you deserve better, but it still drags you down. And you know deep down that to become your best self you have to break through thick layers of detangling old patterns and live with intention. Become the majestic lion you know you are… It’s also about the duality of anxiety: being stuck between feeling small and wanting to break free.”
To record the album, Cudlip and collaborators — including Chase Meier (bass), Bryan DeLeon (drums), Nathan Hawelu (lead guitar), French artist Soko (who takes the lead vocal duties on "Become”) — joined co-producer, engineer, and mixer Sonny DiPerri (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, DIIV) at New Monkey Studio, the vintage analog/modern digital recording studio in Van Nuys, CA once owned by Elliott Smith.
Happening is out 15th July 2022 via Ghostly Pre-order HERE
