On September 19th, 2025, Clipping will release Dead Channel SkyPlus, the digital deluxe edition of the group’s Cyberpunk-inspired Hip-Hop project originally released earlier this year, worldwide on Sub Pop.
Dead Channel Sky Plus expands and reorders the original 20-song sequence. The album is now 24 tracks long and includes the new songs “Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison and Kid Koala),” “Forever War,” “Hard-Eyes,” and current live fan favorite “Mirrorshades, Pt. 1.” Please find a full tracklisting below.
Dead Channel SkyPlus was produced and mixed by Clipping and Steve Kaplan and mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering.
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky is also available on CD/2xLP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (US) and Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), your local record store, and at Clipping’s live shows will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Emerald/Forest Green Ghostly Mashup (North America) and Neon Pink (UK/Europe). The Dead Channel Sky album art was created by Designers Republic.
Clipping previously announced International tour dates in support of Dead Channel Sky Plus. The tour begins on Thursday, August 7th, in Minneapolis, MN, at The Fine Line and currently runs through Wednesday, September 24th, in Glasgow, UK, at The Garage.
Upon their return to the US, Clipping has scheduled two festival appearances: Chicago, IL’s COLD WAVES XIII Festival (Sep. 27th) and Cincinnati, OH’s Talk Low Fest (Sep. 28th). Please find a complete list of dates below.
Thu. Aug. 07 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fine Line (Sold Out) Fri. Aug. 08 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre (Sold Out) Sat. Aug. 09 - Detroit, MI - El Club (Sold Out) Mon. Aug. 11 - Toronto, ON - The Concert Hall (Venue change - tickets added!) Tue. Aug. 12 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Fairmount Wed. Aug. 13 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair (Sold Out) Thu. Aug. 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere (Sold Out) Fri. Aug. 15 - Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club (Sold Out) Sat. Aug. 16 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club Sun. Aug. 17 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy Sun. Sep. 14 Wroclaw, PL - Avant Art Fest Mon. Sep. 15 - Leipzig, DE - Moritzbastei Tue. Sep. 16 - Berlin, DE - Gretchen Wed. Sep. 17 - Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang Thu. Sep.18 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Fri. Sep. 19 - Brussels, BE - Botanique Sat. Sep. 20 - Paris, FR - Le Machine Du Moulin Rouge Sun. Sep. 21 - London, UK - Koko Tue. Sep. 23 - Leeds, UK - Project House Wed. Sep. 24 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage Sep. 27 - Chicago, IL - COLD WAVES XIII Festival (@The Metro) Sep. 28 - Cincinnati, OH - Talk Low Fest (@Memorial Hall)
What People Are Saying About Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky: “An epic masterpiece.” ★★★★ ½, DIY
“It’s simply a masterclass in vibrant, unique and breath-stealing hip-hop whose layers of complexity never stand in the way of its fun, vivid storytelling.” 9/10, CLASH
“Dead Channel Sky is clipping. at their most techno-shocked, reconnecting with the nexus of hip-hop and sci-fi fused by pioneers…” ★★★★ ALL MUSIC
“On their most immediate and vital album yet, the LA rap trio reimagine a cyberpunk-inspired present and future.” PASTE
“Named after the static-filled sky in William Gibson’s sci-fi novel Neuromancer, the album’s cyberpunk-inspired production - courtesy of Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson - imagines an alternate reality where a fusion of electro, Dutch hardcore, drum ‘n’ bass and industrial noise is the norm, while rapper Daveed Diggs explores abandoned pasts and doomed futures in his signature rapid-fire style.” CRACK
“This music here is less the atmospheric synthesizers of a Vangelis score and more the kind of neural buzz and ecstasy rush of the Crystal Method, the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy soundtracking films like the mid-’90s inside-the-computer action of Hackers. However block-rockin’ their beats might be, clipping. aren’t excavating the past just for the sake of nostalgia.” 8/10, Exclaim
“The album is shot through with high-concept storytelling and industrial beats infused with glitchy electronic noises. Diggs’ propulsive rapping lends each song urgency, leading to an overall sound that can only be described as post-apocalyptic.” The AV Club
“The whole thing is a total head-trip.” BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Album of the Week,” Louder Than War
Clipping Dead Channel Sky Plus
Tracklisting: 1.Intro 2. Dominator 3. Change the Channel 4. Run It 5. Go 6. Simple Degradation (Plucks 1-13) (with Bitpanic) 7. Code 8. Dodger 9. Malleus (with Nels Cline) 10. Mirrorshades pt. 1 11. Scams (feat. Tia Nomore) 12. Keep Pushing 13. “From Bright Bodies” (Interlude) 14. Mood Organ 15. Forever War 16. Polaroids 17. Simple Degradation (Plucks 14-18) (with Bitpanic) 18. Madcap 19. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (feat. Cartel Madras) 20. “And You Called” (Interlude) 21. Hard-Eyes 22. Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison & Kid Koala) 23. Welcome Home Warrior (feat. Aesop Rock) 24. Ask What Happened
Today, Tuesday, July 22nd, Nation of Language is sharing the pulsating and gorgeous track “Under the Water,” a new offering from Dance Called Memory, their forthcoming Sub Pop debut.
Nation of Language’s Ian Devaney offers this on the song, “This was the last one to make the cut before we turned the record in. We’d always had a lot of enthusiasm for the track, but the studio schedule had gotten a bit unwieldy over the holidays and an arbitrary deadline had been set to be done with LP4 prior to leaving for a January tour in Australia supporting IDLES. As such we’d turned in the final album mixes for mastering before getting on the plane and I’d resigned myself to saving ‘Under the Water’ for some subsequent release down the line. But somewhere over the Pacific Ocean while trying to sequence the album clarity set in that despite our love for rigid adherence to the production calendar, we wanted it on there. So before soundchecks on the other side of the planet we hooked up all the synths we’d brought with us in the greenroom, remotely concocting the version you hear now. If it somehow sounds distinctly of the southern hemisphere, now you’ll all know why.”
Nation of Language’s previously announced international headlining tour dates in North America, the EU, and the UK for the fall of 2025 begin on Wednesday, August 20th in Brattleboro, VT at The Stone Church and currently run through Friday, November 28th in Lisbon, PT at LAV. Highlights for this tour include Nation of Language’s three hometown album release shows at the Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY (Sep. 18th-20th), and their largest UK and EU headline appearances to date at The Roundhouse in London (Nov.8th) and Columbiahalle in Berlin (Nov. 21st).
Support for the North American and UK/EU shows will come from Safe Mind (Aug. 21st-23rd), Deathwish Inc.’s Greet Death (Sep. 20th-Oct. 5th), Sub Pop labelmates Deeper (Oct.16th-30th), and Partisan Records act Westerman (Oct. 8th-16th + Nov. 8th-22nd).
Preceding the late summer/fall headline run, Nation of Language will also support Death Cab For Cutie on its Plans: 20th Anniversary Tour in Seattle at the Climate Pledge Arena (Thu. Jul. 31st + Sat. Aug. 2nd) and in Chicago at Chicago Theatre (Tue. Aug. 5th + Wed. Aug. 5th).
Nation of Language Summer 2025 Support Shows w/ Death Cab for Cutie Thu. Jul. 31 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena ** Sat. Aug. 02 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena ** [Sold Out] Tue. Aug. 05 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater ** [Sold Out] Wed. Aug. 06 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater ** [Sold Out]
August - October 2025 North American Headline Shows Wed. Aug. 20 - Brattleboro, VT - The Stone Church Thu. Aug. 21 - Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom ! Fri. Aug. 22 - Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater ! Sat. Aug. 23 - Portland, ME - State Theatre ! Thu. Sep. 18 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw % Fri. Sep. 19 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw + Sat. Sep. 20 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw # Sun. Sep. 21 - Boston, MA - Royale # Tue. Sep. 23 - Detroit, MI - The Majestic # Wed. Sep. 24 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall # Fri. Sep. 26 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue # Sat. Sep. 27 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom # Mon. Sep. 29 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown # Tue. Sep. 30 - Kansas City, MO - The Truman # Thu. Oct. 02 - Denver, CO - The Gothic Theatre # Sat. Oct. 04 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory # Sun. Oct. 05 - Missoula, MT - Top Hat # Wed. Oct. 08 - Vancouver, BC - The Pearl ^ Sun. Oct. 11 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall ^ Mon. Oct. 13 - San Francisco. CA - The Fillmore ^ Wed. Oct. 15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theater ^ Thu. Oct. 16 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theater * Fri. Oct. 17 - San Diego, CA - Music Box * Tue. Oct. 21 - Austin, TX - Mohawk * Wed. Oct. 22 - Dallas, TX - The Studio at The Bomb Factory * Thu. Oct. 24 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall * Sat. Oct. 25 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse * Sun. Oct. 26 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cat’s Cradle * Mon. Oct. 27 - Richmond, VA - The Broadberry * Wed. Oct. 29 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer * Thu. Oct. 30 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
** w/ Death Cab For Cutie ! w/ Safe Mind # w/ Greet Death * w/ Deeper ^ w/ Westerman + w/ Horse Jumper of Love % w/ A. Savage $ w/ Telekura
Nation of Language previewed the release of Dance Called Memory with current radio single “Inept Apollo” in April by sharing the dioramic official video, also directed by John MacKay. The song recently hit #18 on the Billboard AAA chart (week of July 19th).
Nation of Language’s Dance Called Memory was recorded, produced, and mixed by returning producer and collaborator Nick Millhiser in New York City and was mastered by Heba Kadry in Brooklyn. Dance Called Memory also features the previously mentioned “Inept Apollo” and “Under the Water,” along with highlights “In Your Head,” “Silhouette,” and “I’m Not Ready for the Change.”
Dance Called Memory is available to preorder on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LP purchases from Nation of Language’s Offical Webstore, megamart.subpop.com in North America, MM2 in the UK + EU, your local record store, and directly from the band at their live shows will receive the limited “Loser” Edition on Clear + Black & Blue Hi-Melt (NA), Clear Blue w/ White Hi-Melt (Band Web Exclusive) or Corona Red/White (UK/EU) vinyl. There will also be special color variants available, including Rough Trade (UK) and Urban Outfitters (US) (all vinyl color editions whilst stock lasts!).
What People Are Saying About Nation of Language: “An instantly appealing synthpop track, melodic and understated. It’s a grower.” [“Inept Apollo”] BROOKLYN VEGAN
“The New York trio capture the tension between the need for creative expression and its futility by offering some romantic, rejuvenating synth pop.” [“Inept Apollo”] “100 Best Songs of 2025 (So Far),” Consequence of Sound
“‘Inept Apollo’ feels like a Gary Numan-meets-Devo-meets-A.G. Cook fever dream. The synths are punchier than ever, the melodies danceable, the vocals mysterious and enticing. The song shapeshifts as it unfolds, becoming its own reflection of the creative process.” “Best New Songs,” PASTE
“There is something instantly transportive about Ian Richard Devaney’s voice, which leaps with an operatic ease, yet maintains a soft-focus diaphanousness as it curls around lyrical transmissions just vague enough to feel applicable to any situation.” [“Inept Apollo”] “Staff Pick,” EXCLAIM!
“It’s a blinky synth track with a rickety drum-machine beat and a whole lot of dreamy effects on the vocals and guitars. I’d say it fills up a room quite pleasantly.” [“I’m Not Ready for the Change”] STEREOGUM
“…shades of my bloody valentine adorn the guitars, while the jagged post-punk aspects are illuminated with Human League style synths.” [“I’m Not Ready for the Change”] CLASH
Nation of Language Dance Called Memory
Tracklisting: 1. Can’t Face Another One 2. In Another Life 3. Silhouette 4. Now That You’re Gone 5. I’m Not Ready for the Change 6. Can You Reach Me 7. Inept Apollo 8. Under the Water 9. In Your Head 10. Nights of Weight
I did not enter this world afraid And I refuse to leave it this way.
Flock of Dimes – the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Jenn Wasner – releases her third album, The Life You Save, worldwide on October 10th, 2025, on Sub Pop Records.
Across the last few decades – whether it be as Flock of Dimes, as half of beloved duo Wye Oak, or via one of her many collaborations with Bon Iver, Sylvan Esso, and a sprawling list of other musical juggernauts – Wasner’s extensive catalog displays her gift for balancing authenticity and directness with an unmistakable left-of-center sensibility. Her songwriting has always found her as a keen-eyed observer, a deeply empathetic and thoughtful storyteller with a skill for probing memory, heartbreak, and unhealed trauma, a shroud of syncopation or off-kilter guitar taking a song somewhere quietly prodigious.
Her last solo album, the critically-lauded Head of Roses, took on heartbreak from a dualistic perspective, following a winding thread of intuition into the unknown and into healing. Her new album, The Life You Save, takes that a step further; put simply, it’s the most honest, intimate and personally revealing record of Wasner’s career. As heart-wrenching as they are hopeful, its twelve tracks delve the depths of addiction and codependency, inherited and experienced trauma, and the process of finding peace in the face of others’ suffering. The Life You Save is resonant, unflinchingly exposed – like a missive from the eye of a storm. But while it somehow manages to feel both viscerally raw and vulnerable, above it floats a sense of quiet peace, a sheen of hindsight, or perhaps of acceptance. It is the story of how it feels to be trapped between two worlds—the one you came from, and the one you’ve escaped to; about the belief that somehow, you can take the ones you love with you to this place; about the grief of realizing that the only person you can save is yourself.
The Life You Save was produced by Jenn Wasner and recorded at Betty’s in Chapel Hill, NC, and Montrose Recording in Los Angeles, CA. The Life You Save also features additional production from Nick Sanborn (tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11), is engineered by Adrian Olsen & Alli Rogers, mixed by Adrian Olsen, and mastered by Huntley Miller.
Jenn writes on The Life You Save: “My previous records, generally, have been a summary of things I had already been through— experiences I had observed and reflected upon, reporting back from some amount of distance. But this record is different. It is an attempt to report from inside of a process that is ongoing and unfinished, from which I will likely never fully emerge as long as I am alive: my struggle within the cycles of addiction and co-dependency.
“I set out trying to make a record about other people.
“Their problems, their struggles, their addictions.
“I struggled for many years to give myself permission to write about this subject–worried that I was telling someone else’s story, a story that was not mine to tell. The work felt hazy and obscured; I was confused, and I struggled. The beauty of songwriting, at its best, is that it puts you in touch with your subconscious–a place where you can only tell the truth. Many of those truths were hard to accept. Some I don’t, even now, feel fully ready to say. But through this process, I came to understand that I was struggling with this record because I wasn’t being honest with myself. I was so deeply entrenched in the system in which I was raised that I thought I was outside of it, and the ways in which I continued to participate remained invisible to me.
“But slowly, painstakingly, through this work I began to realize—I am not apart from all of this. I have been performing my role from a distance, but I am still engaged, still connected:
“I’m inside it, after all.
“As it turns out, this record is not someone else’s story–it is mine, the story of my life. A life spent believing I had escaped, and that I deserved to feel guilty for doing so. A life in which I believed that the right combination of words, actions, effort, and expense could somehow change others’ behavior. And a life in which blindness to my own patterns caused me to hurt others, and prevented me from finding the true love and acceptance I yearned for.
“The belief that you can rescue others comes from more than one place, internally speaking. The part that is easiest to see and acknowledge is the one that stems from love, good intentions, and a genuine desire to offer care and support. But there’s an uglier side, and that part is harder to look at—the ego, the pridefulness, the belief that you are better, stronger, somehow more deserving than all the rest. That through your attempts to control others’ behavior, you can somehow secure a sense of safety for yourself.
“I know the rules, but I ignore them, I think I’m good enough to pull this off.
“Or, more simply:
“I think I’m god; I know I’m not.
“For me, that was the puzzle piece that finally made it all make sense. But it was also the piece that was the hardest to hold. It took a long time for me to build up enough love—not for others, but for myself—that acknowledging this truth would not break me. I understand now that I’m not the savior, not the hero, not the chosen one. I’m spinning in my own wheel, a bundle of addictions and adaptations and blind spots, just like everybody else. And there is a beauty to that, along with a kind of freedom.
“In the end, it is my hope that this record exists as a testament to the depth of my love for those I cannot save, and that it might provide some comfort for anyone who is still learning how to love and live for themselves.”
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On Friday, October 10th, Flock of Dimes will release The Life You Save, her stunning new album, worldwide from Sub Pop. The 13-track longplayer features the highlights “Afraid,” “Keep Me In The Dark,” “Defeat,” and today’s offering, its lead single and official video for “Long After Midnight.” The tender, single-take visual stars Jenn, and is directed by Spence Kelly.
The Life You Save is available to preorder now on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LP purchased from megamart.subpop.com in North America, MegaMart Europe in the UK + EU, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition on Citrus (NA) or Pearl (UK/EU) vinyl (all vinyl color editions whilst stock lasts!)
Flock of Dimes will support The Life You Save with headlining US tour dates in November and December. The east coast run begins Thursday, November 6th, in Philadelphia at Johnny Brenda’s and ends Wednesday, November 12th in Saxapahaw, NC at Haw River Ballroom. The west coast run will start Monday, December 1 in Seattle, WA at Barboza and runs through Friday, December 5th in Los Angeles, CA at Zebulon.
Presales begin tomorrow, Thursday, July 24, at 10 am ET, and on-sale to the general public opens on Friday, July 25th, at 10 am local. Please find a list of tour dates below.
Thu. Nov. 06 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s Fri. Nov. 07 - New Haven, CT - Space Ballroom Sat. Nov. 08 - Brooklyn, NY - National Sawdust Sun. Nov. 09 - Somerville, MA - The Rockwell Tue. Nov. 11 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis Wed. Nov. 12 - Saxapahaw, NC - Haw River Ballroom Mon. Dec. 01 - Seattle, WA - Barboza Tue. Dec. 02 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios Thu. Dec. 04 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop Fri. Dec. 05 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
Flock of Dimes The Life You Save
Tracklisting: 1. Afraid 2. Keep Me in the Dark 3. Long After Midnight 4. Defeat 5. Close to Home 6. The Enemy 7. Not Yet Free 8. Pride 9. Theo 10. Instead of Calling 11. River in My Arms 12. I Think I’m God
On January 16, 2026, Ya Tseen (pronounced Yacht Seen) will return with their new album, Stand on My Shoulders, digitally available worldwide from Sub Pop. Led by multi-disciplinary artist Nicholas Galanin, Stand On My Shoulders is an incandescent exploration of existence, a celebration of love and connection to Land.
Stand On MyShoulders features guest performances from Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, dreamcastmoe, Anel Figueroa, Jahon Mikal, Pink Sifu, Sidibe, Hanna Ben, and Ashley Young. The album builds on the group’s 2020 Sub Pop debut, Indian Yard, with revolutionary love as the foundation for collective liberation, centering connection, longing, and resistance. The cover art for Stand On My Shoulders is one of Galanin’s monoprints, referencing a photo of his father, who passed away in 2021. His father’s Tlingit regalia remains, but the wearer isn’t visible, highlighting the space to be filled by future generations. With Stand On My Shoulders, Ya Tseen uplifts the gifts given to us by our ancestors and the collective responsibilities we have to future generations.
Today, the group has shared an official video for their debut offering “Taste On My Lips” feat. Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, & Sidibe.
Galanin shares of the track “Taste on my lips is a love note written for the dance floor, inspired by connections made possible on those floors for generations.”
You can watch the video, which was directed by Stephen Gray, here.
Galanin is a musician and visual artist who has been creating music, customary Tlingit carving, and interdisciplinary art for over two decades. His sculpture and video work have been shown at the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Sydney Biennial, Desert X, Art Week Miami Beach, and by the New York Public Art Fund. Galanin’s visual and sonic work are interconnected streams of creative flow, integral to the watershed of work he creates.
Ya Tseen has confirmed a 7-date run supporting Portugal. The Man. These dates will begin on November 6th in Portland, OR, and end on November 19th in Denver, CO. See below for a complete list of shows.
Thu. Nov. 06 - Portland, OR- Revolution Hall # Fri. Nov. 07 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall # Sun. Nov. 09- Seattle, WA - Showbox (SoDo) # Tue. Nov. 11 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater (OAK) # Sat. Nov. 15 - Pomona, CA - Glass House, # Sun. Nov. 16 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern # Wed. Nov. 19 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom #
# w/ Portugal. the Man
Stand On My Shoulders is now available for pre-save on all participating DSPs. Click here to pre-save the entire album.
More about Ya Tseen Ya Tseen is a continually evolving musical collaboration guided by Nicholas Galanin/Yeil Ya Tseen. Born into the Sitka Tribe of Alaska (Tlingit) Galanin is L’uknax.ádi (Raven Coho clan). He began learning music from his father, Dei Kee Tla Tin (Dave Galanin, 1955-2021), an accomplished Blues guitarist who performed under the name Strummin’ Dog. In 2013 Galanin was in a serious boat accident while returning home from a hunting trip that broke his back and ribs. He recalls the stars overhead as he was airlifted from the boat, connecting him to his earliest memory of looking up at the night sky, and his connection to Land. Galanin has returned to this experience of intense connection to Land throughout his career, in many ways it guides his creative practice. Following the accident, his father gave him the name Yeil Ya Tseen, meaning Raven be alive, an affirmation of Galanin’s survival and an acknowledgment of his experience. After his father’s passing, Galanin renamed his musical project Ya Tseen (to be alive) as a connection to his lineage and responsibility to live and create as a part of Lingit cultural continuum.
Yeil Ya Tseen/Galanin has been creating music, customary Tlingit carving, and interdisciplinary art for over two decades. Galanin’s sculpture and video work have been shown at the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Sydney Biennial, Desert X, Art Week Miami Beach, and by the New York Public Art Fund. Galanin is a member of the artist collective Black Constellation. In 2018 Galanin raised his first Kooteeya (totem pole) as lead carver in Juneau Alaska, followed by a second in 2023. Galanin’s visual and sonic work are interconnected streams of creative flow, each integral to the watershed of work he produces and contributes to. Ya Tseen (previously Indian Agent, Silver Jackson) has performed across North America, Europe, and Australia, most recently with Portugal the Man and Samantha Crain to fund the rebuilding of a Tlingit clan house in Sitka. As Ya Tseen, the band has expanded into a musical project, a fluid collective woven from numerous voices and sonic signatures.
Ya Tseen’s first album with Sub Pop Indian Yard included collaborations with Shabazz Palaces, Stas THEE Boss, Nick Hakim and continued his long term collaborations with O.C.Notes, Zak D. Wass, Tunia, Jesse Hughey, supported by Derek Haukaas (drums), Nikko Van Wycke (Bass), Jase Ihler (drums).
With their second release on Sub Pop Ya Tseen expands their collaborative approach, featuring Portugal The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, dreamcastmoe, Anel Figueroa, Jahon Mikal, Pink Sifu, Sidibe, Hanna Ben, and Ashley Young.
Ya Tseen’s newest album, Stand On My Shoulders, builds on connection and revolutionary love as the foundation for collective liberation that ran throughout Indian Yard. The album cover art is a monoprint created by Galanin, based on a photograph of his father in Tlingit regalia. The regalia remains, but the wearer isn’t visible, leaving space to be filled by future generations. With Stand On My Shoulders, Ya Tseen uplifts the gifts given to us by our ancestors and the collective responsibilities we have to future generations. The album is an incandescent exploration of existence and a celebration of the persistence of love and connection to Land.
Ya Tseen Stand On My Shoulders
1. Ircenrraat (feat. Ashley Young)
2. Twilight (feat. Pink Siifu, Sidibe)
3. Perfect Combo (feat. dreamcastmoe)
4. Taste On My Lips (feat. Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, Sidibe)
The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life, Debby Friday’s luminous and expansive new album, and the follow-up to GOOD LUCK, her Polaris Prize-winning, full-length debut, is out today worldwide from Sub Pop and in Canada from Royal Mountain Records. The album features the highlights “Bet On Me,” “Lipsync,” “All I Wanna Do Is Party,” “1/17,” and today’s offering, the official video for the shoegaze dancehall track “Alberta.”
Friday codirected the somber and tearful “Alberta” visual with returning collaborator Kevan Funk. She says of the song, and the visual’s place in The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life universe, “Alberta encapsulates so much of what I’ve learned about love, grief, forgiveness and what it means to be together with others. I see your heart and I know that I and Thou are the same. In a way, it is the ultimate ethos of the album. I borrowed a little bit from David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive for the video. There’s this hypnotizing transmission of a deep and shared sadness that happens during the Club Silencio scene that really shook me the first time I saw it.”
Debby Friday is also announcing new UK/EU shows for October 2025 in support of The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life. The dates begin October 12th in Warsaw, PL at VooDoo Club and end Friday, October 24th Manchester, UK at Islington Mill. Tickets for these shows are on sale Friday, August 5th.
As for Debby Friday’s previously announced US shows, those include San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences on Thursday, September 25th; Brooklyn’s Public Records on Thursday, October 30th; Los Angeles at the Moroccan Lounge on Friday, November 7th; And Chicago’s Schubas on Friday, November 21st.
Debby Friday will also appear at Montreal’s Osheaga Festival this Sunday, August 3rd, and at Mexico City’s Corona Capital on Friday, November 14th. Please find a complete list of dates below.
Sun. Aug. 03 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival (2 pm) Sun. Aug. 03 - Montreal, QC - Le Systeme - (Album Listening Party - 8 pm) Thu. Sep. 25 - San Francisco, CA - California Academy of Sciences Sun. Oct. 12 - Warsaw, PL - VooDoo Club Tue. Oct.14 - Berlin, DE - Monarch Wed. Oct. 15 - Hamburg, DE - Betty Thu. Oct. 16 - Cologne, DE - Garage Tue. Oct. 21 - London, UK - Club Cheek Fri. Oct. 24 - Manchester, UK - Islington Mill Thu. Oct. 30 - Brooklyn, NY - Public Records Fri. Nov. 07 - Los Angeles, CA - The Moroccan Lounge Fri. Nov. 14 - Mexico City, MX - Corona Capital Festival Fri. Nov. 21 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life is available now on CD/LP/DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop and in Canda from Royal Mountain. LPs purchased from megamart.subpop.com in the US, MegaMart 2 in the UK and EU, Royal Mountain in Canada, Debby Friday’s live shows, and your local record store will receive the following limited color vinyl versions: the Sub Pop Loser editions on Graphite (US) and Bio Light Blue (EU/UK), and Royal Mountain’s edition on White (Canada) (All vinyl colors whilst stock lasts!).
What People Are Saying About Debby Friday’s The Starr Of The Queen Of Life: “The Starrr… has clearly been born of sweaty city nightclubs and subsequent comedowns, tying together dancefloor escapism and the shock of hurtling back to the real world.” ★★★★ DIY
”Where once her voice was all rasp and growl, falsetto now glides through kinetic beats pulled from Detroit techno, Gqom, baile funk and even “shoegaze dancehall” …The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life’ is way more open, more pop, more emotional, like a sparkly dancefloor moment mixed with a late-night diary entry – wild and vulnerable all at once.” NME
“ It’s a sweaty, clubby effort that digs just deep enough into various underground styles (hello Detroit ghettotech phenoms HiTech) to lend it some authentic grit, and a production glow-up that matches FRIDAY’s confidence better than anything on her debut.” 8/10, EXCLAIM!
“The result is a kinetic headrush of genre-blurring electro-pop, one that moves through genres at a breakneck speed.” Toronto Star
“‘1/17’ and ‘All I Wanna Do Is Party’—are euphoric, neon-lit EDM bangers ready for Electric Daisy Carnival or Ultra Music Festival… “In the Club” is a terrific dancefloor filler, co-produced by Hi-Tech, while the pulsating strut of ‘Lipsync’ is right in her wheelhouse. There’s also the sexy, successful drum-and-bass workout ‘Bet on Me’ and the slippery ballad ‘Higher’—both highlights. Best of all, the album closes with ‘Darker The Better,’ a gothy jam powered by a Cure-esque bassline that feels more like Debby’s natural habitat than where the album begins.” “Indie Basement” - BROOKLYN VEGAN
“The Toronto-based vocalist and producer Debby Friday won the Polaris Music Prize for her sharp 2023 debut album, Good Luck. She returns with the euphoric electro-pop single ‘1/17,’ a dance-floor confessional that shows off yet another side of her multifaceted talent. “I swear you’re a sign,” Friday sings in an airy atmosphere punctured by percolating synths. The track builds layer atop gauzy layer until it explodes in a burst of club-ready catharsis.” [‘1/17”] The New York Times
“The song brings back some of that old PC Music feeling. It’s a euphoric, unapologetically cheesy trance-pop confection. As synth-bloops whirl all around her, Friday chants, “Poetry and nude selfies, love the way that you know me.” It feels like it’s heading toward a climactic beat-drop…the drums do eventually arrive, and that moment is awesome. Friday co-directed the bare-bones ‘1/17’ video with Kevan Funk, and it makes a great case for her as a performer.” [‘1/17”] STEREOGUM
“Last time we heard a single from Debby Friday, the Toronto artist was commanding girls to the dance floor on a minimal club track co-produced by Detroit rascals HiTech. She’s in a totally different headspace on the hyperpop ballad ‘1/17,’ singing about love and sensuality over bubbling synths which eventually give way to a euphoric trance finale.” [‘1/17”] THE FACE
“It’s a banger” [“All I Wanna Do Is Party”] BROOKLYN VEGAN
“…fully three-dimensional in intent and tone, it finds Debby Friday severing herself from the past. Carnal and exultant…” [“All I Wanna Do Is Party”] CLASH
“Brooklyn drag queens and music directors of upcoming all-female action films: There’s a new irresistibly catchy, dark-pop song for your consideration.” [“Lipsync”] NYLON
“The song is a bubbling electro-rap cut with half-spoken words from the Toronto-based songwriter, going full rave banger during the chorus. It almost makes me—who never wants to dance—wanna dance.” [“Lipsync”] FLOOD
“hazy yet kinetic… the chanted vocals are a particularly delightful touch” [“Bet On Me”] Our Culture
“…riotous with self-belief” [“Bet On Me”] “The Playlist,” The Guardian
Debby Friday The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life
Tracklisting: 1. 1/17 2. All I Wanna Do Is Party 3. In The Club feat. HiTech 4. Lipsync 5. Alberta 6. Higher 7. ppp (Interlude) 8. Arcadia 9. Leave. 10. Bet On Me 11. Darker The Better
