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Sleater-Kinney have shared details of their new album ‘Little Rope’ and a tour in support of it alongside the release of lead single ‘Hell’.The Washington, US-formed indie rockers release their 11th album on January 19 via Loma Vista Recordings (pre-order here).Today (October 3) the duo comprising Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein have also shared the accompanying music video for ‘Hell’ directed by Ashley Connor (The Miseducation Of Cameron Post), which stars actress and Kajillionaire filmmaker Miranda July.‘Hell’, which was recorded at Flora Recording and Playback in Portland, Oregon with Grammy-winning producer John Congleton, is being released against the backdrop of a family tragedy.In autumn 2022, Brownstein received a call from Tucker, who herself had just received a call from the American embassy in Italy. Years earlier, Brownstein has listed Tucker as her emergency contact on a passport form, and while she had since changed her phone number, Tucker hadn’t.The embassy staff were desperately trying to reach Brownstein to inform her that her mother and stepfather had been killed in a car crash while holidaying in Italy.Press material notes that although some of the album had already been written, aspects of each song (e.g. a guitar solo, the singing style, sonic approaches) were approached with grief hanging heavy.See the tracklist and artwork for ‘Little Rope’, as well as all of Sleater-Kinney’s upcoming live shows below.‘Little Rope’ tracklist:01. ‘Hell’02. ‘Needlessly Wild’03. ‘Say It Like You Mean It’04. ‘Hunt You Down’05. ‘Small Finds’06. ‘Don’t Feel Right’07. ‘Six Mistakes’08. ‘Crusader’09. ‘Dress Yourself’10. ‘Untidy Creature’Tickets for the 2024 North American tour shows go on sale this Friday (October 6)

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Angel Olsen stopped by The Tonight Show this week to perform the title track from her upcoming new album ‘Whole New Mess’.The North Carolina singer-songwriter, whose last album ‘All Mirrors’ arrived last year, signalled her return last week by posting a brief snippet of new music.On Tuesday (July 28), she followed it up by sharing the title track of her new album, complete with video directed by Ashley Connor, who has worked with Olsen on a number of projects.On the evening of the same day, she gave a chilling virtual performance of ‘Whole New Mess’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – you can watch it below.Containing 11 tracks and arriving on August 28 via Jagjaguwar, Olsen’s new album ‘Whole New Mess’ will contain nine songs

Angel Olsen has teased a new track and video titled ‘Whole New Mess’, which will be released next week.The singer uploaded a fifteen second snippet of music and visuals and a link to a premiere of the video which will take place at 5pm BST on Tuesday July 28.Tuesday July 28 https://t.co/CurWxE3ipg pic.twitter.com/dhaCrp5WRW— Angel Olsen (@AngelOlsen) July 24, 2020The video is directed by Ashley Connor has worked with Olsen a number of times, providing visuals for ‘Lark’, ‘All Mirrors’, ‘Shut Up’, ‘Intern’, ‘Tiniest Seed’ and ‘Hi Five’.