L'Rain Announces New Album Fata Morgana, Shares Single "Soulless Cycle"
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· 2 sourcesL'Rain (Taja Cheek) has announced her new album *Fata Morgana*, arriving August 14 via Mexican Summer. Pitchfork reported the album is the culmination of a quadrilogy that began with her 2017 self-titled debut, while Stereogum noted it is the follow-up to 2023's *I Killed Your Dog*. The lead single "Soulless Cycle" was released with a video directed by Mackai Sharp, and Stereogum described the track as serene yet explosive, building from gentle beginnings into bombastic drums and guitars. Cheek created the album with longtime collaborators Ben Chapoteau-Katz and Andrew Lappin, and Pitchfork added that the work reflects on her role as a citizen of present-day United States.
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L'Rain (Taja Cheek) announces her new album Fata Morgana, arriving August 14 via Mexican Summer. The album is described as the culmination of a quadrilogy that began with her 2017 self-titled debut. The first single "Soulless Cycle" is a hell-raising track accompanied by a video directed by Mackai Sharp. Cheek made the album with longtime collaborators Ben Chapoteau-Katz and Andrew Lappin, and the work reflects on her role as a citizen of present-day United States.
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· 3 pulledThe hell-raising track comes with an elliptical video directed by Mackai Sharp.
L'Rain's Taja Cheek bills Fata Morgana as the culmination of a quadrilogy that began with her 2017 self-titled debut, followed by Fatigue and I Killed Your Dog.
She made the new LP with longtime collaborators Ben Chapoteau-Katz and Andrew Lappin, reflecting, in part, on her role as a citizen of the present-day United States.
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