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Allah-Las drop the new single, "Sky Club"

23 August 2023, 13:04 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

Los Angeles-based Allah-Las are set to unveil their much-anticipated album, Zuma 85, later this year. Today they reveal a new taster with “Sky Club".

On Zuma 85, Allah-Las embrace the influences of late-era Lou Reed and John Cale, the ‘70s mutant pop of Peter Ivers and early Eno and Roxy Music. The pandemic-included downtime opened up space for the band members to focus on their own lives and interests, and the time to re-envision what creative processes could look like.

When it came time to reconvene, a sense of looseness proved pivotal. Instead of bringing finished songs to the studio, they entered the picturesque Panoramic House recording in Stinson Beach with sketches, ideas, and riffs. Working with co-producer Jeremy Harris (White Fence, Devendra Banhart, Ty Segall) they shaped and crafted the new songs in real time over three sessions, which were then mixed in Los Angeles by frequent collaborator Jarvis Taveniere (Woods, Avalanches, Purple Mountains).

"Sky Club" follows "Right On Time", "The Stuff" and the album's title track, "Zuma 85". Zuma 85 is being released via the band’s own label, Calico Discos, in partnership with Innovative Leisure, which released earlier albums including Allah-Las (2012) and Worship The Sun (2014). The album follows their 2019 release, LAHS.

"Sky Club" is out now. Allah-Las release their fifth studio album, Zuma 85, on 13 October. Pre-orders are available now.

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