Joan Shelley announces new album with title-track "The Spur"

"The Spur" is Shelley's first new material since 2020's "Bed In The River", and arrives with a Jacob and Moses Forman-directed video.

The Spur is also the title of Shelley's forthcoming album, which will follow 2019's Like the River Loves the Sea. The new album was recorded in spring 2021 at Earthwave Farm in Kentucky, and is made up of songs written between autumn 2019 and autumn 2020.

Shelley's new album was produced by James Elkington, and features contributions from Bill Callahan, Meg Baird, British novelist Max Porter and Shelley's husband Nathan Salsburg.

"The Spur is the result of a period of opposite extremes: of intellectual hyper-connection and physical isolation," Shelley explains. "This album will forever be fused with the memory of our marriage, the birth of our child, and the intense joy despite the darkness."

Tracklist:

1. Forever Blues
2. The Spur
3. Home
4. Amberlit Morning
5. Like The Thunder
6. When The Light Is Dying
7. Breath For The Boy
8. Fawn
9. Why Not Live Here
10. Bolt
11. Between Rock & Sky
12. Completely