Will Butler + Sister Squares present the new single, "Stop Talking"

Following a kinetic trail of music — lead single "Long Grass", the recently shared "Arrow of Time", and "Willows" — "Stop Talking" was one of the first songs written from the forthcoming album.

“This is one of the ‘dream songs’ on the record. Emotion in dreams; dreams in reality; tired and confused. ‘Stop talking; there’s nothing to say’; not sure if it functions as a dismissal ‘Stop!’, or as a sign of love ‘You don’t have to say it; I already know’; I think, like a lot of communication between people who love each other—a little of both," Butler says.

"This song is full of fear; someone expressing fear to their partner, and the partner being like, ‘There’s nothing to fear, and also, shut up, quit being crazy.’ That’s not exactly it, but there’s something of that here.”

“After Generations, I considered making a weird solo record. Me alone in the basement, etc., etc. Mostly I realised that what I wanted was the opposite,” says Butler.

He increasingly turned to Sister Squares for feedback on lyrics and song structures and asked Francis if they’d produce the record. “Will and I organically discovered our relationship as a production duo through making this album. We didn’t have to talk too much about things as they happened, because the music just flowed,” says Francis. “As a producer, working with Jenny, Julie, and Sara is the dream. They connect so innately. In one motion they can conjure a mood, or get at the root of a feeling.”