Shane Butler Shares New Solo Single “Devotee”

Shane Butler, known for his work in Quilt and Olden Yolk, has shared “Devotee”, a new track from his debut solo album Heavy Debt. The song was highlighted by Stereogum, which noted that Butler is stepping out on his own while both of his bands are on hiatus.

A second single from Heavy Debt

“Devotee” follows lead single “Ringfinger”, which Butler released the previous month. Heavy Debt is due on December 4 through Peal Music, and pre-orders are available.

According to Stereogum, the track includes flourishes of percussion and woodwinds but still sits on the intimate, pastoral side of Butler’s work. Butler’s music has often fallen along the neo-psychedelic, folk, pop and rock spectrum.

A song about his mother’s life

Butler was born in New York but raised in a spiritual community in upstate New York and outside of Mumbai, India. On “Devotee”, he reflects on the life his mother lived and the lives she might have lived instead.

“My mother left home at 18 after she met a spiritual teacher and moved into a commune, a place she lived for over 25 years,” Butler says. “It was where I was raised. It was a great place for us, but I’ve still always wondered what her life would’ve been like if she would have had a story more akin to her peers; would she have been listening to like, Double Nickels On The Dime when she was 25 or something and living a very different life?”

Tour dates

Butler has announced a run of live dates:

December 3 – New York, NY, Public Records (with Silk Fence)
December 4 – Boston, MA, The Loft Somerville
December 5 – Philadelphia, PA, Abbysinia
December 16 – Los Angeles, CA, Zebulon (with Mary Lattimore)
January 22 – Chicago, IL, Schubas (with Star Moles, Sam & Louise Sullivan)

With Quilt and Olden Yolk both on hold, Heavy Debt marks Butler’s first full-length release under his own name.

Source: stereogum.com

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