Kevin Bronson on April 4th, 2013

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Since we premiered the first song from Western Lows back in January, the L.A. trio’s debut album has found a nice home. “Glacial” will be out June 4 via local imprint JAXART Records (whose recent releases include Incan Abraham, So Many Wizards and Steffaloo, among others). Western Lows, of course, is the new vehicle for the songs of Mezzanine Owls’ Jack Burnside, who embeds his plaintive melancholy in hazy sonics and dreamy textures. The result is like watching a beautiful sunset through frosted glass. The album was recorded in Athens, Ga., with Now’s It’s Overhead’s Andy Lemaster (also a co-conspirator for a lot of Saddle Creek artists), who plays bass while Jeremy Wheatley (Crooked Fingers) drums. Western Lows’ live band features Michael Orendy on bass and Julien Bellin on drums.

||| Stream: “Icicles,” “Gave Away” and “Lazy”

||| Live: Western Lows play April 15 at the Satellite as part of Chief’s residency.

Photo by Paley Fairman