Cate Le Bon has announced a new album. The Welsh musician’s follow-up to 2022’s Pompeii, Michelangelo Dying is out September 26 on Mexican Summer and features fellow Welsh artist John Cale on a song. The lead single, “Heaven Is No Feeling,” comes with a music video directed by longtime collaborator H. Hawkline. Watch it below.
“There are moments in life you can’t make up, that seem unfathomable, then they happen,” Hawkline said of the clip in a press statement. “Life calls you on a banana phone and tells you her oldest joke, everybody crowds around and you try to remember the words to your favorite song. If you were to ask me how we made this video, I couldn’t tell you. Cate watching her, watching her watching Cate. I will always feel honored to work with Cate in whatever shape or form; it’s easy to forget how remarkable someone is when you’ve known them forever. ‘I want you to make me a new video.’ ‘Have you watched the old one yet?’ ‘No.… Bravo!’”
Since the release of Pompeii, Le Bon has produced albums for Horsegirl, Wilco, and Devendra Banhart. This October, she’ll kick off an extensive tour across North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom in support of Michelangelo Dying. Scroll down to see all of Cate Le Bon’s upcoming shows.
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Michaelangelo Dying:
01 Jerome
02 Love Unrehearsed
03 Mothers of Riches
04 Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday)?
05 Pieces of My Heart
06 About Time
07 Heaven Is No Feeling
08 Body as a River
09 Ride [ft. John Cale]
10 I Know What’s Nice
Cate Le Bon:
10-09 Cardiff, Wales – Llais – Wales Millennium Centre (Cardiff Music City Festival Presents Llais)
10-10 Manchester, England – New Century
10-11 Leeds, England – Howard Assembly Rooms
10-13 Glasgow, Scotland – St. Luke’s
10-14 York, England – The Crescent
10-15 Gateshead, England – Glasshouse
10-17 Brighton, England – Chalk
11-06 Madrid, Spain – Mon
11-07 Barcelona, Spain – Paral·lel
11-09 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
11-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
11-12 Berlin, Germany – Säälchen
11-13 Hamburg, Germany – Nochtspeicher
11-14 Cologne, Germany – Gebäude
11-16 Paris, France – Cabaret Sauvage
11-18 London, England – Barbican
01-12 Washington, D.C. – The Howard
01-13 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
01-15 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
01-16 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
01-17 Hudson, NY – Basilica Hudson
01-19 Montreal, Quebec – Le National
01-20 Toronto, Ontario – The Great Hall
01-22 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
01-23 Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium
01-24 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
01-27 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
01-28 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
01-30 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
01-31 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
