Lady on the Cusp

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Lady on the Cusp
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 17, 2024 (2024-05-17)
Length34:56
Label Polyvinyl
Producer Kevin Barnes
Of Montreal chronology
Freewave Lucifer Fck Fck Fck
(2022)
Lady on the Cusp
(2024)
Singles from Lady on the Cusp
  1. "Yung Hearts Bleed Free"
    Released: March 5, 2024
  2. "Rude Girl on Rotation"
    Released: April 16, 2024

Lady on the Cusp is the upcoming nineteenth studio album by American indie rock band of Montreal. It is set to be released on May 17, 2024, through Polyvinyl Record Co..

Contents

Background

Prior to the album release, Kevin Barnes and his partner Christina Schneider left Athens, Georgia for the state of Vermont. The process of relocating from his home of nearly three decades directly inspired this album. [1] A press release refers to Lady on the Cusp as a "reintroduction" to the band, continuing on a "path forward rather" instead of revisiting "past sounds". [2] The album announcement on March 5, 2024, also saw the release of the lead single "Yung Hearts Bleed Free", which was inspired by Leos Carax's Boy Meets Girl (1984), the group Bootsy's Rubber Band and the purchase of a Yamaha TG33 and a Kawai K1M. [3] With the track, Barnes aimed at a "strutting, sexy little vamp of a song" that came out "playful and free". [4] A North American tour to support the album will take place from May to July 2024. [5]

Track listing

Lady on the Cusp track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Music Hurts the Head"3:48
2."2 Depressed 2 Fuck"2:47
3."Rude Girl on Rotation"2:40
4."Yung Hearts Bleed Free"3:50
5."Soporific Cell"5:17
6."I Can Read Smoke"2:15
7."Pi$$ Pi$$"4:04
8."Sea Mines That Mr. Gone"3:30
9."Poetry Surf"2:17
10."Genius in the Wind"4:28
Total length:34:56

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