The folk-rockers share the set’s first single, “Ophelia.”
We simulated the way we did things back home we just ground away.
Though only a few years into their thirties, theyve been writing and playing together for decades.
(The two men grew up together in Ramsey, New Jersey.
Its a heavier record, Schultz says.
But it suits a personality like me.
Im always on to the next.
Ophelia, streaming below, had a particularly long gestation period.
That hook has been in the making for four years, he says.
But we didnt have a verse.
The album gets its title from a song of the same name.
On Cleopatra Schultz tells the story of a woman named Manana from the Republic of Georgia.
That was the bedrock of the album, he says of the tune.
The singer and his wife came to know her through a friend.
She has a willingness to confront life.
There is the, What have you done for me lately?-attitude in Top 40, he admits.
Every little sound you hear on this record was intentional.
Ophelia is streaming below.Cleopatrais due for release April 8 via Dualtone.
Track Listing forCleopatrais below:
1.
Sleep On The Floor
2.
In The Light
7.
Long Way From Home
9.
Sick In The Head
10.
Patience
The group will also tour in support.
