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New York-via-Boston indie rocker Palehound<\/a> is gearing up to release their first new album in nearly four years; You Sing Like You\u2019re Joking<\/em> is out February 5 via Polyvinyl. The album was co-produced with Katie Von Schleicher<\/a> and Ava Luna<\/a>\u2019s Julian Fader, and features contributions from Nick Hakim<\/a>. The lead single, \u201cNatural Disasters,\u201d gets a music video directed by Water From Your Eyes<\/a>\u2019 Rachel Brown that\u2019s filled with gas masks, abandoned houses, and best friends holding hands. Watch it below.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been a huge fan of Palehound since the first record, so when El asked me to collaborate on a video, I was so honored,\u201d said Brown in a statement. \u201cMy main focus was to capture the idea of friendship and love as a memory. I think it\u2019s necessary to hold onto the joy you felt with someone, even if they are no longer in your present life, which I think the song paints so beautifully. I also wanted to present the concept of impending societal doom as something subtle and lonely. The gas mask was a direct reference to the nuclear war imagery of the 1960s. We planned the shoot before the forecast started talking about the nor\u2019easter, but I figured that the weather was on theme, so we continued to shoot even with governmental warnings. Strangely enough, the weather was perfectly fine pretty much all day.\u201d<\/p>\n You Sing Like You\u2019re Joking is El Kempner\u2019s fifth full-length LP under the Palehound alias. Their last album, Eye on the Bat<\/em><\/a>, came out in 2023.<\/p>\n