Palehound announces You Sing Like You’re Joking with new single
The album is due 2/5/27 through Polyvinyl Record Co., with co-production by Julian Fader and Katie Von Schleicher and contributions from Nick Hakim.
El Kempner has announced the Palehound album You Sing Like You're Joking and shared its lead single, “Natural Disasters.” Polyvinyl Record Co. will issue the record on 2/5/27, following Palehound’s 2023 album Eye On The Bat.
Kempner worked on production with Ava Luna’s Julian Fader and Frankie Cosmos’ Katie Von Schleicher. Nick Hakim also contributed to the album, whose tracklist includes “Incisions,” “Hourglass,” “The Midwest” and “Sleep Through Anything.”
The single arrives with a video directed by Rachel Brown of Water From Your Eyes. Brown said the concept centered on memories of friendship and love, alongside a quieter depiction of approaching societal doom. A gas mask in the video references nuclear-war imagery from the 1960s, Brown explained.
According to Brown, the shoot was arranged before forecasts warned of a nor’easter. The team went ahead despite governmental warnings, but the weather remained fine for most of the day.
