Chanel Beads — the project of New York-based musician Shane Lavers — unveils the new single / video ‘Unifying Thought’ from his anticipated debut album, Your Day Will Come, out today via Jagjaguwar.
Watch the Video for ‘Unifying Thought’
Your Day Will Come marks Lavers’ arrival as a new force in experimental music. Throughout the album, Lavers captures the many contradictions of modern existence and the strange infiniteness of the digital world. Though he incorporates the scrappy sonics of post-punk, the gripping sentimentality of pop tunes, and the spectral artifice of electronic music, he blurs lines through unconventional song structures that build into transcendental climaxes. Throughout, Lavers weaves in contributions from singer-songwriter Maya McGrory and multi-instrumentalist Zachary Paul, who offer their own layers of feeling that add to the huge emotionality of the album.
Today’s single, ‘Unifying Thought,’ showcases Chanel Beads singular use of clunky acoustic guitar, cinematic strings, and vocal harmonies as Laver sings “Focus on the love in your heart / I had a unifying thought / But I missed / Like the seasons that we lost.” The accompanying video, directed by Harleigh Shaw, showcases a day in the life of a young boy as he bikes his way through New York City.
Praise for Chanel Beads and Your Day Will Come:
“Chanel Beads is an esoteric musical project that exists at the intersections of ambient electronic, sophisti-pop, field recordings, and top 40, executed with impressionistic ease.“ — TeenVogue
“[Chanel Beads has] won over fans with its peculiar, genre-bending singles. Shane Lavers’ songs playfully push the boundaries of instrumentation.” — SPIN, Artists to Watch in 2024
“[Your Day Will Come] is primed to be a showcase of Lavers’s originality and boundless imagination.” — Paste
“Noisy and serene at once, it was a fruitful contrast that yielded something oddly like pop.” — Rolling Stone, Best of SXSW
“[Chanel Beads] finds harmony in the natural ebbs and flows of desire and detachment. A dense sound wall of erratic yet sweet strings navigates a realm that oscillates between detached observation and close sincerity.” — Flaunt
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