Former Muncie Girls singer-guitarist Lande Hekt has announced new solo album, Lucky Now, which will be out January 30 via Tapete. She made the album with producer Matthew Simms of MEMORIALS and Wire. “I’m not as concerned about how I’m presenting myself,” Hekt says. “I’ve tried to think less about how things are coming across, and just write songs that make me feel connected to myself and what I value.”
The first single is the shimmering earworm “Favourite Pair of Shoes” and Lande says she wrote the songs while listening to a lot of The Bats and The Chills. “It probably sounds nothing like any of that Flying Nun stuff but that was what was inspiring me at the time,” she says. “Despite the lines that lean towards despair, I think this is quite a hopeful song. It’s about rising out of a pit of hopelessness and doing something really positive. The song features my old friend and longtime collaborator Samuel Bedford. We first sang together when we were 16, we recorded a song together for his folk solo project, then we were in an indie rock band together when we were 21 called Selfish Son. Sam sang on my song ‘Kitchen’ in 2020 and now he sings on this song and Coming Home. Each of these collaborations are 5 years apart which is tidy.”
Fans of Lande Hekt’s former tourmates, The Beths, will probably like this one too. Watch the video for “Favourite Pair of Shoes” below.
Lucky Now
1. Kitchen II
2. Lucky Now
3. Rabbits
4. Favourite Pair of Shoes
5. Middle Of The Night
6. Circular
7. A Million Broken Hearts
8. My Imaginary Friend
9. The Sky
10. Submarine
11. Coming Home