Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood have released their new song and accompanying video, “With Animals,” off their upcoming collaborative album, With Animals, out August 24 via Heavenly Recordings.
According to Under the Radar, Lanegan says of the track, “The record was recorded in my house by Duke alone and my five Animals to keep him company. If someone were to listen closely with headphones they might hear a bark, meow, growl or whine embedded in the music. Hence the title of the song and album.”
Garwood then adds, “It was a heatwave in LA. 109 in the shade. The riff was early morning, slow cooked in the heat haze, until the awesome moment when Mark laid down the vocals. A delish dish.”
Lanegan and Garwood have worked together many times over the last decade including their most recent record, Black Pudding (2013). Additionally, Garwood has contributed to Lanegan’s solo records such as Blues Funeral in 2012 and Gargoyle in 2017.
Lanegan is best known as a member of Screaming Trees where he released seven albums. He went on to work with Queens of the Stone Age from 2000-2014. Garwood is a London-based multi-instrumentalist who has previously released six solo albums and has worked with artists like The Orb and Shezad Dawood.
“With Animals” follows the previously shared track, “Save Me,” off With Animals. In a press release, Garwood spoke about the group’s artistic process. “Over the years, we’ve recorded together and apart. This time, I started this record alone, with many animals as company.”
Garwood goes on to say, “It flowed, I set to work and out it came. Our music is instinct, there is not much talking about it, just creating. I think that if you are at peace with your work, and feeling it right, it flows, and can feel ‘easy’. Music isn’t meant to be hard. Though sometimes it can burn you to ashes. Making music for a singer, so they can inhabit it with a song means hitting the right soul buttons. There is no hit without a miss. It is a healing record, for us the makers, and for the listeners. It grows natural. We are gardeners of sonic feelings.”
Listen to the new track “With Animals” below.
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