Everything Is Recorded welcomes one of Drag City’s own to its hallowed ranks with the new single, “Porcupine Tattoo” (feat. Noah Cyrus and Bill Callahan) b/w “Norm” (feat. Bill Callahan) – which means we’ll have copies of this insane shit on sale.. Limited-edition 7” vinyl single, which exclusively features a second collaboration between Everything Is Recorded and Bill Callahan in the form of “Norm”, a tribute to the Austin-based singer songwriter’s favorite comedian, Norm MacDonald.
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Everything Is Recorded, the collaborative music project centered around producer Richard Russell, returns with this brand new single - a stripped-back lament featuring two American musical icons - Noah Cyrus and Bill Callahan - who appear on record together for the very first time.
The collaboration came together while Russell was hosting sessions for a forthcoming Everything Is Recorded album, one set to build on previous acclaimed releases including 2018’s eponymous, Mercury Prize-nominated debut album. Reaching out to Callahan - an artist he’s long admired and whose song “I’m New Here” was covered by, and provided the title for, Gil Scott-Heron’s final, Russell-produced studio album - Russell asked the simple question “who would you like to write a song for?”. “Noah Cyrus” was Callahan’s reply. The final single features Callahan’s original demo vocal, pitched down and resting on layers of sub bass and complemented by Cyrus’ crystalline counterpoint vocal. It was recorded during a rainy week of sessions in a bungalow at Los Angeles’ Chateau Marmont, which Russell described as “comfortable but haunted”. The song continues a lineage of Russell productions – from “I’m New Here” to Bobby Womack’s “Deep River” and Damon Albarn’s “History of a Cheating Heart” – that explore a sparser, more acoustic side of his sound.
