Salami Rose Joe Louis, has given fans another taste of her forthcoming album Lorings, available 4/25 on Brainfeeder. Today, the multi-artist has shared the double single “Fill the void” feat. Omari Jazz / “A sauna sized pill,” the tracks follow previous singles “Arm fell asleep,” “Inside,” and “Dribs and drags” feat. Luke Titus & Flanafi.Over her career Olsen, has toured with Flying Lotus, TuneYards, and Toro y Moi among others, recently supported Sungazer on their North American tour.

Olsen made Lorings almost entirely autonomously on her trusty Roland MV8800 workstation. For a couple of songs, SRJL invited a handful of exceptionally talented friends to collaborate: guitarist/producer Flanafi (with whom Olsen partnered for the collaborative album Sarah in 2024); Omari Jazz (Black Decelerant); Luke Titus and Sergio Machado Plim.

Elsewhere on Lorings, Olsen addresses themes of imposter syndrome, falling in love, heartbreak, the idea of family and parenthood, superficiality, her frustrations with the music industry (“I dunno the way… For I cannot play… The game”). She does revisit more familiar tropes too as exemplified by “Motorway (feat. Flanafi)”. “I feel like the world is being confronted with an enormous lack of humanity at the moment and it feels impossible to comprehend how people can be so cruel,” she declares.

Olsen conjures her utterly inimitable sound from her long term musical partner – the Roland MV8800 lovingly nicknamed FunFunFun. This iconic sampler and synthesizer has long been her principal instrument but in a twist to her modus operandi, for “Arm fell asleep” she made a pact with herself to not use a computer at any cost so the song was entirely composed, produced, arranged and mixed on the MV8800. “It was a hilariously involved process,” she says. “But I experienced a breakthrough that catalyzed a new chapter in my production journey and the end result I am proud of – a song that captures the quaintness and nostalgic quality of the MV8800, yet there is more intricacy and intention than I have been able to achieve in past MV8800 productions.”

Salami Rose Joe Louis
Lorings
Brainfeeder
Tracklist

1. Inside
2. Motorway (feat. Flanafi)
3. That must be hard for you
4. A sauna sized pill
5. I dunno ways
6. I will never say
7. Crow, friendship
8. Hobbies
9. Basketball (feat. Flanafi)
10. Arm fell asleep
11. Fill the void (feat. Omari Jazz)
12. Upstairs
13. Wet log
14. Dribs and drags (feat. Luke Titus & Flanafi)
15. A pool to cry in (feat. Flanafi)
16. Farewell
17. Fill the void // house by the lake // coda

Salami Joe Rose 2025 Tour Dates

April 6 – Lodge Room, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Alice Phoebe Lou) SOLD OUT
April 7 – Lodge Room, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Alice Phoebe Lou) SOLD OUT
April 8 – Lodge Room, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Alice Phoebe Lou) SOLD OUT
April 27 – Workplay Theatre, Birmingham, AL (w/ MIKE)
April 29 – Resonant Head, Oklahoma City, OK (w/ MIKE)
April 30 – Tulips, Dallas, TX (w/ MIKE)
May 1 – White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX (w/ MIKE)
May 2 – Mohawk Outside, Austin, TX (w/ MIKE)
May 3 – Paper Tiger, San Antonio, TX (w/ MIKE)
May 8 – The Belasco, Los Angeles, CA (w/ MIKE)
May 12 – Blue Note, New York, NY
May 15 – The Sinclair, Boston, MA
May 16 – Nectar’s, Burlington, VT
May 17 – Festival Des Musiques-Création, Chicoutimi, CAN
May 25 – Cross The Tracks Festival – London – UK
May 26 – Kantine Am Berghain – Berlin – DE
May 27 – Badaboum – Paris – FR
May 30 – Maifeld Derby Festival – DE
Jun 13 – SF Jazz Festival, San Francisco, CA
Jun 27 – Montreal Intl Jazz Festival, Montreal, CAN
Jun 28 – Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa, CAN

Pre-order Lorings by Salami Joe Louis Harris HERE