Mute Swan have dropped new single “Another Simple Pleasure,” the track is the final taste ahead of the release of their forthcoming LP, Skin Slip, available March 6 via Hit The North Records/Wooden Tooth Records. The band have played shows with Jumper of Love, Wednesday, Tanukichan, Peel Dream Magazine and more.

Speaking about the new single, the band said: “This song was originally inspired by the work of Stereolab but took another direction somewhere along the writing and recording process. We experimented with a few sounds we don’t normally use like mellotron strings, hand drums, cowbell, vibraphone etc. The guitar work by Tom Sloane on this track is especially good. I remember telling him, ‘try to make your guitar sound like a ghost.”

Skin Slip, will be released in the shadow of tragedy. The stunning, atmospheric, triumphant record from the Arizona band is now a tribute, though this sense of loss that has animated the band in the past few years is nowhere to be heard on record. Shortly after they finished tracking the album, the band that now consists of Mike Barnett, Prabjit Virdee, and Gilbert Flores, lost their dear friend and the band’s guitarist, Thom Sloane. It was a death that rocked the entire Tucson music scene, and left the rest of the band struggling to properly honor their fallen brother while still hoping to put Skin Slip out into the world. After connecting with Hit The North Records, the trio figured the best way to pay tribute to their bandmate was by sharing the music he cared so deeply about. While Skin Slip exists almost with a naivety about what would arrive shortly after, it now exists as a celebratory and exultant salute to Thom Sloane and the music he made with Mute Swan.

The band will celebrate Skin Slip release with an album playback event at Wooden Tooth Records in Tucson, AZ this Thursday before playing the album live at La Rosa, Tucson, AZ this Saturday, March 7.

Mute Swan
Skin Slip
Track List
Hit The North Records

1. Hypnosis Tapes
2. Like a Chump
3. Mental Relaxation
4. Phantasms of the Living (ft. Sonoda)
5. Shadow Of
6. In the Mind’s Eye
7. Cocteau Swan (ft. Citrus Clouds)
8. Malaise
9. Skin Slip
10. Another Simple Pleasure

Mute Swan 2026 Tour Dates

March 7 – La Rosa, Tucson, AZ
April 18 – VIVA PHX, Phoenix, AZ

Pre-Order Skin Slip by Mute Swan HERE