Adam Lytle releases his newest single, “Black Masses”. This is the first single of his upcoming album, Altars. Adam on the track, “Black Masses is a parable. A time-worn story of how the power-hungry use violence and religious fervor to achieve what they feel is their divine right to lead.” Altars was written by Adam Lytle and produced with Liars and Parquet Courts collaborator Jonathan Schenke.

Lytle wrote the album while living in Paris and Arles, France in the winter of 2024. The record features guitarist Cameron Kapoor, drummer William Logan, bassist Kevin Copeland, percussionist Mauro Refosco, vocalist Kristina Moore, and multi-instrumentalist Oli Deakin. With sessions at Figure 8 Recording and Studio Windows in Brooklyn, Lytle and Schenke combined live performances with a process of experimentation that heightens the emotional impact of Lytle’s soul-stirring narratives.

“This collection of songs is united by their unwavering examination of Devotion. It’s a raw and unrelenting record but there is a strange, fragile beauty throughout. At its core, It’s the sound of a fiercely talented group of musicians who understands that every broken line, every fractured moment, holds within it the possibility of transcendence.”

Adam Lytle
Altars
Tracklisting

01. Savage Thunder
02. Lead On, Desire
03. Sister Wave
04. Midnight Shakes The Memory
05. That Was Me
06. Sanctuary
07. Heaven
08. Black Masses
09. Nothing Lies Beyond
10. Hollow Eyes
11. Sea of Tears

Adam Lytle 2025 Live Dates

February 16 – Purgatory, Queens NY
February 26 – Cassette, Queens NY
February 27 – Colony Woodstock, Woodstock, NY

Pre-order Altars HERE