Sinai Vessel recently shared The final single “Challenger,” from his new album I SING, now out via Keeled Scales (Katy Kirby). Sinai Vessel is the recording and performing moniker of North Carolina musician and songwriter Caleb Cordes, who writes: “This song – as with much of I SING – is concerned with aging into a phase of life where survival under capitalism has the potential to complicate all kinds of relationships. It particularly deals with my experience dating a partner from a more well-off background – something that dredged up a lot of surprising issues for me by no fault of that person at all. It’s also simply about the effort to maintain some sense of health in a world that can constantly feel quite threatening.”

The new LP finds Cordes openly attempting to pen the best and most immediate songs of his career, all while processing survival under capitalism and the grueling life of a do-it-yourself musician. The record’s genre-agnostic swings are handled deftly by Littlejohn’s contributions on bass and the return of Andrew Stevens on drums, forming a sturdy foundation beneath Cordes’ compelling penchant for storytelling. “Challenger” and lead single “Best Witness” were both first previewed on 2022’s LP4 DEMOS, a collection of worktapes that laid the groundwork for I SING’s expansion on its uncomplicated, unfurling melodies.

Sinai Vessel
I SING
Tracklist

1. Doesn’t Matter
2. I Sing
3. How
4. Challenger
5. Birthday
6. Laughing
7. Country Mile
8. $2 Million
9. Dollar
10. Window Blue
11. Best Witness
12. Attack
13. Younger Brother

Sinai Vessel 2024 Dates

July 31 Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
Aug 1 Sarnia, ON @ Maud’s Variety
Aug 2 Toronto, ON @ Collective Arts
Aug 3 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
Aug 4 Burlington, VT @ Radio Bean
Aug 5 Catskill, NY @ Avalon Lounge
Aug 6 Boston, MA @ Cantab Lounge
Aug 7 Brooklyn, NY @ The Broadway
Aug 8 Philadelphia, PA @ Foto Club
Aug 9 Rahway, NJ @ Flynn’s
Aug 10 Washington, DC @ Art Sound Language
Aug 11 Akron, OH @ Musica
Sept 3 Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
Sept 4 Asheville, NC @ Static Age Records
Sept 5-7 Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
Sept 8 Charlotte, NC @ Petra’s
Sept 9 Greenville, SC @ Swanson’s Warehouse
Sept 10 Athens, GA @ Buvez
Sept 11 Atlanta, GA @ 529
Sept 12 Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing
Sept 13 Chattanooga, TN @ Yellow Racket Records
Sept 14 Nashville, TN@ Drkmttr

Order I Sing HERE