Christian Lee Hutson shares short film Paradise Pop. 10, an accompaniment to his new album Paradise Pop. 10, now available via ANTI Records. Of the Megan Ha-directed film, Christian says, “I imagine each of my songs being sung by characters and often they are in little movies. It was really fun to see Meg Ha actually make that happen by building this amazing world. Meg and I were inspired by “True Stories” and “Heartworn Highways”. I hope you enjoy stepping into this little world we created.”

Last night, Christian performed a show in Pasadena, California with the half-surprise guest of Jackson Brown as opener. Maya Hawke came out as a surprise guest to perform “Candyland.” Christian will be playing at Fingerprints in Long Beach later this evening. Next week, Christian will be performing a New York City album release show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Monday, September 30 as well as a Rough Trade in-store on October 1.

Paradise Pop. 10 Recorded was recorded in the depths of winter at Brooklyn’s Figure 8 Studio, co-produced with Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Lorge. The album also features guest vocals from Bridgers, Katy Kirby, and Maya Hawke. The album is Hutson’s first release since 2022’s Quitters, Produced by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst, it was the follow up to his 2020 debut, Beginners.

Eeach song hooked around Hutson’s warm, earthy vocals and dexterous story-telling. Whether fragile finger-picking folk or rousing, beachy power pop, these songs are informed by a sense of creeping melancholy about the place Hutson has spent most of his life; in the lead up to the writing and recording of the album the sprawling, inscrutable city of Los Angeles had become haunted in his mind. A move to the East Coast, and the “eyes up” city of New York, was required to refresh his memory banks. “I wanted to make an eyes up record. A looking forward record,” he explains.

Christian Lee Hutson 2024 Tour Dates

September 30 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
October 30 – Dunk – Oslo, Norway
October 31 – Debaser – Stockholm, Sweden
November 1 – Pustervik – Gothenburg, Sweden
November 2 – Ideal Bar – Copenhagen, Denmark
November 3 – Privatclub – Berlin, Germany
November 5 – Witloof Bar – Brussels, Belgium
November 6 – Paradiso Upstairs – Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 7 – Pitchfork Avant Garde – Paris, France
November 10 – Inside Seaside – Gdansk, Poland
November 12 – Dareshack – Bristol, UK
November 13 – Lafayette – London, UK
November 14 – The Lodge at Deaf Institute – Manchester, UK
November 15 – Oran Mor – Glasgow, UK

pre-order Paradise Pop. 10 HERE