Lael Neale has released “Down On The Freeway,” along with a new video. The track is off the artists forthcoming LP Altogether Stranger, available May 2nd via Sub Pop Records. Neale is headlining and festival date run for Spring and Summer 2025 in support of Altogether Stranger has been extended. In April, Neale and bandmate Blakeslee will perform two US album release shows – Thursday, April 10th in Los Angeles at Zebulon, and Friday, April 25th in New York City, NY at Public Records.

Neale offers this on the song and its haute visual, which she stars in and also directed: “This song is specific to Los Angeles. The drum machine really wrote the song. It conjures the endless sea of cars. Moving, bottlenecked, bumper to bumper. I’m always amazed that so many of us have somewhere to go. The video appeared in my mind’s eye as soon as we recorded the song. I saw that cars on the freeway are like people walking in a fashion show, pacing back and forth. The fashion show is the epitome of movement going nowhere. The video is a part of a larger story being told by the album and accompanying film, in which my character is an alien bewildered by the modern way of life on Earth. The QR code I ingest at the end of this video suggests that humanity is caught up in an escapist fantasy of techno-consumerism.”

This May, the duo will head over to the UK and EU, beginning May 10th in Dublin, IE at Workman’s Cellar and running through Saturday, June 14th in Hilvarenbeek, NL at Best Kept Secret Festival. Highlights for this announcement include support on headlining shows from collaborator Guy Blakeslee as Entrance (select dates*, May 10th-June 12th); A new in-store at London’s Rough Trade East (May 2nd); EU festival appearances at Stockholm’s Echo Three Fest (May 24th), and Guastalla, IT’s Handmade Festival (June 8th).

Lael Neale
Altogether Stranger
Sub Pop Records

1. Wild Waters
2. All Good Things Will Come To Pass
3. Down On The Freeway
4. Sleep Through The Long Night
5. Come On
6. Tell Me How To Be Here
7. New Ages
8. All Is Never Lost
9. There From Here

Lael Neale 2025 Tour Dates

Thu. Apr. 10 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon*
Fri. Apr. 25 – New York City, NY – Public Records*
Fri. May 02 – London, UK – Rough Trade East
Sat. May 10 – Dublin, IE – Workman’s Cellar *
Sun. May 11 – Belfast, UK – McHughs *
Wed. May 14 – Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie*
Thu. May 15 – Dijon, FR – La Vapeur *
Fri. May 16 – Paris, FR – Le Hasard Ludique *
Sat. May 17 – Brussels, BE – Les Nuits Botanique
Mon. May 19 – Amsterdam, NL – DOKA *
Tue. May 20 – Hamburg, DE – Nachtasyl *
Wed. May 21 – Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain *
Fri. May 23 – Copenhagen, DK – Huset
Sat. May 24 – Stockholm, SE – Echo Three Fest
Tue. May 27 – Bristol, UK – The Louisiana *
Wed. May 28 – London, UK – Omeara *
Thu. May 29 – Manchester, UK – YES Basement *
Fri. May 30 – Newcastle, UK – Cumberland Arms *
Sat. May 31 – Glasgow, UK – Hug & Pint *
Sun.Jun 08 – Guastalla, IT – Handmade Festival
Thu. Jun.12 – Luxembourg, LU – Rotondes *
Sat. Jun. 14 – Hilvarenbeek, NL – Best Kept Secret Festival

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