Far Caspian has announced his new album The Last Remaining Light will be released on July 14th via Tiny Library Records. Along with the announcement, the artist has shared a video for the title-track. “My initial songs were part of a healing process that I went through at an early age, so I don’t really identify with them as much anymore,” says Johnston. “I’ve drifted very far from that—not just emotionally, but also stylistically. I feel like I’ve made an album now that I wish I could have made back then.” Far Caspian is confirmed to perform at Primavera Sound Barcelona next month, and will be touring Europe and the U.K.this fall.

“I had a nightmare that my mum passed away and when I woke up I felt terrible. It made me think of what life would be like if she wasn’t here and I wrote this song to symbolize how much she means to me and to capture the feeling of inevitability with all of our own mortality,” Johnston says of “The Last Remaining Light.” “The line ‘The Last Remaining Light’ represents the point in which you’re ready to move on and let go. After being diagnosed out of the blue with Crohn’s disease I’ve caught myself thinking about life and death more, and I’ve found myself writing about it in my songs recently. It made me realize that although life may seem to be going one way, it can change very quickly. I don’t want to shine a light on death in a miserable way but as I learn to make peace with it myself, I hope that if I touch on it in my songs, it can feel more like a natural rite of passage rather than something to fear.”

Joel Johnston AKA Far Caspian writes, performs, records, and mixes everything himself—Far Caspian’s music consistently feels like its own self-contained world, full of densely packed hooks and guitar-based atmospherics. With The Last Remaining Light, he’s made his most cohesive and compelling work yet. The album is the result of Johnston streamlining his approach in the studio, finding inspiration in peeling back his tracks’ layers in a way that’s both rewarding and immediate in its simplicity.

Work on The Last Remaining Light began right after Johnston turned in mixes for his 2021 debut LP Ways To Get Out. Whereas that previous album was the result of almost two years of tinkering and finding his sound, Johnston decided to set clear limits and a hard deadline for its follow up. “This process was more about following my intuition rather than getting in my head and rewriting everything over and over,” he says, noting that he made sure the album would have consistent drum and guitar sounds throughout. Just take the gorgeous title track, which maintains a pensive mood and fully engages listeners despite not having a chorus. “That’s probably my favorite song on the album,” he says. “I like the space in it. It was one of the first times I really practiced peeling things back and not having some huge crescendo in a song.”

Far Caspian
The Last Remaining Light
Tracklist

1. Commuter Repeating
2. The Last Remaining Light
3. Arbitrary Task
4. Choice
5. Answer
6. First Warning Shot
7. Own
8. Pet Architect
9. Cyril
10. Pool

Far Caspian 2023 Tour Dates

05/30 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound Festival
09/19 – Edinburgh, UK – The Speakeasy, Voodoo Rooms
09/21 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Sports Club
09/22 – Dublin, IE – The Workman’s Club
09/24 – Manchester, UK – YES (The Pink Room)
09/26 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
09/27 – Nottingham, UK – Bodega Social
09/28 – Bristol, UK – Rough Trade Social
09/30 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
10/07 – Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg
10/09 – Hamburg, DE – Nochtwache
10/10 – Berline, DE – KANTINE AM BERGHAIN
10/12 – Cologne, DE – artheater Köln
10/13 – Brussels, BE – Witloof Bar
10/14 – Paris, FR – Point Éphémère

Pre-order The Last Remaining Light by Far Caspian HERE