Ian Sweet, the project of Los Angeles-based multi-artist Jilian Medford, has shared a new video for “987.” The clip, Shot in a junkyard, was directed by Lucy Sandler, and off Sweet’s latest LP Shiverstruck, now available via Polyvinyl.

Following a sold-out album release show at Los Angeles’ iconic Bob Baker Marionette Theater and a run supporting American Football, IAN SWEET will kick off an extensive North American headline tour this October.

Medford comments, “987 is about trying to move through the wreckage and messier moments in your life with some grace and understanding for yourself. Lucy and I found this incredible junkyard and basically spent the day climbing on smashed cars and playing around while everyone working there just carried on around us. It felt like the perfect landscape for the song, finding some beauty in the mess and continuing to move through it.”

Shiverstruck was written during Sweet’s second year living in New York City, a period that shaped her in ways both profound and messy. In 2023, to make ends meet amidst the increasingly unsustainable economies of touring and streaming as an independent musician, Medford put her strengths as a songwriter to the test, taking an unexpected job working with children. “Watching children respond to music for the first time; their faces lighting up completely unselfconscious, it rewires your brain as a songwriter and steers you more towards honesty. Everything felt immediate and real.”

Ian Sweet
Shiverstruck
Tracklist
Polyvinyl

987
Criminal Kissing
Silver Screen
Jilian
Deadweight
Shiverstruck
Hired Gun
La La Love
Wild Heart
Speed Demon

Ian Sweet 2026 Tour Dates

Tue. Oct. 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool ^
Thu. Oct. 15 – Portsmouth, NH @ The Press Room
Fri. Oct. 16 – Battleboro, VT @ The Stone Church
Sat. Oct. 17 – Montreal, QC @ La Sotterenea
Sun. Oct. 18 – Toronto, ON @ The Baby G
Tue. Oct. 20 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
Wed. Oct. 21 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
Thu. Oct. 22 – Milwaukee, WI @ Falcon Bowl
Fri. Oct. 23 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
Sat. Oct. 24 – Eau Claire, WI @ The Plus
Mon. Oct. 26 – Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr
Tue. Oct. 27 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 ^
Wed. Oct. 28 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
Thu. Oct. 29 – Richmond, VA @ The Camel ^
Fri. Oct. 30 – Washington, DC @ DC9 ^
Tue. Nov. 3 – Seattle, WA @ Baba Yaga
Wed. Nov. 4 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
Fri. Nov. 6 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord
Sat. Nov. 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium !

^ w/ Meg Elsier
! w/ Luella

Order Shiverstruck by Ian Sweet HERE