“Pond” by runo plum

A head of the release of her new album patching, arriving on November 14th via Winspear (Wishy, Teethe), runo plum has shared new single “Pond”. The album was produced with her labelmate Lutalo, and follows previous singles “Sickness” and “Halfway Up The Lawn”.

runo plum on “Pond:”

“This song came from feeling really stuck in a slump, feeling the height of the absence, the pain, and the loneliness. Wondering how there will ever be a time where it didn’t feel like this, and fighting with the internal voice that was telling me my best option was to not be on earth. Sonically this song is pretty mellow, but the fuzz guitar that comes in at the instrumental is a great representation of the internal horror that was happening inside of me.”

runo set out to record patching, bringing a handful of new collaborators into the fold and mixing studio-captured performances with bedroom vocal overdubs that harken an earlier era of runo’s music. Lutalo, the Minnesota-born, Vermont-based musician and producer fresh off the release of their debut The Academy, signed on to produce the album after meeting runo almost a decade ago. An early collaboration between the two sparked the lyrical core of runo’s 2021 single “yin to yang.”

Together with collaborator, instrumentalist and girlfriend Noa Francis, runo and Lutalo recorded the album in a cabin in rural Vermont over the course of two weeks. Centering the honeyed, time-worn timbre of a centenarian acoustic guitar and the easeful warmth of runo’s voice, the trio began putting together the pieces one by one. “It was just flowing,” runo says. “Every song is an emotional fragment during my healing process patched together into one project, while I was also patching myself together in real time. You can feel the damage, but also the repair. The slowing down in order to move forward, and the dreaming of a time where I’m finally free from the dread.”

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Tracklist
Winspear Records

Sickness
Lemon Garland
Alley Cat
Halfway Up The Lawn
Be Gentle With Me
Elephant
Locket
Pond
Gathering The Pieces
The Quiet One
Darkness
Outro (Angel)

runo plum 2025-2026 tour dates

11/1 – Amsterdam, NL @ London Calling Festival
11/2 – Berlin, DE @ Neue Zukuft
11/3 – Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus
11/5 – Ghent, BE @ Big Next (Trefpunt)
11/6 – Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes
11/7 – Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Paris
11/8 – London, UK @ Pitchfork London
11/10 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla
11/11 – London, UK @ Moth Club
11/12 – Brighton, UK @ Dust
11/14 – Sheffield, UK @ Hallamshire Hotel
11/15 – Leeds, UK @ Live at Leeds
02/03 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
02/04 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern
02/06 – Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall
02/07 – Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
02/08 – Cambridge, MA @ Sonia
02/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
02/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
02/13 – Washington, DC @ DC9
02/14 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
02/15 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
02/17 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
02/18 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Hall
02/20 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi
02/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
03/10 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
03/11 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
03/12 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
03/14 – Austin, TX @ TBA
03/17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
03/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
03/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
03/22 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
03/23 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
03/24 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
03/26 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Fest
03/27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
03/29 – Denver, CO @ Skylark Lounge
03/31 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown