Two decades after co-founding Dodos with drummer Logan Kroeber, singer-guitarist Meric Long will release his first solo album under his own name. The record, Kablooeycomes out this Friday, October 24th via Polyvinyl. Below, listen to the new album’s lead single, “A Small Act of Defiance.”
Worked for a long time Kablooey between shifts as an in-house engineer at John Vanderslice’s recording studio in Oakland, California, small phone. “This album was really meant to be fun and without much purpose,” Long shared. “I put a lot into this, as you’d expect, but I really just wanted to do something that was fun and allowed me to follow my more ‘kid-in-a-candy-store-excited’ impulses.”
Kablooey follow Dodos’ 2021 album, Grizzly Peak. It also follows Long’s true solo debut, a 2018 album called Barton’s Lair which he released under the nickname Fan.
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Kablooey:
01 Split decision
02 Get Ahead
03 A small act of defiance
04 Maybe I forgot
05 1+1
06 Closer
07 Rinse and repeat
08 Is this it?
09 Slow burn
