4 Tet’s Kieran Hebden and Nashville guitarist William Tyler have introduced a brand new collaborative album. Out September 19 by way of Short-term Residence Ltd., the seven-track 41 Longfield Avenue Late ‘80s is led by an 11-minute cowl of Lyle Lovett’s “If I Had a Boat.” Hearken to it under.
Each Hebden and Tyler shared statements concerning the album. In his, Hebden wrote: “We mentioned references for an album and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Fennesz, and AM oldies radio stations got here up. However the primary affect was discovered once we found a shared deep connection to ’80s American nation and people music.”
“I feel we each in our personal particular methods need to recontextualize numerous music that we grew up with, whatever the style, and I feel that’s what this album displays. It’s numerous nostalgia, but it surely’s additionally very ahead targeted.” Tyler added. “I don’t even know what style I’m presupposed to be in at this level, however I belief Kieran, and I like what we’ve accomplished collectively. He’s turn out to be an expensive buddy, and I can’t wait to see what’s forward for us.”
Hebden and Tyler beforehand collaborated, in 2023, on “Darkness, Darkness” and “No Companies.” As 4 Tet, Hebden most lately launched the album Three.
Examine William Tyler’s new album, Time Indefinite, in “The Greatest Music of 2025 So Far.”
