Palehound Announces New Album You Sing Like You’re Joking

New York-via-Boston indie rocker Palehound is gearing up to release their first new album in nearly four years; You Sing Like You’re Joking is out February 5 via Polyvinyl. The album was co-produced with Katie Von Schleicher and Ava Luna’s Julian Fader, and features contributions from Nick Hakim. The lead single, “Natural Disasters,” gets a music video directed by Water From Your Eyes’ Rachel Brown that’s filled with gas masks, abandoned houses, and best friends holding hands. Watch it below.“I’ve been a huge fan of Palehound since the first record, so when El asked me to collaborate on a video, I was so honored,” said Brown in a statement. “My main focus was to capture the idea of friendship and love as a memory. I think it’s necessary to hold onto the joy you felt with someone, even if they are no longer in your present life, which I think the song paints so beautifully. I also wanted to present the concept of impending societal doom as something subtle and lonely. The gas mask was a direct reference to the nuclear war imagery of the 1960s. We planned the shoot before the forecast started talking about the nor’easter, but I figured that the weather was on theme, so we continued t...