After previously joining forces on the 2023 12-inch single "Darkness, Darkness," Four Tet's Kieran Hebden and Nashville-based guitarist William Tyler have announced their debut collaborative album, 41 Longfield Street Late '80s, set to release on September 19 via Temporary Residence Ltd.
41 Longfield Street Late '80s finds its footing in Hebden and Tyler's shared affection for '80s American country and folk music. On the process of making the album, Hebden shared, "We'd record the guitars in the studio, exploring styles and sounds from that music, and then I'd take it all home to my computer and bring it into my other world."
He continued, "I spent almost two years doing the computer bit of the album and sometimes sent stuff back over to William who added more overdubs and ideas in response. On some tracks, all that's left of the guitars are digital fragments of sound making rhythmic textures. Taking it slowly allowed us to create a new sound out of this shared teenage experience and gift from our fathers."
"I think we both in our own specific ways want to recontextualize a lot of music that we grew up with, regardless of the genre, and I think that's what this album reflects," Tyler added. "It's a lot of nostalgia but it's also very forward focused."
Listen to its first single, an 11-minute instrumental cover of Lyle Lovett's "If I Had a Boat" — a fitting ode to the musical influences which drew Hebden and Tyler together for this project — below, where you'll also find the album tracklist information.
41 Longfield Street Late '80s:
1. If I Had a Boat
2. Spider Ballad
3. I Want an Antenna
4. When It Rains
5. Timber
6. Loretta Guides My Hands Through the Radio
7. Secret City