Jennifer Castle has introduced her seventh studio album: Camelot is out November 1 through Paradise of Bachelors. Right now, the Canadian singer-songwriter has shared “Fortunate #8” from the document, and it options Cass McCombs on slide guitar and co-producer Jeff McMurrich on lead guitar. Fort has additionally shared a music video compiling classic clips of historic gymnastics routines Fort watched as a child. Fort collaged footage of gymnasts Lavinia Milosovici, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, and Nadia Comanici for the visible. Test it out beneath, and scroll down for the album paintings and tracklist.
Talking in press supplies, Fort mentioned that “Fortunate #8” “type of has that energetic vibe to it, the place it makes an attempt a stunt lyrically (in my thoughts) to soak up all the probabilities of life into one second and to be okay with that complexity, as an alternative of fracturing off into myriad neurotic narratives.”
“Fortunate #8” follows Fort’s prior single “Blowing Kisses,” which additionally seems on Camelot. Initially launched in June, the observe was utilized in its entirety within the penultimate episode of The Bear’s third season.
Along with working with McMurrich and McCombs on Camelot, Fort enlisted prior collaborator Owen Pallett, who organized strings carried out by Estonia’s Fames Skopje Studio Orchestra. Different gamers on the album embrace pianist and keyboardist Carl Didur, drummer and percussionist Evan Cartwright, bassist Mike Smith, and guitarist Paul Mortimer. Backing vocalists Victoria Cheong and Isla Craig additionally recorded on the album.
Fort’s earlier studio LP, Monarch Season, got here out in 2020.