Montreal-based singer-songwriter Laurel Sprengelmeyer has recruited quite the impressive list of collaborators for her debut album as Little Scream. The Golden Record — borrowing its title from the albums launched into space on the Voyager spacecraft back in 1977, which also inspired a release by Jack White’s Third Man Records last year — will finally arrive on April 12, many moons since Sprengelmeyer recruited the likes of the National’s Aaron Dessner (who “plays sparkly guitar” on a track), Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry (who co-produced the LP) and Sarah Neufeld, Stars’ Patty McGee, Silver Mt. Zion’s Becky Foon, and Mike Feuerstack of Snailhouse to perform on the 10-track effort.
Get a taste of what this all-star cast cooked up in the studio on Facebook, where 3 songs are streaming, and/or give “The Heron and the Fox” a spin alongside the tracklist below:
“The Heron and the Fox”
The Golden Record
01 “The Lamb”
02 “Cannons”
03 “The Heron and the Fox”
04 “Your Radio”
05 “Black Cloud”
06 “Guyegaros”
07 “Boatman”
08 “People is Place”
09 “Red Hunting Jacket”
10 “Hallowed”
(Photo by Guillaume Simoneau)