Altogether Stranger

by Lael Neale

Altogether Stranger cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 May 2025
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:09
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Driven prominently by vintage Omnichord textures and remarkably ethereal vocal performances, the Virginia native constructs a hazy, highly atmospheric brand of indie pop. The project leans deeply into mellow neo-psychedelia and minimal synth aesthetics, resulting in an album that feels both charmingly archaic and sharply modern. It is a mesmerizing, subtly psychedelic exploration of acoustic simplicity and electronic warmth.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, lo-fi, hushed, minimal, stripped-down

Tracklist

  1. Wild Waters (2:57)
  2. All Good Things Will Come To Pass (3:09)
  3. Down On The Freeway (4:58)
  4. Sleep Through The Long Night (1:59)
  5. Come On (2:39)
  6. Tell Me How To Be Here (5:33)
  7. New Ages (4:27)
  8. All Is Never Lost (3:30)
  9. There From Here (2:53)

Credits

  • Lael Neale - primary artist, illustration, performer, songwriter
  • Chris Coady - mastered by
  • Josh Bonati - mastered by [vinyl master]
  • Guy Blakeslee - performer, producer, engineer, arranged by, mixed by
  • Ian Ritter - photography by [cover photo]
  • Raina Selene - photography by [inner sleeve photo]

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