BACHELOR (JAY SOM & PALEHOUND) Share New Single

BACHELOR (JAY SOM’S MELINA DUTERTE & PALEHOUND’S ELLEN KEMPNER) Share New Single: “I See It Now” Available across platforms here. Debut Album Doomin’ Sun Out Now Bachelor’s “Doomin Sun Fest” Full-Album Concert  Performance + Other Highlights HERE

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Bachelor—the collaborative project of Palehound’s Ellen Kempner and Jay Som’s Melina Duterte— released their debut album, Doomin’ Sun, via Polyvinyl Record Co. to overwhelming acclaim from fans and critics alike. Today, the indie-rock heroes have released a brand new single, “I See It Now”. They share: “Back in January when Bachelor was filming our music videos for Doomin Sun, we found ourselves with a day to kill at Ellen’s house in Poughkeepsie. Ellen had assembled a small recording setup in her basement that she was mystified by and still figuring out how to work so we decided to record a song to mess around with the gear. Melina wrote the creepy intro keyboard part and we built the song from there. What came was “I See It Now”, a kind of lethargic muse on sexual regret and insecurity.”  Listen/Share “I See It Now” Bachelor rang in their release week with a The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s #PlayAtHome performance and raised about $10,000 for Seeding Sovereignty with their curated Doomin’ Sun Fest, a free festival and telethon celebrating climate, community and compassion. Fans can watch the "Best of Doomin' Sun Fest" YouTube playlist featuring performances by Tegan & Sara, Benjamin Gibbard, Frankie Cosmos and more + a full-album concert performance from Bachelor. For more info or to donate, click here.

Written and recorded in Topanga, CA over the course of two weeks in January of 2020, pre-pandemic, Doomin’ Sun finds Kempner and Duterte hybridizing their individual songwriting talents, producing a collection that slips between moods with ease and showcases their lyrical prowess. While the album features collaborations with the likes of Big Thief’s Buck Meek and James Krivchenia, as well as Duterte’s partner and Routine-counterpart Annie Truscott of Chastity Belt, the record was largely made by the two musicians in isolation as a fitting precursor to the forthcoming year. Creating the space to explore significant themes from queerness to climate change, the collection also finds Bachelor experiencing pure, unadulterated joy: the kind of joy that can only come from creating, laughing, and having a ridiculous amount of fun with a close friend.

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