Family Stereo Shares Country-Tinged Folk Rock Single “Waiting On Nina” | Debut LP out 7/31 via Bella Union

Family Stereo Shares Country-Tinged Folk Rock Single/Video: “Waiting On Nina” Debut Album The Thread due out July 31 via Bella Union The Thread album pre-order Singles: “Fault Lines” “Waiting On Nina”

Photo credit: Brennan Bucannan  Family Stereo, the recording alias of singer-songwriter Blake Watt, will release their debut album The Thread on July 31 via Bella Union. Quickly earning acclaim for early fan favorites such as "Robot Boy" and "My Favourite Band", Blake's formative folk-pop influences span Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Adrianne Lenker. An album of folk-tinged and brush-stroked reflections on distance and connection, The Thread is both dynamic and subtly cinematic. Following evocative lead single “Fault Lines”, he is thrilled to share second album cut “Waiting On Nina” today. The country-tinged folk rock track is about birth and innocence. The birth of new human life as well as the importance of staying open to new parts of yourself being born as you age.  Watch / Share: “Waiting On Nina” Family Stereo is the project of 25-year-old Blake Watt, son of Everything But The Girl's Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt.  Formerly a drummer, Blake began making his way toward these songs of travel and distance when he took up the guitar at 15. He honed his voice live, across slots at UK festivals including Kendal Calling and The Great Escape and eagle-eyed audiences might have spotted him at London’s Moth Club in 2025 performing with a reconvened Everything but the Girl, where a cover of “Removed” held firm amid a carefully curated setlist. The development from those early years is clear, but it’s the kind of evolution that prefers to refine rather than embellish. As Blake says, “I think my writing has been getting more pared-back as I’ve progressed. I find more and more that simple is better. I love telling a story in the simplest way or conveying a feeling in the simplest way, with not too many frills.” The Thread is a collection of lush melodies and moods, a record that moves at its own pace, maps out a space of its own making and invites the listener in. “There’s so much good music coming out at the moment and it is quite an understated record,” says Blake, “but I hope that people give it some time. I’m just trying to explore the craft as much as I can and to get better all the time.” Follow The Thread, then: it will lead you somewhere special. Website | Instagram | X | Facebook Spotify | Bandcamp | Apple Music