Shannon Lay today has shared her new album Past The Veil, via her own label All The Best. She's also shared new single "The Calling"–the relaxed, grandiose track finds Lay reflecting on her journey of self-discovery and the conflicts we often fight within ourselves. The album and its singles "Horizons" and "Past The Veil" have earned praise and support from Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, FLOOD, Clash, The Big Takeover, and more.
"The Calling urges you to remember who you are," Lay explains. "I think that's all life is to a certain extent, it's a great remembering. It can feel like your downfalls define you, but they're really just there to teach you valuable information about yourself. Every day is an opportunity to center your love and curiosity. We see each other before we see ourselves in those moments sometimes, and I love to remind people to recognize their light. We are capable of so much more than we give ourselves credit for."
Lay’s seraphic voice and fingerpicking has long been a guiding spirit — a compassionate steward of tender hearts and minds. For the last decade, her music has offered a retreat from one’s worries, and created a refuge out of delicate and minimalist arrangements. With her new studio album, Past the Veil, she proffers the same care and understanding, and a similar emotional timbre, but from an entirely different sonic vantage point. Rather than weaving a safe cocoon in which listeners may hide out, Past the Veil rips it apart, offering a bold invitation to move through our discomfort and uncertainty. It is the sound of rebirth. It is a chance to stand up, join together, and maybe even dance. Beginning in 2024, Lay teamed up with Los Angeles recording engineer and producer Rob Shelton of Altamira Sound in Alhambra, and began writing songs on the spot, with various local musicians joining them to flesh out the tracks. Their first collaborative effort became the single “Mirrors,” a soft-rock meditation released in April that year, which positioned Lay’s voice over a rich full-band arrangement. “As soon as we finished that song, I knew I wanted that sound and feeling to compose the entire next record,” Lay says.
Over the next year, Lay allowed Shelton to help move her out of her usual minimalist frequency, and write a collection of songs that incorporated everything from drum machines to string arrangements and pedal steel guitar. Lay also sings with the might of her full range — sounding bolder and more powerful than ever before — all while maintaining her characteristic softheartedness.
Past the Veil is Lay’s most expansive album yet, an extension of the abundance mindset she chose to adopt as she navigated big changes. On top of literal and metaphorical hellfire (the Altadena and Pacific Palisades fires of January 2025; the entirety of Trump’s second term in office), Lay also parted ways with her previous record label which inspired her to lean into trusting herself and her community. Past the Veil is the first release from her new artist-run label, All The Best, where she’ll issue her own music as well as some of her friends’.
Past The Veil is out today via All The Best. | 
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