Balloon Balloon Balloon is a new Sharp Pins album by Kai Slater scheduled for release on November 21 via K/Perennial. Recording took place between January and May at Slater's Chicago home and at Hayes Waring's Mobile Control studio in Olympia, Washington. Slater previously released Turtle Rock in 2023 on Hallogallo Tapes and issued self-released material that later received an expanded re-release via K and Perennial. Slater performs guitar and vocals in Lifeguard alongside Asher Case and Isaac Lowenstein. The lead single "(I Wanna) Be Your Girl" has a colorful video directed by Grace Bader Conrad. The album contains 21 tracks, including three pieces titled "Balloon."
Kai Slater, of the Chicago rock trio Lifeguard, has announced a new album from his bedroom pop project Sharp Pins: Balloon Balloon Balloon is out November 21 (via K/ Perennial). Below, watch director Grace Bader Conrad's colorful music video for lead single "(I Wanna) Be Your Girl." Slater worked on his new album between January and May of this year. He recorded it at his Chicago home and with Hayes Waring at the producer's Olympia, Washington, studio, Mobile Control.
Slater released his first Sharp Pins album, Turtle Rock, in 2023, via his own Hallogallo Tapes label. The next year, he self-released , before it got an expanded re-release, via K and Perennial, in March. Slater handles guitar and vocals in Lifeguard. He's joined in the band by bassist, baritone guitarist, and vocalist Asher Case and drummer and synthesizer player Isaac Lowenstein. Lifeguard released their debut studio album, Ripped and Torn, in June.
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