"Two decades after co-founding the Dodos with drummer Logan Kroeber, singer and guitarist Meric Long will release his first solo album under his own name. The record, Kablooey, is out this Friday, October 24, via Polyvinyl. Below, listen to the new album's lead single, A Small Act of Defiance. Long worked on Kablooey in between shifts as an in-house engineer at John Vanderslice's Oakland, California, recording studio, Tiny Telephone. This album was really meant to be fun and not too purposeful, Long shared."
"I put a lot into it as one would expect, but I really just wanted to make something that was fun and allowed me to follow my more amped-up kid in a candy store' impulses. Kablooey follows the Dodos' 2021 album, Grizzly Peak. It also follows Long's true solo debut, a 2018 album called Barton's Den that he released under the moniker Fan."
Meric Long will release his first solo album under his own name, Kablooey, on October 24 via Polyvinyl. The lead single from the album is A Small Act of Defiance. Long worked on the record between shifts as an in-house engineer at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone studio in Oakland, California. He intended the album to be playful and not overly purposeful, embracing more amped-up, kid-in-a-candy-store impulses. Kablooey follows the Dodos' 2021 album Grizzly Peak and Long's 2018 solo album Barton's Den, released under the moniker Fan. The record comprises nine tracks.
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