The Laughing Chimes announces sophomore LP, shares new single/video

The Ohio band The Laughing Chimes announces its sophomore LP, Whispers In The Speech Machine (out Jan. 31 on Slumberland), and shares the first single & video from it, “High Beams”. 

On their spellbinding sophomore album, Whispers inthe Speech Machine, the young Ohio siblings from The Laughing Chimes fully embrace their Southern Gothic influences, cannily balancing the light of their infectious pop with the shadow of their rust belt environs. While attending an afterschool music program at their local opera house, Evan and his brother Quinn began recording The Laughing Chimes’ debut album In This Town, released in 2020. A string of well-received digital singles and a cassette EP for Slumberland followed, dazzling savvy pop fans with their Paisley Underground-inflected jangle that owes as much to the Flying Nun sound as it does to 80s Athens, GA.

The eight assured songs of Whispers in the Speech Machine prove The Laughing Chimes deserve attention and accolades, while their approaches to songwriting and sonic aesthetics continue to evolve. “Southeast Ohio is the foothills of Appalachia, so it has this indescribable mood and atmosphere to it,” guitarist/vocalist Evan Seurkamp told The Big Takeover recently. “Sometimes there’s a haunting weight of decay you want to escape, but at the same time, there is some sort of strange romanticism surrounding ghost towns. We’ve tried to channel those moods to add more regional flavor into our sound.”

TOUR DATES

Nov 21 – Athens, OH – The Union
Nov 30 – Pittsburgh, PA – Government Center 

 

The Laughing Chimes
Whispers In The Speech Machine
(Slumberland)
Street Date: January 31, 2025
Pre-order HERE

Track Listing:

1 Atrophy
2 He Never Finished the Thought
3 Country Eidolism
4 Cats Go Car Watching
5 A Promise to Keep
6 High Beams
7 Fluorescent Minds
8 Mudhouse Mansion

   

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