The stars are aligning for what’s sounding like an excellent new Walkmen LP due this summer. Beginning with last May’s sneak peek in the form of the band road-testing new material and — most recently — some much higher quality footage of Hamilton Leithauser and Co. breaking out the title track for Pitchork’s +1 series. You can check out an interview about the recording process and how they paid their dues at an old practice space, or skip ahead to the 3:46 mark (cued up below) for a promising taste of “Heaven.”
Heaven, the album, arrives on June 5, produced by Phil Ek and with a guest performance by fellow past collaborator Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes.