Six Parts Seven and Goodmorning Valentine have announced a new collaborative album, Kissing Distance, which is out February 16 via Suicide Squeeze Records. The two Ohio-based bands (the former of which you may know from their 2003 split with The Black Keys) have shared a new single and video entitled “Meditation in D.” Regarding the smooth, acoustic guitar–driven track from the two projects, Six Parts Seven band leader Allen Karpinski shares that it was penned in cottage on Brady Lake, “a small township tucked inside the larger area surrounding the city of Kent, Ohio, and its massive State University campus.”
Regarding the collaboration, he continues, “From the beginning, Joey [Beltram, Goodmorning Valentine bandleader] knew this song occupied a very special place, creating something of a demarcation line in his catalog. Joey had always linked some experimentation alongside his pursuit of more traditional songwriting, but ‘Meditation in D’ opened the doors of possibility, unlocking a level of maturity in the music that was noticed immediately once he started performing it around Akron, Kent, and Cleveland. It’s the song that sparked the fire for both bands to collaborate.”
Regarding the video for the new tune, which Beltram directed, the Goodmorning Valentine musician adds: “Motion becomes the dominant theme, centered around a rodeo I attended in Fort Worth. The wildness of the animal, the willingness of the rider, spliced together with seemingly contradictory landscapes made a good fit for this song. Everything in this video was captured within the last few months, bouncing around, mostly between California and Texas. A representation of departure, leaving and transcending the now we all try and navigate.”
Check out the visual below, and pre-order Kissing Distance here.
