Matthew Houck of Phosphorescent has announced his new album Revelator, out April 5th and marking his debut for Verve Records. As a preview, he’s also shared the record’s title track.
Houck self-produced Revelator and recorded it in his own Nashville studio over the course of six months. It features collaborators including Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs and Jim White of Dirty Three, as well as Houck’s partner, singer-songwriter/pianist Jo Schornikow. The album is billed as an exploration of “unspoken truths that come with the gravity of navigating home, partnership, and family,” contemplating the dark sides bubbling beneath one’s seemingly idyllic life.
Houck says that he considers “Revelator” to be perhaps the best song he’s ever written. “You’ve ridden beyond where you can safely touch down/ And you’re out in the void past where you could’ve had turned around,” he sings over an expectedly dreamy instrumental.
Pre-orders for Revelator are ongoing. See the album art and details and listen to the title track below.
Phosphorescent’s last studio album was 2018’s C’est la Vie.
Revelator Artwork:
Revelator Tracklist:
01. The World is Ending
02. Fences
03. Impossible House
04. Wide as Heaven
05. A Moon Behind The Clouds
06. All the Same
07. A Poem on the Men’s Room Wall
08. To Get it Right
