Joan Shelley Announces New Album The Spur, Shares New Song: Listen

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Her first full-length since 2019 features contributions from Bill Callahan, Meg Baird, Nathan Salsburg, and novelist Max Porter

By Evan Minsker

Joan Shelley has announced her new album: The Spur is out June 24 via No Quarter. The album was produced by James Elkington and features contributions from Bill Callahan, Meg Baird, novelist Max Porter, and Shelley’s husband Nathan Salsburg. Check out the video for the album’s title track below.

“The Spur is the result of a period of opposite extremes: of intellectual hyper-connection and physical isolation,” Shelley said in a statement. “This album will forever be fused with the memory of our marriage, the birth of our child, and the intense joy despite the darkness.”

The Spur is Shelley’s first album since 2019’s Like the River Loves the Sea. She contributed to Salsburg’s 2021 record Psalms. Read “How Guitarist Nathan Salsburg Built an Album Around Traditional Jewish Texts” on the Pitch.

The Spur:

01 Forever Blues
02 The Spur
03 Home
04 Amberlit Morning
05 Like the Thunder
06 When the Light Is Dying
07 Breath for the Boy
08 Fawn
09 Why Not Live Here
10 Bolt
11 Between Rock & Sky
12 Completely