Humbird announces new album, 'Morning When It Comes' + new single

Album artwork by Natalie Vukic

Today Humbird announced the release of their new single, ‘Daughter of Empire’, along with the announcement of a new full length album, Morning When it Comes, out September 25 on Nettwerk Music Group.

Written by Siri Undlin, the artist behind the moniker,  while navigating a wave of  mental and physical illness, Morning When It Comes is a collection of twelve secular hymns that draw inspiration from the cosmos to find comfort down here on Earth. With glittering hooks, big-hearted grooves, and clear-voiced melodies, what began as a deeply personal, self-soothing songwriting process in isolation transformed into a grand, universal conversation about stability, surrender, and the power of community.

Recorded in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the album marks Undlin’s debut as a co-producer, working alongside longtime producer Shane Leonard. Together with a stellar cast of collaborators—including bassist Pat Keen and renowned pedal steel player Rich Hinman (Sara Bareilles, Rosanne Cash)—they have crafted a Midwest Americana sound that is lush and electrified. New single "Daughter of Empire” opens the album's twelve-song cycle mired in the heavy realities of late-stage capitalism and daily dissociation, before blooming into a shimmering, 70s-style folk-pop chorus. 

Undlin reflects, ““It was surprisingly cathartic to take this song about empire and personal avoidance and choose to infuse it with playfulness and sonic urgency, a reminder that small changes can shift an entire framework if you’re willing to experiment and not take yourself too seriously.”

Frail Talk releases 'Circles & Visions' EP

Underneath winter’s cold full moon, bright snow the mirror-keeper of their secrets, Frail Talk spent two days recording live as a four-piece band, capturing this EP to two-inch tape. Songs of confession and supplication, like a circle and a vision, this music arrives as a tactile artifact of de-digitized humanity, with the last 3 tracks being recorded in one continuous pass on the first take.

Cor Wright and Al Woodchek collaborated with Tobias Bank (drums + vocals) and Jakob Mueller (bass) to usher their songs into physical form with the support of producer/engineer Mark Anderson. To create Circles & Visions, Frail Talk narrowed in on the volatility of tape, using improvisation (as in the title track itself) and the organic sounds of the room as a form of trans-analog substantiation. 

In Circles & Visions, Cor and Al move beyond the origin stories and glistening nostalgia of their first two LPs to reckon with tragedy, pain, and fear as impassable objects that require a heart to both soften and strengthen. These songs were written in and for the moments when time splinters, when what appears to be known evaporates. What remains is to wonder if grief for what is lost can coexist with a demand for hope, as offered in the line, “Hand to hold is all we have; hold mine tighter, please.”

Michaela Anne to play new Rolling Stone Stateside Fest

Today Rolling Stone announce their first US festival, Stateside Festival taking place in Kingston, NY on July 4, 2026. Along with Michaela Anne, the festival will feature Noah Kahan, GiGi Perez, Sydney Rose and more! Tickets & more info below!

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Michaela Anne announces new album 'These Are The Days'

Today Michaela Anne shared the announce of her fifth full length album, These Are The Days, out May 8. Michaela celebrated the announce, sharing that this album marks her fist full released on her own label, Georgia June Records. Three songs have already been released from the album, If Your Body Fails You, Two Pianos, and These Are The Days, with callouts from Rolling Stone & Ditty TV.

Pre-order or pre-save the album below!