Mo Kenney today shares the second single, “Signs of Life” from their forthcoming studio album, From Nowhere, out September 6th. On their fifth studio album Mo embraces the textures of ambiguity and the rich blur of being, failing, and becoming. Mo will be on tour this fall. Full details below.
“A common theme of this record is exploration of relationship – romantic, platonic, familial. When writing this song I was considering that sometimes how you are taught to love isn’t the best way. There can be unlearning to do as you move through your life and discover things about yourself. There can be parallels between early relationships and how you navigate romantic relationship.”
From Nowhere shifts through lush arrangements that touch on dreamy folk, sparse alt-country, and warm, hazed-out lo-fi pop. In their lyrics, Mo opts to defy definition, making room for non-linear and fragmentary sentiments that challenge their own feelings about personal growth, acknowledge the slippery and shadowy nature of memory, and build love songs that conjure the bonds of friendship just as much as they hint at romance.
The intimate subject matter is handled with deft hands by some of Mo’s nearest and dearest collaborators—Joel Plaskett, Rose Cousins, Victoria Cameron, Siobhan Martin, and Jordan Murphy—and recorded, mixed, and engineered by Thomas Stajcer at Plaskett’s Fang Studios in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
From Nowhere is set for release on September 6th 2024.
