Searows, the project of Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter and guitarist Alec Duckart, shares “Dirt”, the haunting new single from his forthcoming album ‘Death in the Business of Whaling’, arriving January 23 via Last Recordings On Earth. The track arrives alongside a black and white video by Karlee Boon and Marlowe Ostara, following previously released singles “Dearly Missed” and “Photograph of a Cyclone”. “This song is about inevitability,” Duckart shares. “We all have the knowledge that we and everything around us is finite, and we all have a different way of dealing with that fact. It isn’t something that has ever been comfortable for me, but I can’t spend my life uncomfortable with it. We all inevitably return to the dirt, but you can’t ease the anxiety over it by trying to dig the hole early. If we can acknowledge the end, maybe we can remember we’re alive now.” Searows celebrates the album release with in-store record shows January 23 at New York’s Rough Trade (sold out), January 25 at Los Angeles’ Fingerprints, January 28 at Portland’s Music Millennium, and January 29 at Seattle’s Easy Street.
‘Death in the Business of Whaling’ marks Searows’ second album and his first time recording outside his bedroom after 2022’s self-produced debut ‘Guard Dog’ found a passionate audience through TikTok communities and co-signs from Ethel Cain, Gracie Abrams, and Robin Pecknold. Duckart set up shop in a converted horse barn outside Seattle, working with co-producer Trevor Spencer to expand his creative vision with greater scale and space. The songs read more like folklore than literal autobiography, exploring themes of spirit, shadow self, trauma, love, and fate through symbolic rather than direct storytelling. “Something your subconscious understands before your conscious mind does. Visceral rather than literal,” Duckart explains. “Most of these songs are about the different ways we all bump up against the human condition. How we cope with our experiences and how we connect and take care of one another in an exceedingly dark and violent world.”
Tour Dates:
1/23 – New York, NY @ Rough Trade – SOLD OUT
1/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Fingerprints
1/28 – Portland, OR @ Music Millennium
1/29 – Seattle, WA @ Easy Street