Seattle cult heroes Young Fresh Fellows release “Destination” featuring Neko Case on lead vocals, the second track from their new studio album ‘Loft’, arriving March 27. The album marks the band’s first new studio release since 2020’s ‘Toxic Youth’, recorded at Wilco’s famed Loft studio in Chicago with GRAMMY Award-winning producer and engineer Tom Schick at the helm. Scott McCaughey explains how Case’s involvement evolved organically. “Neko originally came over to sing harmonies. We worked on it for a couple of hours, and she sang all the way through the song,” McCaughey says. “Later, when I was mixing, I muted my vocal just to see what would happen and suddenly the song made more sense. It wasn’t a plan. It didn’t feel like a ‘feature.’ It just sounded better. Eventually we put my voice back in on the choruses, but she’s clearly the lead. It’s probably the first official Fellows song where that’s the case, and I’m totally fine with that.”
‘Loft’ captures the band’s signature wit, fuzz, and rock ‘n’ roll energy over 11 new songs, featuring Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, John Perrin, and Jim Sangster alongside a cast of kindred spirits who lent their magic to the recording. The roster includes John Stirratt from Wilco on harmony vocals, Morgan Fisher from Mott the Hoople on keyboards, Jonathan Segel from Camper Van Beethoven on violin, Jenny Conlee from The Decemberists on accordion and harmony vocals, Mark Greenberg from Eleventh Dream Day on vibraphone, Peter Buck from R.E.M. on 12-string guitar, and Dave “Max” Crawford from Poi Dog Pondering on trumpet. Fully formed in Seattle in 1983 by McCaughey, Sangster, Chuck Carroll, and Tad Hutchison, Young Fresh Fellows became an unexpected college radio favorite with their 1984 debut, building a legacy that continues with this new collection of tracks recorded in one of indie rock’s most celebrated studios.