John Cale Announces Album, Shares Video for New Song With Weyes Blood: Watch

John Cale has announced his new album Mercy with a video for his new song “Story of Blood,” featuring Weyes Blood. The album features additional contributions from Animal Collective, Sylvan Esso, Laurel Halo, Tei Shi, Actress, and more. It’s due out January 20 (via Double Six/Domino). Check out Mercy tracklist and the “Story of Blood” music video, directed by Jethro Waters, below.

Of the Weyes Blood collaboration, Cale said in a statement:

I’d been listening to Weyes Blood’s [2016 album Front Row Seat to Earth] and remembered Natalie [Mering]’s puritanical vocals. I thought if I could get her to come and sing with me on the “Swing your soul” section, and a few other harmonies, it would be beautiful. What I got from her was something else! Once I understood the versatility in her voice, it was as if I’d written the song with her in mind all along. Her range and fearless approach to tonality was an unexpected surprise. There’s even a little passage in there where she’s a dead-ringer for Nico.

Cale shared the first offering from the album “Night Crawling” in August. The new album follows 2016’s M:FANS.

Weyes Blood is releasing her own new album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, on November 18. Read Pitchfork’s Best New Track review of lead single “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody.”

Mercy:

01 Mercy [ft. Laurel Halo]
02 Marilyn Monroe’s Legs (Beauty Elsewhere) [ft. Actress]
03 Noise of You
04 Story of Blood
05 Time Stands Still [ft. Sylvan Esso]
06 Moonstruck (Nico’s Song)
07 Everlasting Days [ft. Animal Collective]
08 Night Crawling
09 Not the End of the World
10 The Legal Status of Ice [ft. Fat White Family]
11 I Know You’re Happy [ft. Tei Shi]
12 Out Your Window