We are thrilled to announce the next installment in our ongoing singles series. On October 18, we will release Dirty Beaches ‘Lone Runner’ worldwide as a limited edition 7" single (250 Clear, 500 Black) and at all DSPs. The single, features the unreleased “Lone Runner” as the A-side and “Stye Eye,” previously available on a limited edition cassette of 150, as the B-side. Pitchfork premiered “Lone Runner” and called it, “a howling, delicious, grimy number” (see Forkcast August 5). Full details below.

In other news, Dirty Beaches’ critically acclaimed Badlands will be released worldwide August 30th via Revolver/Midheaven / ZOO Music. The LP can also be purchased directly from ZOO Music. Dirty Beaches has also scheduled a late summer – fall tour, with a few headline dates and a run supporting Frankie Rose & The Outs.

About Dirty Beaches “Lone Runner” + Suicide Squeeze singles series – It’s an easy leap to guess this would be a proper summer release. But, if you’re already familiar with Alex Zhang Hungtai’s music, you know it’s got a special connection to the end of that season, and the beginning of autumn. And if not, this EP will offer a perfect introduction. The lead track “Lone Runner,” is simple perfection: Handclaps lead off a vocal style locked in with both Nick Cave and Elvis, yet totally his own. A song that may drag you by the hand to a place you’ve never been. And then you got “Stye Eye,” on the flip: A stomping anthem with an insistent grind that seems to sway and swing, gaining in intensity as the track progresses. Order here.

In 1996, Suicide Squeeze began releasing 7-inch records as lifesblood, singles, mostly from Pacific NW bands appeared, documenting some of the most influential music of that time: Modest Mouse, Elliott Smith, 764-Hero, and Pedro the Lion: each played an important role. The label broadened its reach over the years (as well as its series of singles), continually releasing music by a diverse, yet select group of musicians, including The Melvins, of Montreal, HEALTH, Memoryhouse, Black Mountain, JEFF the Brotherhood, School of Seven Bells, and many more.