Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "So Sorry" by You Said Strange, from the 2021 album Thousand Shadows Vol.1 on Le Cèpe Records / Modulor.
For their debut album, Salvation Prayer, the French band You Said Strange recorded in Portland with Dandy Warhols guitarist Peter G Holmström. For they're latest LP, titled Thousand Shadows Vol.1, they hunkered down at home, building their own studio in Évreux, equipped with a vintage analog console and microphones gathered during previous tours.
The band told Psychedelic Baby Magazine that the change enabled them to "become autonomous with our gear, build a cocoon and stretch our creation on a bigger space of time. Taking time to refine our sound and our compositions." As a result, the group's sophomore full-length is a thoughtful, intimate affair, produced by Daniel James Goodwin (This Is The Kit, Kevin Morby, Wand).
Check out the track below and revisit their KEXP in-studio session from 2019. You Said Strange will be hitting Seattle on November 11th and 13th as part of the 2022 Freakout Festival, and November 12th at Ronette's Psychedelic Sock Hop.
