Photo: Joyce Kim

Chicago-raised, Los Angeles-based guitarist, composer, and producer Gregory Uhlmann is a very talented and busy musician, known for his membership and collaborations with bands and artists like SML, Typical Sisters, Perfume Genius, Hand Habits, Fell Runner, Tasha, Josh Johnson, Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes, and many more. He has announced the release of his new album Extra Stars, marking his solo debut on International Anthem. A beautifully immersive and quietly absorbing collection of fourteen short pieces, Extra Stars draws on everything Uhlmann has absorbed over years of collaboration.

Alongside the album announcement, Uhlman has shared the whimsical and balmy lead single ‘Lucia’, featuring label-mate Alabaster DePlume. Of the track, he says:

“This song began with a field recording of the waves in Big Sur. Named after the Lucia Lodge, my partner and I stayed there for a couple nights and found the sound of the waves both calming and a little unnerving. There’s an intensity to being on a point with waves crashing down around you. I wrote the piece years ago and always had Gus (Alabaster DePlume) in mind to play, but finally worked up the courage to ask him recently. What he added was perfect and beyond what I could’ve hoped for.”

Listen to ‘Lucia’ below and grab Extra Stars when it drops on March 6th.