Gift Horse – my new project with Matthew Hord (Pop. 1280, Fine Place, Running) – has released our debut album Cultural Payout. Written & recorded across 2022 at Studio Windows, the album dives deep into leftfield beats and hardware electronics across the span of six sprawling songs. Electronica.org describes it as “an enigmatic journey through hallucinatory landscapes”, and Brooklyn Vegan writes the songs mix “rolling hip hop beats with Morricone-esque cinematic vistas”. I’ve know Matthew for around 15 years, our bands have shared bills together many times, and I’ve produced records for multiple projects he’s been in, but this is the first time we’ve made music together. Like many of my favorite records, this one was made without preconceptions and simply for the sake of playing music together. Our record release show will be October 6 at Union Pool, with James K and Auscultation (aka Golden Donna). Cultural Payout is out now via Husky Pants Records (Ryley Walker) – stream & purchase a copy of the cassette at Bandcamp.