{"product_id":"kelley-stoltz-writing-the-thread-lp","title":"Kelley Stoltz - Writing The Thread - LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePRE-ORDER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRELEASE DATE: 23RD OCTOBER 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVERY LIMITED COPIES ON TURQUOISE COLOURED VINYL \/ 1 COPY PER CUSTOMER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis October, San Francisco songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kelley Stoltz returns with \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark7v0irn67c\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eWriting\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markdz9w1fat4\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThread\u003c\/span\u003e, his 21st album and his second full-length release of 2026, arriving to coincide with a new run of live dates across \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e UK and Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more than two decades, Stoltz has quietly built one of \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e most distinctive and prolific catalogs in American independent music. A songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and inveterate home-recording enthusiast, he has followed his own path—moving easily between psychedelic pop, post-punk, garage rock, glam, folk and \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e melodic pull of classic songwriting, while somehow always sounding unmistakably like himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaised in Michigan and based in San Francisco since \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e late 1990s, Stoltz first attracted attention with his early home recordings, particularly 2001’s Antique Glow, originally self-released in a tiny run of hand-painted LPs. His growing reputation eventually led to a long association with Sub Pop Records. Later releases appeared on Jack White’s Third Man Records, John Dwyer’s Castle Face Records and a succession of independent labels around \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout it all, Stoltz has continued to operate his own peculiar musical workshop—\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark7v0irn67c\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ewriting\u003c\/span\u003e, playing, recording and following ideas wherever \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003ey happen to wander. His work has been lauded by MOJO, Uncut, BBC 6 Music, Triple J Australia and \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e New York Times, while his home studio has become a place to produce and record a long list of fellow travelers. Stoltz also spent several years playing rhythm guitar with his longtime heroes Echo \u0026amp; \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e Bunnymen and serves as West Coast drummer for Robyn Hitchcock. He is also \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e host of “Vinelands,” a Bay Area music specialty show on legendary radio station KEXP.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComing just months after May’s If You Don't Know Me, Buy Now, \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark7v0irn67c\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eWriting\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markdz9w1fat4\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThread\u003c\/span\u003e captures Stoltz in an especially prolific stretch, still chasing songs, sounds and unexpected turns more than twenty albums into his career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I got \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e title from asking my wife, when she was typing away into her phone, ‘What are you doing?’ and she’d often reply, ‘Oh, just \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark7v0irn67c\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ewriting\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markdz9w1fat4\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethread\u003c\/span\u003e’—her friends’ group about stuff. It seemed like a poetic title, and it tied into \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e way us small-fry artists are essentially \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark7v0irn67c\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ewriting\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e songs as communications with our small group of followers.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark7v0irn67c\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eWriting\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markdz9w1fat4\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThread\u003c\/span\u003e finds \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e melodic immediacy of Stoltz’s earliest recordings meeting \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e sharper edges, strange textures and restless experimentation that have increasingly colored his work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark7v0irn67c\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eWriting\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markdz9w1fat4\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThread\u003c\/span\u003e arrives in October 2026, released in \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e UK and Europe by Agitated Records and in \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e USA by Dandy Boy Records, to coincide with a month-long UK and European tour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/u\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. To Use Your Mind Is To Lose Your Mind 2. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark7v0irn67c\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eWriting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markdz9w1fat4\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThread\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 3. In December 4. No Reply 5. Suspend Belief 6. Permanent Impermanence 7. I Can't Wait 8. Stay In Touch 9. Plants (Revisited) 10. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Loneliness Of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Long Distance Commuter  11. Been \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark039iys7n2\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ere Done That 12. 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