Billie Marten Announces New Album 'Dog Eared'

Today, English singer-songwriter Billie Marten has announced her fifth studio album, Dog Eared. The LP is set to come out July 18 via Fiction Records, after Marten’s run of dates opening for Tennis, and producer Philip Weinrobe says, “Dog Eared is a fucking miracle. This record feels like what music is supposed to be—a creative dialog between wide open musicians, all pushing in the exact same direction. And that direction is clear—the controls are set for the heart of Billie’s incredible songs.”

Dog Eared was made with Weinrobe at his Sugar Mountain studio in New York last summer, and it’s set to feature contributions from Núria Graham, Josh Crumbly, Mike Halderman, Mauro Refosco, Maia Friedman, Vishal Nayak and Sam Amidon—players who’ve worked with the likes of Cassandra Jenkins, David Byrne, Kamasi Washington and more.

The album’s new single (and “Crown” follow-up) “Feeling” is out today, and Marten says, “I’ve discovered that I have a really particular long-term memory: I have specific sensory recollections from when I was two onwards, that I can recall easily now. One of these is marking out roads in my grandmother’s patterned carpet, for my Dad’s old 1950/60s toy cars to drive on. I used to trace patterns in everything: fabric seats at the dentist, carpets, wallpaper and walls, raindrops on car windows. Everything had a pattern to be noticed.”

Listen to “Feeling” and check out the Dog Eared artwork and tracklist below.

Billie Marten Announces New Album Dog Eared

Listen to Marten's new track "Feeling" below.