John Cale returns with new single 'Lazy Day'

John Cale returns with a new single and video, “Lazy Day,” his first new music since his recent collaboration on Kelly Lee Owens’ “Corner of My Sky” and 2016’s M:FANS, a reworking of Music For A New Society.

“Lazy Day” is gradual, inching forward with skipping percussion and aperiodic piano. Over droning organ, Cale sings: “Tie me down / Lazy Day / Tie me down / My lazy day / Shoemaker making shoes without leather / With four elements all together.” In the accompanying video, directed by Abby Portner, a pink-haired Cale lounges around, intertwining with clips of the natural world and abstract images.

Watch the video for “Lazy Day” here.

Stream “Lazy Day” here.

“I was so ready to finally get my new album out; fits and starts and then damn 2020 happened! A lot to say in these times,” says Cale. “Context is everything and 140 characters isn't going to cut it! As a songwriter my truth is all tied-up in and through those songs that must wait a while longer. And then it occurred to me that I do have something for the moment, a song I'd recently completed... With the world careening out of its orbit I wanted to stop the lurch and enjoy a period where we can take our time and breathe our way back into a calmer world.”