Creatures by Jolie Laide

Creatures, out April 30, 2025 via Victory Pool Records, is the lush, sprawling new album from Jolie Laide, a band who came together under some cool circumstances and have grown into a vibrant, unpredictable unit, revealing new dimensions for a group of seasoned musicians and writers. Their story is both the closing of a decades-old circle and one of the evolution of a quasi supergroup.

Comprised of revered American indie singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia (who has amassed a stunning and critically acclaimed discography of unique, darkly melodic albums), and Jeff MacLeod, Clinton St. John, and Morgan Greenwood (also of the band Florida BC), Jolie Laide planted its roots some two decades ago through a mutual connection. The lion's share of Nastasia's solo albums were masterfully recorded by the late, great Steve Albini, and in the mid-00s, MacLeod and St. John's old band The Cape May had just finished recording their album Glass Mountain Roads with the veteran engineer. Nina was next in line for the studio. A night of commiserating in the studio led to Albini’s suggestion that The Cape May become Nastasia’s touring band for her upcoming North American and European tours and this pairing turned into a fruitful collaboration and a longstanding friendship.

Jolie Laide is comprised of revered American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia, Jeff MacLeod, Clinton St. John and Morgan Greenwood. The through-line through Creatures, their lush, sprawling sophomore record, is St. John and Nastasia’s conversational, layered duet, with her disarmingly sweet, world-weary and laser-sharp voice buffered by St. John's signature emotive tones.

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