Long-running indie-punk band Signals Midwest has announced Layovers, a career-spanning rarities collection out July 25 through Lauren Records and is the band's sixth album.
The first single is “Two Magnets,” which was inspired by a comment from guitarist Jeff Russell about a relationship dynamic as “two magnets with the same charge.” The song appears on Maxwell Stern's solo In The Good Light LP (2024), but is now shared in its initial arrangement with the full band.
"I wasn’t sure if 'Two Magnets' was supposed to be more of an acoustic-based tune or a full-blown rock song," Stern explains. "In the end, I decided to pursue both directions. So if the solo-record version is one magnetic pole, this is what the opposite end sounds like: a revved-up version meant to be played as loud as possible."
The full collection is 12 songs in length, a combination of unreleased songs, B-sides, 7” tracks, and covers.
Layovers LP tracklist:
- Two Magnets
- Milkcrate
- Stale Air
- Caricature (Alt. Version)
- Forward, Never Straight! (Part 2)
- Wizard of Loneliness
- Wait For Hours
- Blood of the Sun
- Call The Amberlamps
- Astronaut
- Whole Half Century
- Alchemy Hour (Live at Audiotree)
