The Shacks are "Sun-Drenched & Intoxicating" (Pitchfork) on Debut Album, 'Haze,' Out Today

Today, The Shacks release their new album 'Haze' - a "hypnotizing and sweet" (The FADER) debut statement that "brings a fresh sensibility to classic American sounds" (i-D) - on Big Crown Records. Produced and recorded in all-analog by The Shacks' Max Shrager and Big Crown co-founder Leon Michels (The Arcs, Lana Del Rey, Lady Gaga) in Shrager's Princeton, NJ, basement and Michels' Diamond Mine Studios in Queens, NY, the album shows The Shacks invoking the greats of French yé-yé, vintage R&B, psychedelic pop, and C86-era indie with a stylish, modern verve all their own.

'Haze' has garnered praise from Pitchfork, Billboard, Consequence Of Sound, and many more - see quotes below. Watch The Shacks soundtrack a man shaving on Williams Street Swap Shop.

Fronted by singer/bassist Shannon Wise (20) and guitarist Max Shrager (21) - and backed by the unwavering feel of drummer Ben Borchers and keyboardist Evan Heinze - The Shacks have quickly transformed from a pair of high school friends with an exhaustive expertise in musical obscurities into veterans of the road and studio. To kick off 2018, The Shacks were named an NPR Music Slingshot artist and toured the US and UK with Khruangbin, before playing SXSW showcases with NPR, Rachael Ray, Vinyl Me, Please, and more.

The Shacks are celebrating the release of 'Haze' with a release show at Baby's All Right on April 4th. Read a new, gorgeous photo profile of The Shacks over at Interview.

Praise For The Shacks and 'Haze'

"mesmerizing...a livid world of half-seen glances and whispered promises" - NPR Music

"music that envisions comforting, classic sensations like cascading spirals of woodsy incense...sun-drenched and intoxicating" - Pitchfork

"hypnotizing and sweet...captures the uncanny feeling of being reeled in by some magnetic force." - The FADER, on "Follow Me"

"wonderful...these anachronistic twentysomethings are proud to be the odd men and women out of the digital-recording rat race." - Billboard

"Wise and Shrager bring a fresh sensibility to classic American sounds...simultaneously recalls Sesame Street and David Lynch's nocturnal crooners." - i-D

"buzzing, vintage psych-soul noir...Shannon Wise's hushed, crystalline vocals are as shimmery and seductive as ever" - Gorilla vs. Bear

Order 'Haze'

'Haze' Tracklist

1. Haze
2. Follow Me
3. Birds
4. Sand Song
5. Texas
6. Cryin'
7. All Day Long
8. My Name Is
9. Blue & Grey
10. Sleeping
11. So Good
12. Nobody, Nobody
13. Let Your Love

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