Lambchop’s new album This (is what I wanted to tell you) will be released on March 22. Following lead single “The December-ish you” and “Everything for you,” the band have shared the final single from the album, “Crosswords, or what this says about you.”

The band’s Kurt Wagner is appropriately cryptic about the track, saying, “Your Wednesday puzzle is now available…” and regarding the video, he adds, “I wish I had shaved that day.

In the summer of 2017, Wagner left Nashville and crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains into North Carolina, where he became reacquainted with Matt McCaughan, who has spent the last decade drumming for the likes of Bon Iver and Hiss Golden Messenger. They became instant musical pen pals, with Wagner sending him a cappella takes of new song ideas and McCaughan dispatching long-form synthesizer pieces for inspiration. McCaughan eventually headed to Nashville, where, together, they put a band behind the songs, using pedal steel and piano and the harmonica of Nashville legend Charlie McCoy to color in the spaces of these black-and-white sketches. That unexpected human connection—that is, rekindling an old friendship to make music in a way you never imagined—is a happy answer to the worries of This (is what I wanted to tell you), an album whose honesty pulls on your heart with the weight of absolute empathy.

Stunning, beautiful, and surprising, This (is what I wanted to tell you) is a record you just need to hear. Pre-order it today on CD, LP, and clear Peak Vinyl in the Merge store, or wherever you buy music.

Lambchop on tour:
Apr 12 Nijmegen, NL – Doornroosje
Apr 13 Copenhagen, DK – DR Koncerthuset, Studie 2
Apr 14 Oslo, NO – Röverstaden
Apr 15 Gothenburg, SE – Pustervik
Apr 17 Leipzig, DE – Felsenkeller
Apr 18 Munich, DE – Muffathalle
Apr 19 Vienna, AT – WUK
Apr 20 Darmstadt, DE – Centralstation
Apr 21 London, UK – EartH
Apr 23 Paris, FR – Maroquinerie
Apr 24 Bern, CH – Dachstock, Reitschule
Apr 25 Zurich, CH – Rote Fabrik
Apr 26 Berlin, DE – Funkhaus
Apr 27 Cologne, DE – Gloria
Apr 28 Brussels, BE – Nuits Botanique Festival
Apr 29 Hamburg, DE – Elbphilharmonie
Apr 30 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Noord
Aug 2–4 Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon