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Porcupine Tattoo
  1. Porcupine Tattoo” - Everything Is Recorded & Noah Cyrus & Bill Callahan
  2. “Norm” - Everything Is Recorded feat. Bill Callahan

Everything Is Recorded & Noah Cyrus & Bill Callahan

Porcupine Tattoo

XL Recordings
  • limited 7"

    Released: 24th Jan 2025

    £9.99
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A stripped-back lament featuring two American musical icons - Noah Cyrus and Bill Callahan - who appear on record together for the very first time.

This 7” exclusively features a second collaboration between Everything Is Recorded and Callahan in the form of “Norm”, a tribute to the Austin-based singer songwriter’s favourite comedian, Norm MacDonald.

The single features Callahan’s original demo vocal, pitched down and resting on layers of sub bass and complemented by Cyrus’ crystalline counterpoint vocal. It was recorded during a rainy week of sessions in a bungalow at Los Angeles’ Chateau Marmont, which Russell described as “comfortable but haunted”.

The song continues a lineage of Russell productions – from “I’m New Here” to Bobby Womack’s “Deep River” and Damon Albarn’s “History of a Cheating Heart” – that explore a sparser, more acoustic side of his sound.