Shane Butler – “Devotee”

Between Quilt and Olden Yolk, Shane Butler has a hand a hand in plenty of very good music on the neo-psychedelic/folk/pop/rock spectrum. With both of those bands on hiatus, Butler is stepping out on his own, releasing his debut solo album Heavy Debt next month. Last month, he shared lead single "Ringfinger," and now we're getting to hear another track.Despite its welcome flourishes of percussion and woodwinds, "Devotee" still lands on the more intimate and pastoral side of Butler's oeuvre. Butler was born in New York but raised in a spiritual community in upstate New York and outside of Mumbai, India, and "Devotee" finds him reflecting on the life his mother lived and the imagined lives she didn't."My mother left home at 18 after she met a spiritual teacher and moved into a commune, a place she lived for over 25 years," Butler says. "It was where I was raised. It was a great place for us, but I've still always wondered what her life would’ve been like if she would have had a story more akin to her peers; would she have been listening to like, Double Nickels On The Dime when she was 25 or something and living a very different life?"Listen to "Devotee" below.TOUR DATES:12/03 - New York, NY @ Public Records (w/ Silk Fence)12/04 - Boston, MA @ The Loft Somerville12/05 - Philadelphia, PA @ Abbysinia12/16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon (w/ Mary Lattimore)01/22 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas (w/ Star Moles, Sam & Louise Sullivan)Heavy Debt is out 12/4 via Peal Music. Pre-order it here.