Actual Wolf has a long history on the Minnesota music scene, so it's appropriate that Eric Pollard has teamed up with storied St. Paul label Red House Records for his new album, Faded Days. The album will be out tomorrow, June 2, as a limited-release cassette and on digital platforms, with a vinyl release in September.

We're pleased to premiere a track from the ten-song release, "Hometown." The song was written by HALEY — who shares Pollard's roots in the Duluth music scene — and was first released on her 2016 album Impossible Dream.

An Iron Range native, Pollard has recently spent time in Nashville and is now based in Oakland, Calif. According to a Red House press release, Faded Days was "written over two years in a spectrum of locations that the artist has called home at one point or another — Duluth (Minnesota, not Georgia), Brooklyn, Nashville and currently Oakland."

Musicians on the album include Jeremy Hanson (Tapes 'n Tapes, Tungsten), Jake Hanson (Gramma's Boyfriend; 12 Rods; Halloween, Alaska), Steve Garrington (Low, the Erik Berry Duo), Ditch Kurtz (a pedal steel guitarist from Nashville), with Al Church adding vocals.

With a release on Red House Records, Actual Wolf joins a label that's also been home to artists including Charlie Parr and Chastity Brown.

Actual Wolf will be at the Turf Club on June 8 for an album release show. Faded Days is now available for preorder on Amazon and iTunes. Actual Wolf has previously shared the track "Baby Please."

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