Shannon Lay Photo credit: Joanna Grace Babb
Shannon Lay today shares her new single “Horizons,” the latest track from her upcoming album Past The Veil, due out on July 28th via All The Best. The luminous, textured track is accompanied by a Bailey Salwey-directed video.
“‘Horizons’ is a reminder to be authentic,” says Lay. “We all have a unique perspective and that’s what makes this whole experience so interesting. I love art for that reason; it is someone’s view of the world on display. We need to be as much as we want to be and keep our head up high and we traverse uncertainty. Every step forward makes a difference.”
Lay’s seraphic voice and fingerpicking has long been a guiding spirit — a compassionate steward of tender hearts and minds. For the last decade, her music has offered a retreat from one’s worries, and created a refuge out of delicate and minimalist arrangements.
With her new studio album, Past the Veil, she proffers the same care and understanding, and a similar emotional timbre, but from an entirely different sonic vantage point. Rather than weaving a safe cocoon in which listeners may hide out, Past the Veil rips it apart, offering a bold invitation to move through our discomfort and uncertainty. It is the sound of rebirth. It is a chance to stand up, join together, and maybe even dance.
Past the Veil is Lay’s most expansive album yet, an extension of the abundance mindset she chose to adopt as she navigated big changes. On top of literal and metaphorical hellfire (the Altadena and Pacific Palisades fires of January 2025; the entirety of Trump’s second term in office), Lay also parted ways with her previous record label which inspired her to lean into trusting herself and her community. Past the Veil is the first release from her new artist-run label, All The Best, where she’ll issue her own music as well as some of her friends.
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