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Blake Mathew Simon Mills (born September 21, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and composer based in
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. He is known for production and guitar work on albums and singles by many artists, including
Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She released five albums from 1996 to 2020, all of which reached the top 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart. As of 2021, she has sold over ...
, Perfume Genius,
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, Feist, Jack Johnson, Marcus Mumford,
Laura Marling Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is an English Folk music, folk singer-songwriter. She won the Brit Award for Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist, Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards and was nominated for th ...
,
Weyes Blood Natalie Laura Mering (born June 11, 1988), known professionally as Weyes Blood (pronounced , like "wise blood"), is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She was primarily raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She has been performing her o ...
,
John Legend John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He began his musical career working behind the scenes for other artists, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's " Every ...
,
Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes are an American rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, in 2009. The band currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, and bassist Zac Cockrell. The band began its career touring and perfor ...
,
Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi mus ...
,
Conor Oberst Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes (band), Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos (band), Desaparecidos, the Faint (previou ...
, and
Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, folk music, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock music, rock, heartland r ...
; as a touring musician with artists such as
Lucinda Williams Lucinda Gayl Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums, ''Ramblin' on My Mind (Lucinda Williams album), Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and ''Happy Woman Blues'' (198 ...
,
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and
Jenny Lewis Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child ...
; and his four solo albums.


Biography

Blake Mills was born in
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, and grew up in
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. He attended
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with
Taylor Goldsmith Taylor Dawes Goldsmith (born August 16, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He serves as the lead singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter of American folk rock band Dawes. Early life Goldsmith has a younger ...
. Mills and Goldsmith began their musical careers in a band they co-founded called
Simon Dawes Simon Dawes was a rock band originally from Malibu, California. The band was signed with Record Collection and released their only full-length album, ''Carnivore'', in September 2006. They had previously released three EPs. Blake Mills (gu ...
. Simon Dawes released its debut EP ''What No One Hears'' in 2005, and its first LP ''Carnivore'' in September 2006 via Record Collection. After the band broke up in 2007, Goldsmith and his younger brother, Griffin, formed the band Dawes with Simon Dawes bassist Wylie Gelber, and Mills went on to serve as a touring guitarist for
Jenny Lewis Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child ...
. He went on to tour with
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,
Cass McCombs Cass McCombs (born November 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. Career McCombs has played in numerous bands in the Bay Area during the 1990s before relocating to New York City. He released his debut EP '' Not the Way E.P.'' (2002), d ...
,
Julian Casablancas Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the Rock music, rock band the Strokes, with whom he has released six studio albums since their founding in 1998. Casabl ...
and
Lucinda Williams Lucinda Gayl Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums, ''Ramblin' on My Mind (Lucinda Williams album), Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and ''Happy Woman Blues'' (198 ...
. As a session musician, Mills has collaborated with
Conor Oberst Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes (band), Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos (band), Desaparecidos, the Faint (previou ...
,
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,
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,
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, Paulo Nutini,
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, Jesca Hoop,
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,
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, Dangermouse, Vulfpeck,
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,
Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi mus ...
, Marcus Mumford, Ethan Gruska,
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, Diana Krall, Johnathan Rice,
Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, folk music, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock music, rock, heartland r ...
,
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, Jason Boesel,
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,
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,
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, and other performers. In 2010, Mills released his first solo LP via Record Collection. The original intent for the album ''Blake Mills'' was to serve as a calling card for Mills to get session work. It was touted as the album of the year by many websites and fellow musicians, despite its limited release. After spending back-to-back years on tour and in the studio playing on other people's records, Mills made the decision to begin producing in order to explore musical concepts beyond guitar in late 2011. Analog Edition Records released a Blake Mills double A side 7" in 2011, featuring the songs "Hey Lover" and "Wintersong" in 2011; the former track would go on to feature in the first season of the HBO comedy series ''
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'' in 2014. In January 2012, Mills appeared on
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for his first national televised performance as a solo artist. He covered Bob Dylan's "Heart of Mine", which he had recently recorded for an Amnesty International benefit CD. Later that year, he went on to co-produce Jesca Hoop's album '' The House that Jack Built'', produced
Sara Watkins Sara Ullrika Watkins (born June 8, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of Nickel Creek, the progressive bluegrass group she formed with her brother Sean and mandolinist Chris Thile. In addi ...
' album ''Sun Midnight Sun'', wrote and produced "Sad Dream" on
Sky Ferreira Sky Tonia Ferreira (; born July 8, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter, model, and actress. As a teenager, Ferreira began uploading videos on Myspace of herself singing songs she had written, which led to her discovery by producers Bloodsh ...
's EP ''
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''. Mills was featured on electric slide guitar on the track '"Go Home" from the 2013 debut album from the group
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. For the compilation album ''Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac'', he co-produced and played with
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and
Matt Sweeney Matt Sweeney (born July 2, 1969) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist of Skunk, Chavez, and supergroup Zwan. Early life and education Sweeney was born in New Jersey. His father was John D. Sweeney, a profess ...
on the track "Oh Well". Mills also served as the opening act and guitarist for
Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She released five albums from 1996 to 2020, all of which reached the top 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart. As of 2021, she has sold over ...
during her 2012 tour through North America. Mills co-produced the track "Artifact 1" on Conor Oberst's album, ''Upside Down Mountain'', which was released in May 2014. Mills released his second full-length album, ''Heigh Ho'', on September 16, 2014. This self-produced album combines a range of genres. Along with friends and inspirations including Fiona Apple, Jim Keltner, Don Was, Benmont Tench, Jon Brion, and Mike Elizondo, Mills recorded ''Heigh Ho'' at the legendary
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studios in a room built for Frank Sinatra. He also produced the sophomore release from
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. Recording took place at Sound Emporium in Nashville, a studio originally built for Sun Records house producer "Cowboy" Jack Clement. In 2015 Mills was nominated for a
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in the category of Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for his work on
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breakthrough album Sound & Color. Mills' producer credits in 2016 and 2017 include the albums '' We're All Gonna Die'' from former bandmates Dawes, '' Darkness and Light'' by
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, '' Semper Femina'' by
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, '' Eternally Even'' by
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and '' No Shape'' by Perfume Genius. In 2016 he performed guitar and various other instruments on Andrew Bird's album ''Are You Serious''. In 2017, Mills took part in Randy Newman's ''Dark Matter'' as a guitarist. In November 2018, Mills quietly released an almost-entirely-instrumental EP entitled ''Look'' on his own label imprint New Deal Music. The album was created almost entirely using
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guitar synthesizers from the 1970s with collaboration from saxophonist Sam Gendel, singer Natalie Mering of
Weyes Blood Natalie Laura Mering (born June 11, 1988), known professionally as Weyes Blood (pronounced , like "wise blood"), is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She was primarily raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She has been performing her o ...
, and violin and string-arrangement virtuoso, Rob Moose, who has appeared on nearly every release Mills has produced. ''Look'' was the second release on New Deal Music. The first New Deal release, in September 2018, was a soundtrack by Colin Stetson, Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer based in Montreal, for the short-lived dramatic television series ''The First''. On December 5, 2019, Mills teased a clip of "Summer All Over" via an
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piece by Grayson Haver Currin titled "Songs in an Emergency" that centers around the urgency of climate change. It is a piano-based ballad musing on the Malibu fires of 2018 and co-written with
Cass McCombs Cass McCombs (born November 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. Career McCombs has played in numerous bands in the Bay Area during the 1990s before relocating to New York City. He released his debut EP '' Not the Way E.P.'' (2002), d ...
. When describing the spacious sound-landscape that the song embodies and the title, Mills commented that "writing about the season of summer inherently evokes a Beach Boys vibe, maybe because I'm in Los Angeles, but the implication of the warmest season happening all over the world at the same time is an 'endless summer.'" "Summer All Over" was featured on Mills' third full-length LP titled '' Mutable Set'' released in 2020 on New Deal Music with management support by Record Collection and distribution by Verve Label Group, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. In 2020, Blake Mills played guitar and harmonium on
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's album '' Rough and Rowdy Ways''. In 2021 Blake and bassist
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released their collaborative album ''Notes with Attachments'' on
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label
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. The album touched on a number of genres, including art rock, jazz and West African music, and featured 13 musicians and a wide range of instruments. Released on September 16, 2022, Mills produced and co-wrote the Marcus Mumford album, ''Self-Titled''. Released March 3, 2023, Blake Mills composed, performed, and produced all songs on the album ''Aurora'' for the North American musical drama streaming television miniseries ''
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''. On June 10, 2023, Mills appeared with
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at her first ticketed concert in over two decades at
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, playing Mitchell's own guitar and accompanying her on "Amelia." The next month, his album '' Jelly Road'', co-written with Chris Weisman, was released on New Deal/Verve.


Mollusk sessions

From time to time Mills hosts invite-only musical performances at Mollusk Surf Shop in
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. In previous shows Mills has been accompanied by musicians including
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,
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,
Matt Sweeney Matt Sweeney (born July 2, 1969) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist of Skunk, Chavez, and supergroup Zwan. Early life and education Sweeney was born in New Jersey. His father was John D. Sweeney, a profess ...
,
Cass McCombs Cass McCombs (born November 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. Career McCombs has played in numerous bands in the Bay Area during the 1990s before relocating to New York City. He released his debut EP '' Not the Way E.P.'' (2002), d ...
,
Jenny Lewis Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child ...
, Charlie Sexton,
Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early years Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin M ...
,
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, Val McCallum,
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, Mike Einziger, Danielle Haim,
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, Michael Elizondo, Anthony Wilson, and Xavier Mas.


Discography


Solo

*''Blake Mills'' (2010) Record Collection *''Heigh Ho'' (2014)
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/ Record Collection *''Look'' (2018) New Deal Records *'' Mutable Set'' (2020) New Deal Records /
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*''Notes With Attachments'' (2021, with
Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A session bassist, he has played bass for a number of acts such as the Who, the John Mayer Trio, Gary Numan, Paul Young, Don Henle ...
) New Deal / Impulse! *'' Jelly Road'' (2023) New Deal Records /
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Simon Dawes

*''What No One Hears EP'' (2005) Record Collection *''Carnivore'' (2006) Record Collection


Compilation

*'' Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International'' (2012) – Track 4 Disc 2 -"Heart of Mine" –
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distributed by
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Production credits

* Co-producer – Jesca Hoop – ''The House That Jack Built'' (2012)
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* Producer –
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– ''Sun Midnight Sun'' (2012) Nonesuch * Producer –
Sky Ferreira Sky Tonia Ferreira (; born July 8, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter, model, and actress. As a teenager, Ferreira began uploading videos on Myspace of herself singing songs she had written, which led to her discovery by producers Bloodsh ...
– ''Ghost EP'' (2012) Capitol * Co-producer –
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– "Oh Well" – ''Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac'' (2012) Hear * Producer – Mt. Egypt – ''III'' (2012) Record Collection * Producer –
Conor Oberst Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes (band), Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos (band), Desaparecidos, the Faint (previou ...
– " Artifact 1" – '' Upside Down Mountain'' (2014) Nonesuch * Producer –
Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She released five albums from 1996 to 2020, all of which reached the top 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart. As of 2021, she has sold over ...
– "
Container A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and transportation, including shipping. Things kept inside of a container are protected on several sides by being inside of its structure. The term ...
" – '' The Affair'' (2014) Showtime * Producer – Fiona Apple – " Pure Imagination" – (2015) Cultivate /
Epic Epic commonly refers to: * Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation * Epic film, a genre of film defined by the spectacular presentation of human drama on a grandiose scale Epic(s) ...
* Producer – Fiona Apple featuring Maude Maggart – " I'm in the Middle of a Riddle" (2015) Hear * Producer –
Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes are an American rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, in 2009. The band currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, and bassist Zac Cockrell. The band began its career touring and perfor ...
– '' Sound & Color'' (2015) ATO * Producer – Brittany Howard – " I Feel Free" – ''
Joy Joy is the state of being that allows one to experience feelings of intense, long-lasting happiness and contentment of life. It is closely related to, and often evoked by, well-being, success, or good fortune. Happiness, pleasure, and gratitu ...
'' (2015)
21st Century Fox Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., which did business as 21st Century Fox, was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was formed on June 28, 2013, as the legal successor ...
* Producer – Dawes – '' We're All Gonna Die'' (2016) HUB Records * Co-producer –
Jim James James Edward Olliges Jr. (born April 27, 1978), professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is an American vocalist, guitarist, producer, and primary songwriter of the rock band My Morning Jacket. He has also released several solo albums. ...
– '' Eternally Even'' (2016) Capitol / ATO * Producer –
John Legend John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He began his musical career working behind the scenes for other artists, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's " Every ...
– '' Darkness & Light'' (2016) Columbia * Producer – John Legend featuring
Cynthia Erivo Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo ( ; born 8 January 1987) is a British actress and singer. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Cynt ...
" God Only Knows" (2016) Epic * Producer – Jesca Hoop – '' Memories Are Now'' (2017)
Sub Pop Sub Pop is an independent record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the gru ...
* Producer –
Laura Marling Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is an English Folk music, folk singer-songwriter. She won the Brit Award for Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist, Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards and was nominated for th ...
– '' Semper Femina'' (2017) More Alarming * Producer – Perfume Genius – '' No Shape'' (2017)
Matador A bullfighter or matador () is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter, and describe all the performers in the activ ...
* Producer – Perfume Genius – '' Set My Heart on Fire Immediately'' (2020) Matador * Producer –
Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A session bassist, he has played bass for a number of acts such as the Who, the John Mayer Trio, Gary Numan, Paul Young, Don Henle ...
& Blake Mills – '' Notes with Attachments'' (2021) New Deal /
Verve Verve may refer to: Music * The Verve, an English rock band * '' The Verve E.P.'', a 1992 EP by The Verve * ''Verve'' (R. Stevie Moore album) * Verve Records, an American jazz record label Businesses * Verve Coffee Roasters, an American coffee h ...
* Producer – Perfume Genius – '' Ugly Season'' (2022) Matador * Producer – Jack Johnson – '' Meet the Moonlight'' (2022) Brushfire /
Republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...
* Producer – Marcus Mumford – '' Self-Titled'' (2022)
Island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...
* Co-producer – Feist – '' Multitudes'' (2023)
Polydor Polydor Limited, also known as Polydor Records, is a British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in ...
* Producer – Perfume Genius – ''Glory'' (2025)
Matador Records Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of mainly indie rock, but also punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, and electronic acts. History Matador was created in 1989 by Chris Lombardi in his New York City ap ...
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Japanese Breakfast Japanese Breakfast is an American indie pop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013. The project is fronted by vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter Michelle Zauner; she is joined in its current iteration by long-serving music ...
– '' For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)'' (2025)
Dead Oceans Dead Oceans, Inc., is an American independent record label founded in 2006 and based in Bloomington, Indiana. History On June 30, 2006, Phil Waldorf founded Dead Oceans with Chris Swanson. Swanson suggested the name Dead Oceans, which came fro ...
* Producer - Lucy Dacus – '' Forever Is A Feeling'' (2025) Geffen


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