Spooky Mansion Announce What About You? LP due out October 31 & Shares “Saturdays” Single + Video

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“Saturdays,” available across platforms here

Hailing from the Bay Area and helmed by singer/songwriter Grayson Converse, Spooky Mansion has announced their brand new studio album What About You? due out October 31. What About You? is an earnest, love-led record cast in the mores of Americana and early ‘70s rock & roll.

Lead single “Saturdays,” released today alongside an official video, meditates on the beauty of the simple things in a budding relationship, with jangly guitar and classic sonic influences spanning Kurt Vile, The Rolling Stones and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Converse shares, “I decided to write a song about spending time with the person I love. After getting married and moving to the country, it’s become clear that having someone to love is the most important thing. Saturday is the day we finally get to leave it all behind and focus on each other. When the days have finally whittled away and we’re left with wrinkly old bodies, and fading memories, it will be the days we had together that we’ll remember most of all.”

Watch / Share: “Saturday” video

The most pastoral offering in the Spooky Mansion catalog, the then recently married Converse set out to evoke the joy of falling in love and starting a simpler life in the country, having a farm and exploring in the mountains – all through his singular sonic sensibility. Strapped with acoustic guitars, pianos and electric guitars and intricate percussion, his bandmates Rob Mills, Marty Reising and Braden Lyle were able to capture that enthusiastic, upbeat fun.

Spooky Mansion combines nostalgic rock & roll energy with hints of country, jazz, blues and rock. The sun soaked, rock & roll record emulates the spirit of the band’s widely revered live show which has drawn a close knit community and commands fans to their feet. They have shared stages with notable acts such as Natalia LaFourcade, The Moss and Cafe Tacuba. The band’s last album, The Curse, was released independently in 2021 and “captures the Los Angeles-based band’s infectious grooviness,” according to American Songwriter.