The ultimate studio album of Tucker Zimmerman, the storied singer-songwriter who died in January on the age of 84, will obtain a posthumous launch. Dream Me a Dream was because of be introduced the week of Zimmerman’s loss of life; his label, Massive Potato, postponed it, however has determined to go forward with the discharge on June 19. “Solar in Scorpio” precedes the LP. Take heed to that beneath, and scroll down for the tracklist, which features a cowl of Massive Thief’s “Wished You to Keep.”
In October final yr, Zimmerman gave Massive Potato a dreamlike abstract of the album:
Dream Me a Dream has contributions from people artist Jackie Oates, producer Nick Holton, and Marie-Claire, Zimmerman’s late spouse, who died in the identical home hearth as her husband. Houlton added in a press launch, “Tucker informed me ‘Rose of Sharon’ was concerning the darkish aspect of the hippie motion in California. Younger women being swept away with numerous cults. We actually flew with this monitor. Recorded it with each of us on the synths. It edges in the direction of the psychedelic, virtually Krautyrock type. Jackie Oates does a beautiful job along with her lovely voice and violin. We recorded this in 2024 after which Tucker re-sung the vocals in 2025 when he was fairly frail. However the vitality got here by way of when the tape was rolling! It rocks. Tucker and I had lengthy chats through the recording. And we went very deep on events specializing in love, worry, and the long run. He talked about he’d by no means recorded a canopy model, however that his pricey good friend Annie (Adrianne Lenker) had written this glorious tune. It is known as ‘Keep (Wished You to Keep)’ and this model was for/to his love Marie-Claire.”
