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, Huge Potato, postponed it, however has determined to go forward with the discharge on June 19. “Solar in Scorpio” precedes the LP. Hearken to that under, and scroll down for the tracklist, which features a cowl of Huge Thief’s “Wished You to Keep.”
In October final yr, Zimmerman gave Huge 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 fireplace as her husband. Houlton added in a press launch, “Tucker advised me ‘Rose of Sharon’ was concerning the darkish facet of the hippie motion in California. Younger ladies being swept away with numerous cults. We actually flew with this observe. Recorded it with each of us on the synths. It edges in direction of the psychedelic, nearly Krautyrock fashion. Jackie Oates does an exquisite job along with her stunning 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 when the tape was rolling! It rocks. Tucker and I had lengthy chats throughout the recording. And we went very deep on events specializing in love, concern, and the long run. He talked about he’d by no means recorded a canopy model, however that his pricey pal Annie (Adrianne Lenker) had written this glorious track. It is referred to as ‘Keep (Wished You to Keep)’ and this model was for/to his love Marie-Claire.”
