Inland Empire

Son Of The Velvet Rat, in partnership with The Ghost & The Machine, the professional alias of Austrian singer songwriter Andi Lechner, follow up on the former’s 2024 standout album, "Ghost Ranch", with a series of 6 digital singles, recorded live, to be released one a month beginning March 12th, 2025. The songs feature a rawer, more immediate sound than previous recordings, with Lechner’s National resonator guitar often tuned down several steps to add an ominous underpinning to the music.

The 1st song to be released from the so called Red Barn Sessions, "Inland Empire", pays a posthumuous homage to legendary director David Lynch. While borrowing the title from a Lynch movie it sets out to explore the mysteries and capture the eerie undercurrent of life in the artificial paradise of Desert Suburbia.

Players are Danny Frankel, drums, percussion, Janie Cowan, acoustic bass, Andi Lechner, resonator guitar, banjo, Heike Binder, backing vocals, Georg Altziebler, acoustic guitar, harmonica. Recorded by Gar Robertson. Mixed and mastered by Fabio Schurischuster.