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LA Priest releases single Rayon ahead of album Into The Sky

Sam Eastgate's project previews the record's opening track through a hymn to synthetic materials.

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A close-up of Sam Eastgate, wide-eyed and open-mouthed in a candid moment, lit by colorful stage lighting.
Eastgate, later known as LA Priest, pictured with his earlier band Late of the Pier in 2008. Photo: Simon Fernandez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

LA Priest, the project of musician Sam Eastgate, has released "Rayon," the latest preview of his upcoming album Into The Sky, due August 28 via Domino and tracked in the release calendar. It follows previous singles "Ever No" and "Into The Sky."

Rayon is the album's opener, described as a hymn to the synthetic carrying a very human sentiment, within a collection of pop songs that explore love and liberation. "Rayon is a beautiful word that sounds like a kind of mystical element," Eastgate says, "it's a nice material that just happens to have a synthetic element."

LA Priest's Into The Sky is due August 28 via Domino, with three singles, "Ever No," "Into The Sky" and now "Rayon," released ahead of it.

The facts

  • The single is called Rayon
  • LA Priest is the project of musician Sam Eastgate
  • It previews the album Into The Sky, due August 28 via Domino
  • Rayon is the album's opening track
  • Previous singles from the album were Ever No and Into The Sky

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