Mac McCaughan links with TORRES on new single "Burn a Fax"

"Burn a Fax" is the third outing from The Sound of Yourself, following "Circling Around" and "Dawn Bends", and sees McCaughan collaborate with TORRES, real name Mackenzie Scott, and Matt Douglas from The Mountain Goats.

Speaking about the new single, McCaughan said, "The opening line was inspired by a Brian Eno quote from a BBC doc where they’re playing him Roxy Music and he’s putting his hands over his ears going, ‘I can’t bear remembering’ or something. It’s not that he hates it, it’s just that ‘it’s all in the past.’ I think a lot about the power of nostalgia and fighting it at the same time… Mackenzie Scott sings the second verse and Matt Douglas of the Mountain Goats destroys on the sax. He sent three tracks ‘to choose from,’ but of course I had to use them all!"

The Sound of Yourself will follow last year's collaborative albums with Mary Lattimore - AVL and New Rain Duets.